Hundreds of inspectors and auditors resign from the profession

Under the leadership of the Association of Tax Inspectors, public auditors held a joint press release in front of the Atatürk Monument in Ankara Ulus to demand improvements in personal rights.

Making a statement on behalf of all public audit staff who supported the statement, the President of the Association of Tax Inspectors (VMD), Ahmet Halis Başli, said: “Due to insufficient personal rights and the current economic conditions we find ourselves in, hundreds of inspectors and auditors quit the profession in its most productive period and start working in the private sector with much better opportunities. For this reason, our state is losing its empowered oversight power.

500 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE PRESS RELEASE

The presidents of associations and members of the profession, representing approximately 20 thousand audit employees on the examination, inspection and inspection boards of public institutions, gathered in front of the Atatürk Monument in Ankara Ulus.

In the press release, which was attended by approximately 500 people, a claim for improvement in personal rights was expressed. In the program, which began with the National Anthem and a moment of silence, a black wreath was laid at the monument on behalf of the public inspectors.

On the other hand, the inspectors who participated in the press release left in the boxes the petitions and files of the representatives that contained the request to improve personal rights.

‘Hundreds of employees resigned’

President Başli said: “State inspectors are far behind compared to other professions with similar importance, especially in terms of salary, compensation and additional indicators in the current process.”

“State auditors lag far behind other professions of similar importance, especially in terms of salary, compensation, and additional indicators in the current period.

Especially after 2011, none of the improvements made to the personal rights of other professional groups were made for public auditors. As of this year, although further increases and further improvements were made to the indicators of the Inspection Board of the Ministry of Justice, the Board of Inspectors of the Board of Judges and Prosecutors, and all administrators without exception in the class of general administrative services, no improvement was made for public audit staff.

Therefore, when one takes into account the arrangements made for career professions such as judges, prosecutors, civil administrators and TCA auditors, who have gone through similar stages with central audit staff, the personal rights of all auditors, with the exception of Justice and Civil Inspectors and Court of Accounts Auditors, have lagged far behind. Hundreds of tax inspectors and auditors resigned from the profession.

A LOT OF PEOPLE GO TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR

Stating that many tax inspectors and auditors quit working in the private sector because there were no improvements in their personal rights, Başli said: “As a result, hundreds of tax inspectors and auditors quit the profession in its most productive period due to both insufficient personal rights and the current economic conditions we find ourselves in, and start working in the private sector with much better opportunities.”

For this reason, emphasizing that the state has lost its empowered supervisory power, Başli said that it is an inevitable need to make an improvement according to the current conditions in order to avoid losses.

NO CONCRETE MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS

Stating that they have been in talks with the competent authorities to improve their personal rights, Başli said that no concrete steps have been taken.

“As professional associations representing auditors, we want the personnel problems of underpaid auditors to be resolved. Although we conveyed our demands to all our interlocutors, especially government officials and the Finance bureaucracy, and as a result of the negotiations it was stated that our demands were justified and that all support would be given for the solution, so far no concrete measures have been taken to resolve these personnel problems.