Audit generated July 28, 2026

How the budget figures were checked

The audit compares figures in Miami-Dade County budget PDFs with the database and recalculates totals from department rows. Monetary values and published counts must match exactly.

Audit resultPASS

1,087 / 1,087

1,087 of 1,087 checks passed. Monetary difference: 0 cents. Allowed difference: 0 cents.

Coverage

What the audit covers

Checks include release totals, department rows, strategic area and priority totals, revenue, millage rates, and the equations used to calculate each release. Descriptive text is not part of the numeric audit.

Department rows979PASS
Release headlines8PASS
Release reconciliation10PASS
Revenue28PASS
Strategic areas48PASS
Tax rates14PASS

Audit steps

How each figure is checked

  1. 01

    Record

    Selected totals are recorded from the County publication.

  2. 02

    Extract

    Department rows are read from the appendices with page references.

  3. 03

    Match

    Source and database values are compared for an exact match.

  4. 04

    Recalculate

    Department rows are summed and checked against release totals.

Source files

Official documents used

Each SHA-256 fingerprint identifies the exact copy used for the audit, even if the file at the public URL changes.

FY 2025-26 adopted Budget in Brief ↗

SHA-256 d256bc98a9d721597cf7da63b943418886c5c1a8d2648ebb583499142efcf000

7 pages
FY 2025-26 Appendix C ↗

SHA-256 113051d63e4395a82249df75a44366559468836eb2d2804fdb78819585ef50ae

22 pages
FY 2025-26 Appendix J ↗

SHA-256 cf42cb74458f6b76cf2537cfd10c12cde367e00a72472057c5d43c19581ddba0

18 pages
FY 2026-27 proposed Budget in Brief ↗

SHA-256 c6fceef2d44a6c8a8bf42d57438843c385fdf07c629dd242b549e958891f6bea

7 pages
FY 2026-27 proposed Volume 1 ↗

SHA-256 e34859e4ea4528dd114d8bb572c92821087102b507eedd7779b1fc35ffcaf515

282 pages

Notes

The proposal restates the adopted workforce baseline

The FY 2025-26 adopted Budget in Brief reports 31,996 positions. The FY 2026-27 proposal reports a restated FY 2025-26 baseline of 31,998. Comparison views use the restated baseline; adopted views retain the originally published adopted figure.

Published allocation and revenue percentages are rounded

The source publications warn that totals may not sum due to rounding. Dollar amounts and millage rates are exact audit gates; published percentages are verified as printed.

Audit files

Download the results

The workbook is formatted for review. The CSV contains the full check ledger, and the JSON file lists each source document and its fingerprint.

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