Court of Audit and other financial courts — State advisory & oversight bodies · Budget

Audit of public management, steering and support of the financial courts, examination of public accounts…: the 2nd largest of the 3 parts of “State advisory & oversight bodies”.

267M€

voted for 2026 in the State budget (budget act)

< 1% of the State budget voted for 2026

Year by year

Spent in 2024254M€

Spent in 2025260M€

Voted for 2026267M€

What it pays for, planned in the draft budget for 2025

Audit of public management29%75M€

Steering and support of the financial courts20%53M€

Examination of public accounts20%53M€

Evaluation of public policies16%43M€

Oversight of public finances8%20M€

Citizen information3%9M€

Liability proceedings against public accountants and public managers2%6M€

Governance of public finances< 1%2M€

Source: 2024 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2025 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2026 budget act as passed ↗, State budget bill for 2025 (data.economie.gouv.fr) ↗.