The Auditor of State has four primary duties including:

 1) accounting for all of the State's funds;

2) overseeing and disbursing county, city, town and school tax distributions;

3) paying the State's bills;

and  4) paying the State's employees.

 The office composes and publishes the "Comprehensive Annual Financial Report" (CAFR) for the State of Indiana. The Auditor also publishes an annual report to the citizens of Indiana concerning the State's Finances.

Auditor of State Tim Berry is a committed fiscal conservative who has demonstrated doing more with less. His current office is on pace to return 12% of its budget appropriation for fiscal year 2010 back to the state general fund, all the while cutting office expenditures.