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                                                                             Status of
Reference         Observation             Recommendations                Implementation/
                                                                        Result of Validation
2008 AAR;   The City did not           72. The City Accountant to       Not Implemented
AO No. 5;   provide              for       request from the CGSO
Page No.    depreciation of its            for a list of assets         Identification         of
26          depreciable properties         acquired from 2002 to        depreciable        assets
            totaling                       2007, to compute the         purchased from CY 2002
            ₱153,106,904.06                depreciation expense for     to 2007 is ongoing,
            except for equipment           all depreciable assets for   although hampered by
            acquired in 2008 in            the current audit period     lack      of    available
            violation of Section           as well as from 2002 up      documents to support
            04, Volume I of the            to 2006 using the Prior      adjustments in the books
            NGAS            Manual,        Years’ Adjustment and        of accounts.
            thereby overstating the        Accumulated
            carrying value of              Depreciation accounts
            assets and understating        in order to fairly present
            the expenses for the           the asset and equity
            current and previous           accounts in the financial
            years starting 2002.           statements.
2007 AAR    The cost of completed      73. The City Accountant to       Not Implemented
            projects were not              identify the composition
            transferred to the             of the portion of            As of December 31,
            General Fund books as          government          equity   2024, a total of ₱46.61M
            required under Section         representing the costs of    were transferred from TF
            104 of the Manual,             the different completed      to GF with the following
            thus overstating Trust         projects and fixed assets    General Journal Journal
            Fund      equity      by       and transfer the same to     Entry Vouchers:
            ₱48,719,909.98,                the General Fund books.
            although not affecting                                      100-2022-01-012
            the City’s total equity.                                    100-2022-07-106
                                                                        100-2022-07-107
                                                                        100-2022-07-108
                                                                        100-2022-07-109
                                                                        100-2022-07-110
                                                                        100-2022-07-232
                                                                        100-2022-07-233

                                                                    Ongoing retrieval of the
                                                                    documents       for   the
                                                                    balance of ₱2.09M.
2003 AAR;   Balance of Due to          74. The City Accountant to Not Implemented
AO No. 6;   Other Funds account            effect the appropriate
Page No.    did not reconcile with         adjustments to reconcile Reconciliation      took
29          the balance of Due             accounts Due to Other some time because the
            from Other Funds               Funds and Due From CAO had to work back
            account resulting to a         Other Funds.             from the prior years’
            difference          of                                  records.      Incomplete
            ₱652,687.08, thereby                                    documents caused the
            rendering the accounts                                  delay        in       the
            doubtful.                                               reconciliation.




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