Swiss Federal Audit Office

Audits Data analyses second quarter 2021 in the area of the Confederation’s COVID-19 measures - Federal Chancellery

Please note: In each report you will find information on which period the data represent. This period is usually several months before the publication date. The reason for this is the time required for data acquisition and analysis; in addition, reports are only published after they have been dealt with by the Finance Delegation of the Federal Assembly. Between the analyses and the publication, the current status and the criteria for our analyses may have evolved considerably, depending on the COVID measure.

• Involvement of third parties to carry out spot checks on the Ordinance COVID-19 Cases of hardship, Q1 (audit mandate 21268)
• Involvement of third parties to carry out spot checks on the Ordinance COVID-19 Cases of hardship, Q2 (audit mandate 21268)
• Joint and several sureties (audit mandate 21269)
• Cantonal measures to combat abuse in the COVID-19 Cases of hardship (audit mandate 21405)
• COVID-19 Cases of hardship for companies (audit mandate 21405)
• Short-time working compensation (audit mandate 21690)
• COVID-19 loss of earnings compensation and applications Suisseculture Sociale (audit mandate 21692)
• Brief description of the current state

Audits Data analyses first quarter 2021 in the area of the Confederation’s COVID-19 measures - Federal Chancellery

• Joint and several sureties (audit mandate 21269)
• Short-time working compensation (audit mandate 21690)
• COVID-19 loss of earnings compensation (audit mandate 21691)
• COVID-19 loss of earnings compensation and applications Suisseculture Sociale (audit mandate 21692)

Audit Comprehensive report on the audit of the 2020 federal financial statements - Federal Finance Administration

The deficit in the 2020 federal financial statements was CHF 16.9 billion. It resulted from operating revenue of CHF 70,648 million and operating expenses of CHF 88,227 million. Added to this was the negative financial result of CHF 627 million and the result from financial interests of CHF 1,349 million. CHF 67,237 million or 95% of the operating revenue was tax revenue.

In addition, the Confederation's financial statements, together with those of the railway infrastructure fund (20568) and the motorway and urban transportation fund (20551), form the 2020 state financial statements. Regarding the two funds, the SFAO proposed that Parliament approve both separate accounts without reservation.

• Comprehensive report (German)
• Summary
• Auditor's report (German)
• Infographic (German)
• Report Railway infrastructure fund - RIF (German)
• Auditor's report RIF (German)
• Report Motorway and urban transportation fund (German)
• Auditor's report (German)