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Final Payment Exceeding Valid Claim Due to Erroneous SWA

Department of Public Works and Highways · 2023

Severity: HighRecommendation: Unknown

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What Happened?

Category: Financial ManagementIssue: Overpayment

Contractors were paid more than they were supposed to receive because of math errors and incorrect billing documents attached to their progress claims.

Why It Matters

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Original Audit Finding Excerpt

"The processing of the final payment exceeding its valid claim due to an error in the balance forwarded in the final billing from previous progress billings reported in the attached SWA."

Source Document

09-DPWH2023_Part2-Observations_and_Recomm.pdf

2023 AAR · 13 files