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                                                                                                                                 Annex A


                                                                                                           Status of Implementation/
   Ref.                     Observation                                  Recommendation
                                                                                                             Results of Validation
                                                              12. Submit an explanation of why the              Unimplemented
                                                                  observation has remained unacted for
                                                                  the past five years.
            The balance in the Loans Payable-Domestic         The Municipal Accountant to:
2023 AAR
AO No. 6,   account of ₱11,589,807.42 did not reconcile       13. Analyze the Loans Payable-Domestic              Unimplemented
Page 39     with the loan balance per confirmation                account and coordinate with DBP and
            letters from the lending institutions,                LBP to reconcile and update records
            resulting in a discrepancy of ₱2,543,940.18,          maintained       by      both      parties.
            making the year-end balance of the account            Discrepancies      noted    should      be
            unreliable. Moreover, disclosure in the FS is         reconciled,     and     the     necessary
            incomplete, a departure from the fair                 adjustments be effected to ensure a fair
            presentation requirement under the IPSAS              presentation of the account in the FS;
            thus, affecting the usefulness of the financial       and
            information on loans to its users.                14. Revise the notes to FS to include the           Unimplemented
                                                                  principal amount, interest rate, maturity
                                                                  date, purpose of the loan, and interest     None submitted as of date.
                                                                  expense for the LoansPayable -
                                                                  Domestic account.
            The Municipal Accountant was unable to            15. The Municipal Accountant to:                    Unimplemented
2023 AAR
AO No. 7,   submit the year-end FS of the Municipality            a) Reconcile the balance of the Cash
Page 41     for CY 2023 within the prescribed period                  and Cash Equivalents in the This is reiterated in paragraph
            due to delayed submission of the Report of                Statement of Financial Position and no. 7 of this report.
            Disbursements from the Municipal                          Statement of Cash Flows and
            Treasurer’s Office, contrary to Section                   conduct regular cross-checking and
            41(2) of Presidential Decree (PD) No. 1445,               reconciliation    of     these     two