WILLEMSTAD – Curaçao is still working through a backlog in the formal processing of its government annual accounts while simultaneously attempting to overhaul its financial administration and eventually obtain an unqualified audit opinion.
According to the June 2026 Financial Management Report, the annual accounts and annual reports for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 have been submitted to the Curaçao Parliament for adoption.
For 2023, the government received SOAB’s audit opinion and auditor’s report on July 18, 2025.
Three days later, on July 21, the documents were submitted to the General Audit Chamber for further review.
The status illustrates the continuing challenge facing Curaçao as the government attempts to bring its financial reporting closer to the timetable expected of a modern public administration.
At the same time, Curaçao is implementing a wide-ranging Roadmap intended to create the conditions for an unqualified audit opinion on the country’s annual accounts.
The roadmap identifies 11 areas requiring improvement, including financial staffing, personnel expenses, subsidies and transfers, financial and tangible fixed assets, purchases of goods and services, tax and non-tax revenues, budget overruns and documentation of Council of Ministers decisions.
The government acknowledges that progress remains uneven. More detailed information about individual projects, milestones, risks and delays is expected in the September Financial Management Report.
The General Audit Chamber recently warned separately that ministries were behind schedule on the Roadmap toward obtaining an unqualified opinion on the 2026 accounts, adding pressure on the government to accelerate the reforms.