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                                                                                                                 STATUS OF
                                                                                                             IMPLEMENTATION/
REFERENCE              OBSERVATION                                  RECOMMENDATION
                                                                                                                RESULTS OF
                                                                                                                VALIDATION
2017 AAR    The Municipality did not comply with the      37. That Management strictly observe and           Unimplemented
AO No. 3,   rules and regulations regarding the grant,       implement the regulations on the grant,
Page 33     utilization, and liquidation of cash             utilization, and liquidation of cash
            advances under COA Circular No. 97-002           advances pursuant to COA Circular No.
            dated February 10, 1997, resulting in the        97-002 dated February 10, 1997.
            accumulation of unliquidated         cash     38. Management demand from concerned
            advances totaling ₱153,256.21     as    at                                                       Unimplemented
                                                             officials and employees the immediate
            year-end, ₱123,174.21 of which have been         settlement of their cash advances.
            outstanding for more than two months,
            possibly misstating the asset and equity
            accounts.
2017 AAR    The establishment and maintenance of the      39. The Municipal Accountant see to it that:       Unimplemented
AO No. 4,   Petty Cash Fund (PCF) were not in                (a) the grant of the initial cash advance for
Page 35     accordance with the pertinent sections of        the PCF is supported with authority by the
            the Manual on the New Government                 Local Chief Executive and an estimate of
            Accounting System (NGAS) for Local               expenses; (b) replenishment of the cash
            Government Units (LGUs), Volume I and            advance is made only when the
            COA Circular No. 97-002 dated February           disbursements reach at least 75%, or as the
            10, 1997, thus, using the Fund for regular       need requires, by submitting a
            and recurring expenses.                          replenishment voucher supported by
                                                             PCVs and other documents duly
                                                             summarized in a report of disbursements;
                                                             and (c) the PCF is not used for regular
                                                             expenses, such as rentals, subscriptions,
                                                             utilities and the like.
2015 AAR    The     Municipality    paid     honoraria    40. Management   stop the payment of               Unimplemented
AO No. 6,   amounting to ₱13,000.00 to BIR                   honoraria to personnel not authorized           Persons liable were no
Page 41     employees assigned thereat, contrary to the      under    the   Compensation    Policy           longer connected with
            provisions of Compensation Policy                Guidelines No. 98-1 dated March 23,             the Municipality.
            Guidelines No. 98-1, resulting in irregular      1998.
            expenditures.

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