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                                                                                                                STATUS OF
                                                                                                            IMPLEMENTATION/
REFERENCE              OBSERVATION                                   RECOMMENDATION
                                                                                                               RESULTS OF
                                                                                                               VALIDATION
2022 AAR    The validity, accuracy, and existence of the   18. The Local Chief Executive create an          Unimplemented
AO No. 1,   movable Property, Plant, and Equipment            Inventory Committee to conduct the            This was restated in the
page 32     (PPE) with a net book value of ₱                  physical count of PPE in accordance with      audit of CY 2024
            75,863,022.76 as of December 31, 2022,            Section 124 of the NGAS Manual for            accounts as AO No. 1.
            could not be ascertained due to the lack of       LGUs, Volume I, and direct the
            a physical inventory count, contrary to           Accounting and Property Units to
            Section 124 of the Manual on the New              reconcile the results of the physical count
            Government Accounting System (NGAS)               with the related property and accounting
            for Local Government Units (LGUs),                records pursuant to the pertinent
            Volume I. Consequently, the balances of           provisions of COA Circular No. 2020-006
            the movable PPE accounts are unreliable,          dated January 31, 2020, to ensure the
            affecting the fair presentation of these          accuracy of the reported PPE balances in
            accounts in the financial statements.             the financial statements.
                                                           19. Management also avail the one-time           Unimplemented
                                                              cleansing of non-existing or missing PPE      This was reiterated in the
                                                              items in accordance with Section 8.0 of       audit of CY 2024
                                                              the same Circular to ensure that reported     accounts as AO No. 1.
                                                              PPE balances are verifiable as to
                                                              existence, condition, and accountability.
2022 AAR    The Municipality paid a total of               20. The LCE use the CF for confidential          Implemented
AO No. 5,   ₱123,000.00 via reimbursements for                expenses and submit the liquidation           (Closed due a change in
Page 39     confidential expenses, contrary to Item           reports to ICFAU pursuant to COA,             condition)
            3.23 of the Commission on Audit (COA),            DBM, DILG, GCG, and DND Joint
            Department of Budget and Management               Circular No. 2015-01 dated January 8,
            (DBM), Department of Interior and Local           2015.
            Government       (DILG),      Governance
            Commission for GOCCs (GCG) and
            Department of National Defense (DND)
            Joint Circular No. 2015-01 dated January
            8, 2015, thus, supporting documents were
            not submitted to the Intelligence and

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