GABOTAF Update No. 1, s. 2024 — Latest Issuances and Circulars from DBM, COA, BIR, GSIS, PhilHealth, etc.

Beginning from this post, we will regularly provide you with the latest issuances or Circulars from these agencies:

• Department of Budget and Management (DBM);
• Commission on Audit (COA);
• Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR);
• Government Service Insurance System (GSIS);
• Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth); and/or
• Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund)
• and more…

These new issuances were also organized per topic in our dedicated page “References” for your further convenience. You can find this in the Menu bar/button on our website:

On Budgeting (DBM):

• DBM-DILG Joint Circular No. 1, s. 2024 — Clarification on the Special Provisions (SPs) Covering the Release and Reversion of Local Government Support Fund (LGSF) in Various General Appropriations Acts (GAAs), March 1, 2024
• DBM Circular Letter No. 2024-7 — Guidelines on the Use of Digital and Electronic Signature for the Notice of Step Increment (NOSI) and Notice of Salary Adjustment (NOSA), February 28, 2024
• DBM Circular Letter No. 2024-6 — Workshop on FY 2025 Guidelines on the Tagging of Government Expenditures for Climate Change, February 28, 2024
• DBM Circular Letter No. 2024-5 – Reiteration of the Submission of Budget and Financial Accountability Reports (BFARs) under Commission on Audit – Department of Budget and Management Joint Circular (COA-DBM-JC) No. 2019-1, February 27, 2024
• DBM-DILG Joint Memorandum Circular No. 1, s. 2024 — Policy Guidelines and Procedures in the Implementation of the Local Government Support Fund – Support and Assistance Fund to Participatory Budgeting (LGSF-SAFPB) Under the FY 2024 General Appropriations Act (GAA), Republic Act (RA) No. 1975, February 21, 2024
• DBM Circular Letter No. 2024-4 — Updates on the Features of the Action Document Releasing System (ADRS), February 21, 2024
• DBM Circular Letter No. 2024-3 — Adjustment in the Employer (Government) Share in the Health Insurance Premium Contributions to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation for Fiscal Year 2024, February 15, 2024

On Auditing (COA):

• COA Circular No. 2024-2 — Rules on pleadings, mode of filing, docketing of cases, and payment of filing fees at the levels of the Auditors, the Regional/Cluster Directors, and the Assistant Commissioners of the COA Audit Sectors in the exercise of their adjudication functions, February 26, 2024

On Taxation (BIR):

• BIR RMC No. 31-2024 — Clarifies TIN Verification being required by employers from newly-hired employees, February 27, 2024
• BIR RMC No. 29-2024 — Extends the deadline for the submission of the Certificate of Compensation Payment/Tax Withheld (BIR Form No. 2316) and clarifications in relation thereof, February 26, 2024
• BIR RMC No. 27-2024 — Circularizes the updated Checklist of Documentary Requirements for BIR Registration-Related Frontline Services, February 20, 2024 (View Checklist)