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                                                                                                    Management           Status of
Ref.           Audit Observation                      Audit Recommendation
                                                                                                  Comment/Action      Implementation
AAR    Deficiencies in preparing and 4. We recommended and the Municipal                     The Municipal Accountant      Not
2023   maintaining the General Ledger       Accountant agreed to prepare and maintain        had not submitted the CY  Implemented
       (GL) and Subsidiary Ledger (SL)      the required GLs and SLs for every               2024 GLs and SLs to the
       were noted. Hence, the purpose of    controlling account, as well as fill out the     Audit Team.
       the Books of Accounts, to produce    proper and correct information that each
       true, honest, accurate, and reliable column suggests, so that accurate and
       financial information, was not       reliable financial information can be
       consistently carried out.            produced.

                                            5. We further recommended and the                The Municipal Accountant              Not
                                               Municipal Accountant agreed to arrange        had not submitted the CY          Implemented
                                               the GL accounts according to the sequence     2024 GLs and SLs to the
                                               appearing in the Chart of Accounts and        Audit Team.
                                               observe the highest standards of honesty,
                                               objectivity, and consistency in the keeping
                                               of accounts in accordance with Section
                                               111, Chapter 2 of P.D. No. 1445.
AAR    The recorded balance of Biological   6. We recommended that the Municipal             The Municipal Accountant              Not
2023   Assets    in    the     amount     of   Accountant exhaust all available remedies     had not acted upon the            Implemented
       ₱1,715,503.00, which has been in        to secure the documents pertaining to the     recommendation since it was
       the books for more than five years,     animals as reported in the books, with        agreed that the Municipal
       could not be relied upon due to the     sufficient documentation of the validation    Agriculturist would establish
       absence of documents and pertinent      undertaken.                                   that some of the breeding
       records evidencing the biological                                                     stocks no longer existed.
       transformation of the assets as
       provided under Paragraph 16 of 7. We further recommended that the                     The Municipal Agriculturist           Not
       IPSAS 27, thus, rendering the         Municipal Agriculturist verify the status of    still had to submit a complete    Implemented
       existence and valuation of the        the animals, their conditions, and the          inventory report of the
       account presented in the financial    present caretaker, through physical             Breeding Stocks and the
       statements doubtful and unreliable.   inspection, update the fair market values,      corresponding        prevailing
                                             and submit the corresponding report, which      market price for each item.
       *Reiterated in Part II of this Report could also serve as the basis to support a

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