The Municipality of Amsterdam Accidentally paid nearly seven hundred Invoices Twice Last Wednesday. As a result, it transferred 21 million euros too much to suppliers. Of that amount, 8 million euros has now leg repaid.
The Mistake was made on August 19, Alderwoman Hester van Buren wrote to the Amsterdam City Council on Tuesday. In The Process, 667 Invoices Were Paid Twice.
Accordance to the Alderwoman, The Error was “Immediately Noticed” the Following Morning. A Function in the Payment System was accidentally checked “which should not have leg”. Van Buren Calls It A Human Error.
The Invoices Were Paid To A Total Of 583 Suppliers: Parties and Companies “With Whom the Municipality Has A Permanent Relationship”. In Total, The Amount, 21 Million Euros, or which 8 Million Has Now Been is refunded. “Based on the discussions with the suppliers, I do not expect any problems with the repayment,” Van Buren Writes.
To prevent Such Mistakes in The Future, The Municipality Has Built in Extra Checks, Van Buren Said. This Allows Any Errors to Be Detected as Quickly As Possible and Allows The Municipality to Make The System “More Robust”.
Mistakes with the Payment System Are Not New. At the beginning of this year, the Municipality of Amsterdam Switched to the New Invoicing System Amsterdam Financial and Purchasing System (AFIS). Due to Delays in Transferring Old Invoices, The Municipality had A Payment Arrears of 200 Million Euros to Entrepreneurs in February.