All payments of current FY no later than July 9: FCGO

KATHMANDU: The Financial Comptroller General Office (FCGO) has asked all the district treasury controller offices and province treasury controller offices to complete the payments of economic liabilities incurred for the implementation of the annual budget and programmes of the current fiscal year by July 9. Writing to the line agencies in the districts and provinces, the FCGO has asked them to stop the payments after July 9. As per the Fiscal Procedures and Financial Accountability Regulations, 2077, entire payments of the current fiscal year should be made a week before the end of the fiscal year and the government accounts should be closed. FCGO Spokesperson Shambhu Prasad Marasini said that concerned offices and the accounts should be accountable if the payments were not made by July 9 and the payments of the current fiscal year should be made in the upcoming year. By RSS READ ALSO:

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