Who performs an audit of your ERB and IPERMs, and when would this happen?

2021-02-18T01:50:22-05:00

Has anyone ever actually seen a soldier get their military files audited? I have always heard NCOs and soldiers making the threat that if something is not right on your ERB and IPERMs and you get audited you will be in trouble or have to provide the proof. My question is who does this or when would this happen? I have never actually seen this put into action. What would warrant an audit?

Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 18 at 2021 9:28 AM

2021-02-18T09:28:36-05:00

First of all, you should review your own record at least annually, and whenever you have a document to add.
What you are hearing about is probably the "triple A audit"; the Army Audit Agency (and a contractor) performs audits of iPERMS for pay-related records (promotion orders, 5960, bonus addendums, marriage cert and dep birth certs, special pay orders, etc).
If a document required for pay received is missing, the Soldier receives a notice to provide the document within 60 days or face a collection.
I have never "seen" an audit happen, but I have seen dozens of Soldiers receive the notification to provide missing documents.
What "warrants" this is a GAO requirement.
For you, and the centralized promotion boards, iPERMS is a record of your service.
For the GAO and Congress, it is a list of receipts, required by law, for every dime they spent on you. And that is the real reason why the law requires iPERMS to hold those records in perpetuity.