02/27/2017
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway has released her office's monthly report on local government compliance with financial reporting laws. Cities, towns and villages in Missouri are required to file annual financial reports with the State Auditor within six months of the end of their fiscal year. The reports must include basic financial information, such as starting and ending account balances, the amount of money received and spent over the year, and property tax rates charged to citizens.
Out of more than 900 municipalities in Missouri, none have fiscal years that end in July, which means no financial reports were due six months later, in January. This is the only month with no reports due from cities, towns or villages; however 27 municipalities filed financial reports that were past due from previous months. These are listed, by county, in the report appendices.
Financial reports are searchable online. Today's full report is available online here.
