RSM Croatia provides COST VERIFICATION services for many years, which include:
- AUDITS OF EU PROJECTS - audits of operations and system audits,
- Cost verification for a rebate of 25% on qualifying Croatian spending based on Croatian Incentive Programme (Law on Audiovisual Activities (Official Gazette 61/18) and the Rules and Regulations (Official Gazette 70/19))
Over 170 audits of projects, of which we highlight:
- Transnational Cooperation Program for Southeast Europe
- Cross-border cooperation program between Croatia and Hungary
- Danube Transnational Cooperation Program
- Cooperation with the Agency for the Audit of the European Union Program Implementation System (ARPA)
- Pre-accreditation audit of the technical capacity of the Agency for Payments in Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development for the use of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
- Audits under the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area 2009-2014 and the Financial Mechanism of the Kingdom of Norway 2009-2014
RSM's team in charge of cost verification services, which include the most significant audits of EU projects, consists of experienced experts who participated in various engagements of second-level project controls in international projects and national programs, gaining additional experience and knowledge on project implementation.
EU PROJECT AUDIT is a process of verifying the costs generated in grant-funded projects, and includes procedures for determining whether:
• TARGETED funds spent,
• confirmation that the expenditure has been PAID WITHIN THE ELIGIBLE DEADLINE,
• to refer to ITEMS APPROVED BY THE AGREEMENT,
• that the CONDITIONS of the AGREEMENT for the individual form of support have been respected and
• that there is APPROPRIATE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION, including BOOKKEEPING records
The audit report must contain at least:
- a guarantee that the expenditure has been paid within the eligibility period
- that the expenditure relates to items approved by the grant agreement
- that the contractual provisions have been complied with
- that the above can be confirmed by appropriate documentation and an accounting system for recording data.