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20 Jul 2021

COA clarifies when to require or use Reimbursement Expense Receipt (RER), Official Receipt (OR), Acknowledgement Receipt (A/R), and Certification of Expenses Not Requiring Receipt (CENRR)

The Commission on Audit (COA) clarifies in one of its latest guidelines, particularly COA Circular No. 2021-001, the instances when to use or require Reimbursement Expense Receipt (RER), Official Receipt (OR) / Sales Invoice, or Certification of Expenses not requiring Receipts, as supporting document to a financial transaction. Previous COA Circulars already explains the use of each financial documents, however, some public financial management practitioners are still confused as to the use of each document and when to require each one to support financial expenses. Thus, the COA issued a supplementary guidelines to clarify the use of each financial document....

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24 May 2021

Revised Guidelines on the Grant of the Special Hardship Allowance for Teachers and School Heads

Legal Basis and Purpose The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Department of Education (DepEd) jointly issued DBM-DEPED Joint Circular No. 1, series of 2021 to update the guidelines on the grant of Special Hardship Allowance (SHA) and ensure consistency with the provisions of the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers, as well as responsiveness to the challenges of teachers in the field. The DepEd and DBM will be issuing the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of this Joint Circular. What is a Special Hardship Allowance? Special Hardship Allowance refers to additional compensation generally paid to teachers who...

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