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                                                                               Management                  Status of
  Ref.             Observation                 Recommendations
                                                                             Comments/Actions           Implementation
            RPT/SET Income accounts
            as presented in the financial
            statements could not be
            relied upon.
2021 AAR,   The accuracy and reliability 16. We recommended and Depreciation             had    been     Implemented
AO No. 4,   of the reported Property,          Management agreed that adjusted based on 5%
 page 38    Plant and Equipment (PPE)          the            Municipal residual value.
            accounts could not be relied       Accounting Office adjust
            upon due to the incorrect          the balances related to
            basis       of      recording      the PPE account as a
            depreciation charges contrary      change in accounting
            to Philippine Application          policy and, subsequently,
            Guidance (PAG) 6 of                to record depreciation
            International Public Sector        based on 5% residual
            Accounting           Standard      value in compliance with
            (IPSAS) 17 – Property, Plant       PAG 6 of IPSAS 17.
            and Equipment, resulting in
            the overstatement of the PPE       Xxx
            accounts.        Furthermore,
            subsidiary ledgers were not
            maintained for all PPE
            accounts contrary to Section
            10 of the NGAS Manual for
            LGUs, thus, rendering the
            said accounts unreliable.
2021 AAR,   Expenses              totaling 17. We recommended that The practice of paying               Unimplemented
AO No. 6,   ₱1,768,545.82 were paid            Management instruct the regular      and     recurring
 page 44    through        reimbursement       Municipal Treasurer and expenses      through     cash
            which included payments for        the disbursement officer advance by the disbursing


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