Bundesrechnungshof Außenstelle Potsdam

Bundesrechnungshof Außenstelle Potsdam is an architecture spot and branch office of Germany’s Federal Court of Audit in Potsdam. The Bundesrechnungshof examines federal financial management and associated public bodies. Its work includes sample audits of government revenue and expenditure, social security institutions, and companies with federal holdings. Deutsche Bahn AG, Deutsche Post AG, and Deutsche Telekom AG appear among those companies. The institution operates independently from Germany’s executive branch, while the legislature may request audits without directing its work. Its recommendations address audited bodies, Parliament, and the Federal Government. Audit findings enter management letters and an annual report presented to both houses of the German Parliament and government. Special reports can cover significant matters at any time.

The Potsdam office occupies the former Reich Audit Office building, linking this local address with a longer auditing history. That history reaches back to the Prussian Audit Office in the early eighteenth century.