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Unreplenished petty cash fund expenses not recognized

Department of Public Works and Highways · 2024

Severity: HighRecommendation: Unknown

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What Happened?

Category: Financial ManagementIssue: Non-compliance

DPWH paid P67,000 of small expenses out of petty cash but did not replenish or record them, so expenses were understated and petty cash was overstated.

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Original Audit Finding Excerpt

"Review and verification of Subsidiary Ledgers (SLs) and transactions disclosed that petty operating expenses incurred for CY 2024, aggregating P67,214.05 and paid out of the PCF of some DPWH offices, were not replenished and recognized in the books as at year -end due to the non-submission by th e PCF Custodian of unreplenished petty cash vouchers (PCVs) to the Accounting Division/Section for reporting."

Source Document

09-DPWH2024_Part2-Observations_and_Recomm.pdf

2024 AAR · 13 files