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                                                                                                                                    Status of
Ref.            Audit Observation                      Audit Recommendation                Management Comment/Action
                                                                                                                                 Implementation
       without the necessary supporting            refrain from remitting personal loan   the employees, allowing the LGU to
       documents, such as a Memorandum of          payments on behalf of the LGU          deduct and remit bonuses as
       Agreement        (MOA)     or     written   employees without a written MOA        payment for their loans.
       authorization from the employees            or authority from the employees
       allowing the deduction of loan              allowing the deduction of loan
       payments from their salaries, in            payments from their salaries.
       contravention of Section 4(6) of P.D.
       No. 1445. As a result, the roles and
       responsibilities of the parties involved
       could not be established, which
       compromises        accountability     and
       objective evaluation of fund utilization.
AAR    Registration fees totaling ₱35,000.00 11. We recommended and Management            The Municipal Councilors still had          Not
2023   paid by two Sangguniang Bayan               agreed to request the Philippine       to submit the Official Receipts (AF     Implemented
       members in connection with their            Councilors League Incorporated to      No. 51) as proof of the registration
       attendance at the 2023 PCL National         acknowledge their payments with        fees paid.
       Convention conducted by the PCL were        government      Official Receipts
       not acknowledged by government              (Accountable Form No. 51) in
       official receipts (Accountable Form No.     compliance with Section 505(b) of
       51), contrary to Section 505(b) of R.A.     R.A. No. 7160 and Sections 42 and
       No. 7160 or the Local Government            44, Chapter 7, Title I(B) Book V of
       Code of 1991 and Sections 42 and 44,        the Administrative Code of 1987.
       Chapter 7, Title I(B) Book V of the
       Administrative      Code     of    1991,
       effectively preventing the accounting
       and audit thereof.
AAR    The consolidated balances of reciprocal 12. We      recommended       that   the   Management had already requested            Not
2022   accounts, Due from Other Funds and          Municipal Accountant reconcile the     the write-off for the Due from          Implemented
ML     Due to Other Funds for CY 2022,             balances of the reciprocal accounts    accounts that are dormant for 10
2015   showed an unreconciled difference of        under the three funds and book the     years and above on 06/09/2023 and
       ₱657,163.97, indicating some neglect        necessary adjustments to bring their   refiled the same on 07/282023.
       by the Accounting Office in monitoring      balances into agreement. The           However, Management still had to
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