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                                                                           Status of
Reference         Observation             Recommendations              Implementation/
                                                                      Result of Validation
            overstating the CIP        4. The      CAO      assign    Not Implemented
            account           and         personnel to focus on
            understating      the         verifying the items for     Ongoing
            related    asset  and         identification included     As of December 31,
            expense accounts.             in the CIP account and      2024,       CAO       has
                                          to effect the necessary     reclassified      ₱91.5M
                                          adjustments           for   worth of projects from
                                          reclassifying      these    CIP Account to the
                                          projects     into   their   proper asset accounts.
                                          appropriate         PPE     The following Journal
                                          accounts           while    Entry Voucher Nos. were
                                          recognizing           the   verified, to wit:
                                          corresponding
                                          depreciation         and 100-2024-04-0070, 100-
                                          accumulated              2024-12-0685,        100-
                                          depreciation for each    2024-08-0445,100-
                                          completed project.       2024-09-0506,        100-
                                                                   2024-11-0606,        100-
                                                                   2024-06-0131,        100-
                                                                   2024-08-0444
2023 AAR;   The City has not yet       5. The City Government Not Implemented
AO No. 3;   fully complied with the       carry out the one-time
Page No.    one-time      cleansing       cleansing of PPE per As of December 31,
53          requirement for its           COA Circular No. 2024, reconciliation of
            PPE      account      as      2020-006 dated January records for movable
2021 AAR;   mandated      by     the      31, 2020, to ensure that properties      is     at
AO No. 3;   Commission on Audit           the PPE balances are approximately           50%.
Page No.    (COA) through COA             accurate and that the Based           on       the
48          Circular No. 2020-006         affected accounts are coordination        meeting,
            dated January 31,             fairly presented in the target       date      for
            2020. As a result, the        financial statements.    completion             of
            accuracy of the PPE                                    reconciliation process is
            balances cannot be                                     targeted on July 31,
            established,      which                                2025.
            affects the fairness of
            the presentation of the
            affected accounts in
            the            financial
            statements.
2023 AAR;   The     City’s     local   6. Conduct a thorough          Not Implemented
AO No. 4;   economic enterprises          operational review of
Page No.    (LEEs) such as the            the      Slaughterhouse,    Financial reports for the
54          Market,                       Market, and Septage         City’s     LEEs      were
            Slaughterhouse, and           Operations to pinpoint      submitted to the Office
            Septage            were       the root causes of          of the Auditor, which are
            operating at a loss in        financial losses and        still subject for review.
            CYs 2019-2023, which          implement corrective        Further, management has
            is inconsistent with          actions to enhance the      submitted        proposed
            Section 17(a) of RA           effectiveness        and    increase in rates for the
            7160 and Section 6.6.3        efficiency of operations    services of the Market,

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