Department of Budget and Management

8 Feb 2023

FAQ – When is it allowed to release or pay the uniform and clothing allowance?

If we read the existing guidelines on uniform and clothing allowance, we cannot find any provision that prescribes the exact date to release the uniform and clothing allowance unlike other government employee benefits such as mid year bonus and year end bonus of which the same shall be paid not earlier than May 15 and November 15, respectively. However, we can find relevant information on this in other Circulars of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). For instance, DBM Circular Letter No. 2016-9 (Submission of the Annual Budget Execution Plans), particularly Item No. 3.4 of Annex C, says: “In...

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20 Dec 2022

Quick Facts: Grant of SRI for CY 2022

Legal Basis Administrative Order No. 1, s. 2022 — Authorizing the Grant of Service Recognition Incentive to Government Employees for FY 2022 Budget Circular No. 2022-4 — Guidelines on the Grant of Service Recognition Incentive to Government Employees for FY 2022 Who’s entitled to the SRI? The following government employees may be granted service recognition incentive (SRI) for CY 2022: NGAs and GOCCs exempted from the coverage of RA No. 6758, as amended, may also grant the SRI to their employees at a uniform rate to be determined by their governing boards or agency heads. How much is the SRI...

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12 Dec 2022

Guidelines on the grant of P25,000.00 CNA incentive for CY 2022

Legal Basis The Department of Budget and Management issued Budget Circular No. 2022-3 to provide guidelines on the grant of collective negotiation agreement (CNA) incentive for CY 2022. The other legal bases on the grant of CNA incentives are the following: Agencies covered by the CNA incentive guidelines Budget Circular No. 2022-3 is applicable to the following government agencies: Government employees covered by the CNA incentive guidelines The following civilian personnel of the above-stated government agencies occupying regular, contractual, or casual positions rendering services on full-time or part-time basis may be granted CNA incentives: a. Rank-and-file employees who are members...

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17 Sep 2022

DBM Circular on Registration Fees (Trainings/Seminars) — NBC No. 563, s. 2016

Purpose The Department of Budget and Management issued National Budget Circular (NBC) No. 563 in 2016 to update the guidelines and the allowable cost of participation of government officials and employees in conventions, seminars, conferences, symposia, and other similar gatherings, prescribed under National Budget Circular (NBC) No. 442 dated March 29, 1992 and NBC No. 486 dated March 26, 2003. Applicability NBC No. 563 covers the following government sectors: 🙋‍♀️🙋 National Government Agencies (NGAs) 🙋‍♀️🙋 State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) 🙋‍♀️🙋 Government-owned or Controlled Corporations (GOCCs) 🙋‍♀️🙋 Local Government Units (LGUs) Key Provisions 💡 Government officials and employees may be...

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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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11 Mar 2021

Updated COA-DBM Policies on Accounts Payables that remain outstanding for two years or more

On March 8, 2021, the Commission on Audit (COA) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) issued a Joint Circular (JC) prescribing the updated policies of the government with regards to accounts payables (A/Ps) that remain outstanding for two (2) years or more. [ad_1] The newly-issued JC aims to prescribe implementing guidelines for Executive Order No. 87 which was signed by President Duterte on August 13, 2019. All accounts payable of national government agencies (NGAs) and government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) maintaining Special Account in the General Fund (SAGF) are covered by the JC except for: 1) trust or...

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