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                                                                                                                STATUS OF
                                                                                                            IMPLEMENTATION/
REFERENCE               OBSERVATION                                  RECOMMENDATION
                                                                                                               RESULTS OF
                                                                                                               VALIDATION
2020 AAR     The grant of financial assistance to the      29. Management     require the recipient         Unimplemented
AO No. 2,    frontliners of its 15 component Barangays        barangays to liquidate the funds by           Management
Page 32      totaling ₱1,000,000.00 was not properly          submitting the documentary requirements       commented that eight
             supported with documentary requirements          prescribed under Section 3.1.1 of COA         barangays still had not
             prescribed under Section 3.1.1 of COA            Circular No. 2012-001 dated June 14,          complied     with     the
             Circular No. 2012-001 dated June 14,             2012, and comply with the documentary         required liquidation and
             2012, hence, the propriety and validity of       requirements on fund transfers.               submission of necessary
             the transaction could not be ascertained.                                                      supporting documents.
2020 AAR     Non-compliance with the reporting             30. Management prepare a one-time report to      Unimplemented
AO No. 10,   requirements for in-kind donations               the National Disaster Risk Reduction and      A report on the in-kind
Page 56      contrary to Section 1 of COA Circular No.        Management Council, through the Office        donations received by
             2020-009 dated April 21, 2020, hence, we         of the Civil Defense, on all donations        the Municipality had not
             could not validate the actual distribution       received by the Municipality and furnish      been furnished by the
             and the balances of the donated goods.           the Auditor a copy of the (1)                 Management to the
                                                              Acknowledgement Receipts of the               Auditor. Likewise, a
                                                              Donations In-Kind; (2) Proof of receipt by    copy of the distribution
                                                              and distribution to the beneficiaries; and    sheets or any equivalent
                                                              (3) Inventory of remaining undistributed      documents had not been
                                                              items, if any, in accordance with Section 1   submitted to the Audit
                                                              of COA Circular No. 2020-009 dated            Team.
                                                              April 21, 2020.
2018 AAR     The Real Property Tax (RPT) and Special       31. The Municipal Treasurer provide the          Unimplemented
AO No. 1,    Education Tax (SET) Receivables were             Municipal Accountant a copy of the RPT        This was restated in the
Page 34      understated        by        approximately       records for CY 2018 and prior years to        audit of CY 2024
             ₱34,507,665.58 because the accounts              establish the beginning balance for CY        accounts as AO No. 2.
             established at the beginning of the year         2019.
             were based on estimates rather than on a                                                       Unimplemented
                                                           32. Henceforth,   furnish the Municipal
             duly certified list of taxpayers with the        Accountant at the beginning of each year
             corresponding amount due and collectible         a certified list of taxpayers with the
             for the year, contrary to Section 20 of the      amount due and collectible for the current
             Manual on the New Government                     year as the basis for recording the RPT
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