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It is commonly acknowledged that in the period of the gentry Poland state audit bodies did not exist. In Poland, the origins of its organised form date back to the decree of 1808 by Frederick Augustus that established the Chief Office of Accounts in the Duchy of Warsaw. That is why we have recently celebrated the 200th anniversary of the existence of state auditing in our country. However, if we take a closer look at the history, doubts arise as for the correctness of this landmark. Did state auditing not really exist before that?