Legal status of the Accounts Chamber: founded in 2002, answers to the President and runs 8 types of control activity

The «About the Chamber» page of the Accounts Chamber's official website briefly describes its status and tasks. The information is retold below in our own words.

What is its status?

• The Accounts Chamber was founded in 2002.
• It is an independent legal entity and the supreme body of state external audit and financial control.
• According to the website, the Chamber exercises its powers independently of other state bodies, organisations and their officials, subject only to the law.
• In its work it answers directly to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and reports only to the President and to the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis.

What control activities does it carry out?

The page lists eight types:

Author's comment (not in the source)

External state audit is usually directed at public funds and the work of public bodies. Names such as «financial audit» and «compliance audit» in the list resemble concepts of the auditing profession. So do not confuse them with an audit of a business.

What is not known?

• The page does not say under which law or decree the Chamber works or in which articles its powers are set out.
• The content and differences of each type of activity are not explained.
• The date of the post is not given; on our site it was published on 13 November 2026.

Note

This news item relies on the brief information on the Accounts Chamber's page. For the legal basis, consult the text of the relevant law.