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Multiple cash advances granted without settling previous advances

Department of Public Works and Highways · 2024

Severity: HighRecommendation: Unknown

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What Happened?

Category: Financial ManagementIssue: Non-compliance

The special disbursing officer got new cash advances up to five times in one month even though previous advances were not yet accounted for, breaking cash advance rules.

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Original Audit Finding Excerpt

"XIII RO Special Disbursing Officer of the DPWH RO was granted multiple cash advances to as much as five times in a month for payment of wages, monetization of leave credits, and registration fees without requiring the settlement of previous advances, which exceeded the maximum accountability of the Accountable Officer. 11,287,698.77"

Source Document

09-DPWH2024_Part2-Observations_and_Recomm.pdf

2024 AAR · 13 files