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                                                                                                                                       Status of
Ref.            Audit Observation                       Audit Recommendation                  Management Comment/Action
                                                                                                                                    Implementation
       the New Government Accounting            PPE to be submitted to the auditor
       System (NGAS) Volume I, thereby          concerned not later than January 31, of
       understating the Municipality’s assets   each year.
       by at least ₱3,173,490.00, the assessed
       value of the properties as stated in the
       tax declaration.
AAR    The Municipality did not maximize its    We recommended that the Municipal
2017   revenue-generating      potentials    as Mayor:
       embodied in Section 129 of the Local
       Government Code of 1991 but relied 71. Direct the Local Finance Committee to           Management still had to revisit the        Not
       heavily on the Internal Revenue          study and explore possibilities of            Municipality’s Revenue Code.           Implemented
       Allotment. Moreover, the Municipal       increasing local revenues to minimize the
       Treasurer did not thoroughly examine     municipality’s dependence on the IRA to
       the books of accounts of business        finance its operation;
       taxpayers nor conduct confirmation of
       the declared gross receipts in their 72. Direct the Municipal Treasurer to verify      The Municipal Treasurer already        Implemented
       application for renewal of business      from the records of the BIR the accuracy      required business owners to
       licenses contrary to Section 171 of RA   of the BIR the declared gross receipts of     present the previous year’s
       7160; this may have resulted in the      the taxpayers to assess the correct amount    Mayor's Permit as a basis for
       underassessment or under collection of   of tax.                                       determining the license fee, which
       income.                                                                                should not be lower than the
                                                                                              amount paid the previous year.
AAR    The municipal garbage dumps were            We recommended that:
2017   located inside the public cemetery, was
 and   not properly maintained nor were 73. The LGU formulate and implement                   The LGU had already transferred        Implemented
2014   proper disposal procedures observed         proper garbage disposal procedures and     its dumpsite to the DENR-
       thereby posing possible health and          maintenance of the dumpsite;               approved facility in Barangay San
       environmental      hazards      to  the                                                Jose.
       inhabitants living in the vicinity.     74. Find ways to separate the dump site from                                          Implemented
                                                   the public cemetery;



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