Disallowed Centennial Bonus: Liability of Certifying Officers and Recipient Employees
This post summarises the Supreme Court’s decision on the grant of centennial bonus by a certain water district under G.R No. 245274 dated October 13, 2020.
Category: COAble
COAble: Direct Contracting in the Procurement of Motor Vehicle
The procurement of a motor vehicle was disallowed by COA because of non-compliance of certain provisions of RA 9184.
Top 6 COA Disallowances and Adverse Findings on Uniform and Clothing Allowance
Learn from the experience of our fellow government accountants on the disallowance and adverse audit findings issued to them by COA.
COA warns an LGU for plastering its local officials’ names and faces on billboards for government projects, and for excessive spending on personalized items
The Commission on Audit (COA) warns a local government unit (LGU) in Iloilo for putting the names and faces of its local officials on billboards for government projects. It also flagged said LGU for excessive spending on personalized items such …
COAble: Supreme Court upheld COA’s decision to disallow certain Philhealth benefits
Philhealth tried to appeal saying that these benefits were granted in good faith; however, the Supreme Court was not convinced and instead reiterated COA’s decision that granting these benefits requires prior approval from the President. The law has long been existing; hence, it did not allow Philhealth to feign ignorance on the same.
COAble or Not: Payment of Salaries of Contract of Service (COS) workers pending approval of Contracts
COAble or not? Good day, I would like to ask whether a situation wherein payment for salary of personnel (in a Contract of Service basis) who have rendered service during the months where their contracts are still pending (for processing …
COAble: List of Common COA Audit Findings, Observations, Suspensions, Disallowances — Cash Advances
Listed hereunder are the common audit findings, observations, suspensions, disallowances issued/imposed by the Commission on Audit (COA) on cash advances. 1. Advances for Payroll were not liquidated at the end of the year, contrary to COA Circular No. 97-002 dated …