税の無駄２９７億円　コロナ影響、件数とも大幅減―１９年度決算報告・会計検査院

　会計検査院は１０日、２０１９年度の決算検査報告書を菅義偉首相に提出した。税金の無駄遣いや制度の改善を求めた件数は２４８件で、前年度の３３５件を大幅に下回った。新型コロナウイルス感染拡大防止のため職員を派遣する実地検査に制約があったためで、１９９４年度以降、最も少ないという。
　指摘金額は２９７億２１９３万円で、昨年度の約１００２億円から大幅に減少。０２年度以降、最少額となった。省庁別の指摘金額では、国土交通省が約１０１億円と最も多く、外務省の約５７億円、厚生労働省の約４３億円と続いた。
　１件当たりの金額が最も大きかったのは、外務省が１６年に日中友好会館へ拠出した約５７億円。黄砂対策などとして中国や東南アジアでの植林事業に充てられる予定だったが、４年間一度も事業が実施されていなかった。（2020/11/10-11:14）

The Board of Audit of Japan said Tuesday that the amount of tax money wasted by the government in fiscal 2019 totaled 29,721.93 million yen, lowest since fiscal 2002.
   The amount fell sharply from 100.2 billion yen reported for fiscal 2018, which ended in March 2019. The number of wasteful spending cases dropped from 335 to 248, smallest since fiscal 1994.
   The declines mainly reflected restrictions on on-site inspections by staff due to the spread of the novel coronavirus, the board said in a report submitted to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
   The sum of money spent improperly was largest at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism at 10.1 billion yen, followed by the Foreign Ministry at 5.7 billion yen and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare at 4.3 billion yen.
   Among all cases, the largest amount of improperly used tax money was 5.7 billion yen provided by the Foreign Ministry to the Japan-China Friendship Center in 2016 for tree-planting projects in China and Southeast Asia mainly to support the fight against yellow dust storms. None of the projects were carried out in the past four years, according to the report.