Yesterday, the municipal government reported to the assembly on "the implementation of corrective measures for auditing of the execution of city-level budget and other fiscal revenues and expenditures in 2008". At present, according to the auditing decision, 7.08 billion yuan of problem funds have been rectified, including 2.75 billion yuan of funds paid into the public treasury, 570 million yuan of funds returned to the original channel or allocated according to regulations, a reduction of 1.45 billion yuan in project investment, and other rectification amounts totaling 2.31 billion yuan. Some issues related to systems and mechanisms are still being rectified.
■ City-level budget management: 1.18 billion yuan of fiscal revenue that was not timely paid has now been fully paid into the public treasury.
■ Irregularities in revenue collection: Relevant departments have already paid into the public treasury 2.93 million yuan of unauthorized charges and administrative and institutional income that did not follow the "two separate channels for revenue and expenditure" policy. They have refunded 530 thousand yuan of unauthorized charges and incorporated them into departmental budget management, and collected 970 thousand yuan in fines.
■ 14 special issues including the Inner Ring Expressway: All have been corrected according to regulations, or are currently being expedited for correction. For example, 37.86 million yuan of donation funds have been transferred to the municipal government's donation office, and four districts and counties have already distributed 1.27 million yuan of disaster relief subsidy funds to affected residents.
■ Some units underpaid or failed to pay medical insurance funds: 48.78 million yuan has been recovered.
■ Irregularities in wage and welfare expenditures: Related enterprises have reduced the over-extracted 25 million yuan of employee welfare funds, and at the same time reported to the municipal State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission for approval the matter of exceeding the standard total wage distribution amount by 77.39 million yuan.
■ Underpaid taxes: Enterprises have fully paid 3.36 million yuan in taxes. Text/ Luo Qiang