Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced that the state Treasury prevented nearly 20,000 improper payments valued at more than $1.4 billion during the 2025-26 fiscal year.
According to Treasury’s updated Payment Production and Improper Payments Report, its audit process produced $75 million in savings by stopping overpayments, duplicate payments and payments issued to incorrect recipients.
The Bureau of Fiscal Review audited 10.6 million payments totaling $249.5 billion during the fiscal year. Treasury processes payments for more than 70 state agencies. Flagged payment requests are returned to the appropriate agency and may be corrected and resubmitted.
Treasury reported that its payment auditing process has saved taxpayers more than $325 million over the past five fiscal years.
The annual report is available through OpenBookPA, the state Treasury’s financial transparency website. The site also provides state financial data, local government resources, information about consumer programs, federal funding details and Ledger 5 records of unappropriated expenses.
OpenBookPA includes the Treasury Checkbook, which lists payments made to Treasury vendors, and the Contracts e-Library, a searchable database of state contracts, purchase orders and amendments valued at $5,000 or more.
The report and additional financial information are available at patreasury.gov/openbookpa.
