It has come to the attention of the publisher that the article, Plaček, M., Nemec, J., Šumpíková, M., Mikołajczak, P., Skikiewicz, R. (2026), “Public procurement scandals and trust in government during COVID-19: a case study for the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland”, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPBAFM-03-2025-0065 has incorrectly listed the affiliation of authors Paweł Mikołajczak and Robert Skikiewicz.This is now corrected from “Department of Finance and Banking, Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poznań, Poland” to “Department of Money and Banking, Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poznań, Poland” for author Paweł Mikołajczak and “Department of Market Research and Services, Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poznań, Poland” for author Robert Skikiewicz.The publisher asks that affiliation be entered correctly at submission and confirmed at article proofing stage.