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Part Ii - Audit Findings and Recommendations
Part Ii - Audit Findings and Recommendations
1.6 It was also noted that on the submitted report, unserviceable PPE’s were
included. Section 59 of the Manual on NGAS, Vol II provides that PPE items
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identified as unserviceable should be separately reported in the Inventory and
Inspection Report of Unserviceable Property (IIRUP).
1.7 The failure to reconcile the book balance and the inventory report casted
doubt on the reasonableness of the balances of the PPE accounts presented in
the Statement of Financial Position.
1.9 The Management admitted that reconciliation of the two records was not
performed. However, they assured that as soon as possible, the management
will try their best to prepare the reconciliation and effect the necessary
adjustments.
2. The reasonableness of the expenses incurred for Fuel, Oil and Lubricants
amounting to P831,585.45 under the 20% Economic Development Fund (20%
EDF) could not be ascertained due to incomplete documentation and the
presence of material alterations/corrections made in the attached supporting
documents, differing to the rules and regulations prescribed in COA Circular
No. 77-61 and Sec. 2 of Presidential Decree No. 1445, thus exposing government
funds to unnecessary loss or wastage.
2.1 COA Circular No. 77-61 dated September 6, 1977, D.1. Forms,
Records and Reports clearly stated:
For the purpose of controlling the use of government vehicle, before any trip
is undertaken, authority shall first be secured from the Head of Agency or
duly Authorized representative authorized to approve Driver’s Trip Ticket.
The tickets which should be serially numbered shall be prepared in two
copies to be distributed as follows:
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the audit of disbursements amounting to P439,871.69 with 13 Disbursement
Vouchers from the aforementioned observation.
2.6 Further inquiry with the head of Municipal Planning and Development
Coordinator revealed that some Purchase Requests and Withdrawal slips were
altered because of the uncertainty on the number of vehicles to be used in
every operation. Alterations happened after the approval of the
request/withdrawal slip and without the knowledge of the approving officer.
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2.10 The management acknowledged the observation and guaranteed to
follow the recommendations provided.
3.1 Section 7.2.1 (a) of COA Circular 2009-006 states that the Chief
Accountant, Bookkeeper or other authorized official performing accounting
and/or bookkeeping functions of the audited agency shall ensure that the
reports and supporting documents submitted by the accountable officers are
immediately recorded in the books of accounts and submitted to the Auditor
within the first ten (10) days of the ensuing month. (emphasis supplied).
3.2 Review of submission revealed that the Municipal Accountant was not
able to submit the journals, paid vouchers, liquidation reports, and report of
collections and deposits together with its supporting documents within the
prescribed number of days. As of December 15, 2018, the delay of
submission ranges from 3 to 280 days as shown in Annex N. This condition
was also noted by the previous audit team and included the observation in the
CY 2016 and 2017 AAR.
3.3 During the inquiry, the accountant reasoned out that they failed to
submit the above-mentioned reports due to the delayed submission to their
office of the Report of Checks Issued with DVs by the Cashiering Office.
With regard to the report of collections and deposits, the delay was due to the
voluminous official receipts issued every month that requires ample time to
input all the data into the accounting system.
3.4 According to the Cashier, the delay on their part was due to the
following practices:
1. DVs were submitted to the accounting office only after all checks
issued for the month had been released to the payee.
2. Representatives of the payees were allowed to bring out the DVs
from the cashiering office together with the checks, and some were
not returned immediately which took the cashier to wait for a
longer period.
3. The available manpower is not equitable to the voluminous
transactions the cashiering office has.
3.5 The consistent delay in the submission of the financial reports, paid
vouchers, liquidation reports and collection reports precluded timely review
and verification of the agency’s transaction and timely transmission of
information of the noted deficiencies.
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3.6 We recommended the Management to:
4.1 Verification Item 5.0 of DBM Circular No. 2004-5A provides the
following guidelines on the grant of honoraria:
“5.1. The chairs and members of the Bids and Awards Committee
(BAC) and the Technical Working Group (TWG) may be paid
honoraria only for successfully completed procurement projects. In
accordance with Section 7 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations
Part A (IRR-A) of RA No. 9184, a procurement project refers to the
entire project identified, described, detailed, scheduled and budgeted
for in the Project Procurement Management Plan prepared by the
agency.
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• Open and competitive;
• Limited source bidding;
• Negotiated procurement under Section 53 (a) of the IRR-A,
where there has been a failure of bidding for the second time;
and
• Negotiated procurement under Section 53 (b) of the IRR-A
following the procedures under Section 54.2 (b) thereof, whereby
the procuring entity shall draw up a list of at least (3) suppliers or
contractors which will be invited to submit bids.
• Direct contracting;
• Repeat order;
• Shopping;
• Negotiated procurement under Section 53 (b) of the IRR-A
following the procedures under Section 54.2 (d) thereof,
whereby the procuring entity directly negotiates with previous
supplier, contractor or consultant, or when the project is
undertaken by administration or thru the AFP, in case of
infrastructure projects; and
• Negotiated procurement under Section 53(c) to (g) of the IRR-
A.
x x x”
On the other hand, item 5.3 and 5.4 of the Circular provide the rates of
honoraria of each person per completed procurement project:
5.4 The average amount of honoraria per month over one year shall
not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the basic monthly salary. The
honoraria, however, shall be paid only upon successful completion of
each procurement."
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Municipal Treasurer and the contracts entered into for the period or month of
claim that will support the validity and correctness of payments made. The
BAC members, TWG and BAC Secretariat were paid a fixed monthly
honorarium, as shown below:
Monthly Honorarium
BAC Chair P 5,000.00
BAC Members P 3,500.00
TWG P 2,200.00- 3,000.00
BAC Secretariat P 2,700.00- 2,900.00
4.4 Based on the above condition, the validity and correctness of honoraria
payments to personnel involved in the procurement process amounting to
P501,600.00 could not be established.
4.6 The management acknowledged the deficiency and admitted that they
have no knowledge regarding the rates to be used in honorarium. They
assured to submit the required additional documents for further verification.
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5.2 In CY 2018, LGU Cantilan made payments to the Bureau of Internal
Revenue amounting to P855,895.85, broken down as follows:
5.3 Post audit disclosed that the above transactions were not supported
with complete documentation to prove the validity of payments. The
documents attached were the Final Notice Before Seizure from the BIR dated
March 14, 2018, and the BIR Payment Form No. 0605. The said Notice
showed that the BIR assessed the LGU on October 2, 2017, for the unremitted
taxes in CY 2014. The audit team found the transaction documents
insufficient considering that the accounting records had not shown unremitted
taxes equivalent to the amount assessed as of December 31, 2014.
5.4 Furthermore, the LGU also paid the total amount of P42,417.43 for the
surcharges and interests. Details are shown below:
5.5 Based on the document attached, it can be gleaned that the above
surcharges and interests incurred were due to the failure of the municipality to
remit in full the taxes due in CY 1999 and 2000. The incurrence of such
unnecessary expenditure could have been avoided had the personnel in-charge
of the withholding and remittance been diligently observing the policies
imposed by the BIR.
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indication that the liability was borne by the municipality instead of passing it
to the official or employee directly responsible, pursuant to Section 103 of PD
1445 which specifically states that expenditures of government funds or uses
of government property in violation of law or regulations shall be a personal
liability of the official or employee found to be directly responsible therefor.
5.8 The management reasoned out that the Bureau of Internal Revenue
(BIR) did not provide any breakdown to the Tax Delinquencies and will
request from the BIR to trace the history of transactions.
B. Performance Audit
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beneficiary, the Cantilan OFW and Dependent Association, particularly the
Meat Processing located in Cantilan, Surigao del Sur.
6.4 On March 14, 2016, Resolution No. 40-2016 was issued authorizing
the former Municipal Mayor of Cantilan, Surigao del Sur to enter into a
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with DOLE-Caraga Regional Office for
the DOLE Kabuhayan Program.
Based on the project proposal, the cycle of activities for the first
production processes shall start in December 2015. However, as observed, the
equity from DOLE-CARAGA was received on June 22, 2016, and it was only
in January 2018 that the Municipality procured the meat processing utensils,
tools, and equipment under PO No. 12-2018 dated January 9, 2018, with a
total cost of P465,000.00. These items were delivered and accepted on
January 26, 2018 which were eventually issued to Cantilan OFW and
Dependent Association, the beneficiary of the said project.
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cost in the amount of P392,150.00 for the supervision and monitoring of the
project or for other needs related to the project. As stated in the project
proposal, this amount shall be used for the building as processing site and
electrical installation, capability building, training cost, production and
marketing cost.
6.8 The conditions as mentioned above had prevented the LGU Cantilan to
implement the project successfully, thus, the project's desired social outcomes,
that is to move the beneficiary out of poverty and make them productive, had
not been achieved.
6.10 During the exit conference, the Project In-charge specified that the
equipment delivered were still at its good condition and ready for its usage.
He further informed that the beneficiaries are willing to continue the project
starting this year.
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7. The Municipality’s 20% Economic Development Fund for CY 2018 and
its continuing appropriation amounting to P13,111,847.08 and P8,115,040.99,
respectively, were not utilized due to either delayed or non-implementation of the
identified programs, projects and activities, thus depriving the public of a timely
and maximum use of the projects and likewise hinders the uplifting of the
economic and social condition of its constituents.
7.4 Furthermore Details of the unimplemented and on-going projects and the
reasons for the non-implementation are shown in the attached Annex B and C.
7.5 Interview conducted revealed that the reasons for the delay or non-
implementation were either due to inadequate funds or delay in the
procurement process. These reasons could be attributed to deficiencies in the
planning and implementation of the identified programs/projects/activities.
Had the management meticulously and judiciously conducted the planning and
budgeting process, these resources could have been allocated properly and that
the prioritized projects could have been implemented in a timely manner.
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previous years. As of December 31, 2018, only P3,229,899.81 or 29%
were utilized, thus leaving a balance of P8,097,540.99 (Annex D).
7.7 However, the audit team was precluded from reviewing the status of
project implementation due to the failure of the MPDC to include in the
submitted report the status of projects under the continuing appropriation.
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