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                                                                                                                                       Status of
Ref.             Audit Observation                        Audit Recommendation                  Management Comment/Action
                                                                                                                                    Implementation
                                                physical inventory and to pinpoint
                                                responsibility for government properties.
AAR The      consolidated   balances     of 30. We recommended that the Municipal               The Municipality lacked qualified        Not
2022 reciprocal accounts, Due from Other        Accountant reconcile the balances of the        personnel to analyze, reconcile,     Implemented
     Funds and Due to Other Funds for CY        reciprocal accounts under the three funds       and prepare the necessary journal
     2022 showed an unreconciled                and book the necessary adjustments to           entry.
     difference     of    ₱11,065,087.36,       bring their balances into an agreement and
     indicating some neglect by the             to closely monitor transactions affecting
     Accounting Office in monitoring and        reciprocal accounts and ensure that these
     reconciling the accounts, thus             are recorded in the different funds
     rendering both accounts unreliable.        simultaneously to avoid any error of
                                                omission.

                                             31. We further recommended Management              Management had not taken any             Not
                                                 that the transactions between funds be         action.                              Implemented
                                                 settled immediately in order to minimize
                                                 monitoring and reconciliation work and,
                                                 more importantly, to avoid erroneous
                                                 account balances.
AAR The Due to NGAs account, with a total 32. We recommended that Management re-                The Municipality lacked qualified        Not
2022 balance of ₱138,690,373.40, includes        evaluate and verify the status of all          personnel to analyze, reconcile,     Implemented
2018 various fund transfers from national        projects and activities related to the funds   and prepare the necessary journal
     government agencies amounting to            due to NGAs. Any unused balances from          entry.
     ₱125,075,766.58 (or 90.18%), which          completed projects should be returned to
     have remained outstanding for more          the source agency. Alternatively, request
     than two years, and negative balances       authority from the source agency to use
     aggregating ₱1,836,999.32, contrary to      the balances for other projects that require
     Section 2 of Presidential Decree (P.D.)     additional funding.
     No. 1445 and the pertinent provisions
     of COA Circular No. 94-013 dated 33. For unimplemented projects, we                        Management had not taken any             Not
     December 13, 1994, thereby depriving        recommend that Management assess their         action.                              Implemented
     the intended beneficiaries of the           viability and necessity. If they are deemed
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