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STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF PRIOR YEARS’ AUDIT
RECOMMENDATIONS

Of the 65 prior years’ recommendations, 26 were implemented and 39 were
unimplemented, as shown in the results of validations presented below:

                                                                           Status of
 Ref.           Observation                Recommendation           Implementation/Result
                                                                       s of Validation
AAR      Due to the different            1. The       Municipal Unimplemented
2023     schedules of the Inventory         Accountant and
, AO     Committee members and              the       Inventory The reports were still
no. 1,   their individual workloads,        Committee              incomplete. Members of
page     the Municipal Government           complete          the the inventory committee
22       of Basay was unable to             reports necessary had other priority work.
         complete the necessary             to establish the
AAR      one-time-cleansing                 correct balances of This was restated in the
2022     procedures under COA               PPE items that audit of CY 2024
, AO     Circular No. 2020-006,             should be reported accounts         as    Audit
no. 6,   thus, the reported balance         in the financial Observation (AO) No. 2.
page     of the PPE account at year-        statements.
32       end,                 totaling   2. Management             Unimplemented
         ₱415,125,954.07,       which       temporarily
AAR      includes            movable        relieve           the Members         of    the
2021     properties amounting to            Inventory              Inventory      Committee
, AO     ₱75,512,853.26, still could        Committee from were still not relieved due
no. 1,   not be ascertained.                their regular duties to         other     work
page                                        during the one- assignments.
21                                          time cleansing per
                                            Sec. 5.3 of COA This was restated in the
and                                         Circular       2020- audit of CY 2024
                                            006.                   accounts     as    Audit
AAR                                                                Observation (AO) No. 2.
2018                                     3. The       Municipal Conduct of procedures
                                            Mayor       file     a and reports were still
                                            request            for incomplete, thus, no
                                            authority           to request had been made.
                                            derecognize non-
                                            existing/missing       This was restated in the
                                            PPEs to the audit audit of CY 2024
                                            team, and support accounts          as    Audit
                                            its request with the Observation (AO) No. 2.
                                            certified        lists


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