COA CIRCULAR NO. 2020 006 January 31 2020 - 1
COA CIRCULAR NO. 2020 006 January 31 2020 - 1
COA CIRCULAR NO. 2020 006 January 31 2020 - 1
tabilippine
COMMISSION ON AUDIT
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1.0 RATIONALE
2.0 COVERAGE
3.0 PURPOSE
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establish PPE balances that are verifiable as to existence, condition and
accountability.
4.2 The cost of an item of PPE shall be recognized as asset if, and only if:
5.1 Each government agency shall conduct physical count of all its PPE, whether
acquired through p4rchase or donation, including those constructed by
administration and found at station.
5.2 The Head of the Agency shall create an Inventory Committee composed
of adequate number of members to be able to complete the physical
inventory in three months or less. The Inventory Committee shall have at
least one member each from the Accounting and Property Divisions/Units
of the agency.
5.4 The entire inventory taking shall be witnessed by the Commission on Audit
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(COA)
membersAuditor.
may beThe Auditfor
assigned Team
the Leader
purpose.and/or any of his/her audit team
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5.5 The H ad of the Agency may also require a representative from the agency's
Audit Service/Unit to witnessthe inventory taking.
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5.6 Each government agency shall adopt a uniform property identification
system for PPE wherein a unique Property Number shall be assigned for each
PPE item, using the following numbering system:
I 0000 - 00 - 00 - 0000 - 00 I
Year Purchased◄---------------- '!
PPE sub-major account group .,. .,
Location/Office◄ '
T hceo d e s for the PPE sub-major account group and General Ledger
account correspond to those provided in the Revised Chart of Accounts
prescribed under the Accounting Manuals of the respective Sectors (National,
Local and Corporate).
5.7 For easy identification, the Property Number shall be prominently shown in
the property sticker, in addition to the following vital information on the PPE
item:
5.8 The Inventory Committee shall be responsible for the actual count to
ascertain the existence, completeness and condition of all PPEs owned by
the government agency.
5.11 The Inventory Committee shall submit the approved PTP to the COA
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Audit Team at least ten (10) calendar days before the scheduled start of
inventory
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5.12 Property records shall be updated based on the results of the physical
inventory and reconciled with accounting records to come up with the
reconciled balances of PPE accounts to be considered as the correct
balance of the agency's PPEs.
6.1.1 The Property Unit shall obtain the latest Report on Physical Count
of PPE (RPCPPE)/Physical Inventory Report.
6.1.3 The Property and Accounting Units shall compare the latest Report
on the RPCPPE/Inventory Repo1t with the PPELCs.
6.1.4 The Property Unit shall prepare a list of PPE items which are
recorded in the PPELCs but not included in the RPCPPE/Physical
Inventory Report as well as PPE items which are included in the
RPCPPE but not recorded in the PPELCs.
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6.1.5 Both lists and the latest RPCPPE/Physical Inventory Report shall be
submitted to the Inventory Committee. These documents shall be
considered as inventory working papers and shall be used by the
Inventory Committee as basis in preparing the PIP.
"6.2.l The Head of the Inventory Committee shall ensure that the
inventory taking activities are executed in accordance with the
approved PIP. In case there are planned activities/procedures that
cannot be efficiently performed, he/she shall keep record of the
alternative activities/procedures undertaken and the reasons for the
deviation from the PIP..
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6.2.3 The physical count shall be recorded/documented daily in a standard
Inventory Count Form (ICF), using the format in Annex A of this
Circular, which shall be used as the basis in the preparation of the
RPCPPE after the physical count.
6.2.4 Separate ICF shall be used for each PPE sub-major account group
such as Land, Land Improvements, Infrastructure Assets, Buildings
and Other Structures, Machinery and Equipment, Transportation
Equipment, Furniture, Fixtures and Books, etc. For ease of
reconciliation, the Inventory Count Form for each PPE
category/type shall be subdivided by PPE General Ledger account,
e.g., Machinery and Equipment may be subdivided into Machinery,
Office Equipment, Information and Communications Technology
Equipment, etc. The description of accounts provided in the Chart
of Accounts prescribed under the Accounting Manuals of the
respective Sectors, shall be used as basis in determining the proper
classification of a PPE item.
6.2.5 All PPE items counted shall be tagged with new property stickers
containing the information provided under Paragraph 5.7 of this
Circular.
6.2.6 The Inventory Committee shall state clearly in the ICF the condition
of the PPEs, such as: in good condition, needing repair,
unserviceable, obsolete, no longer needed, not used since purchase,
etc.
6.2.7 PPEs found at station or items not included in the inventory working
papers, but there is reasonable basis to consider the same as owned
by the agency, shall likewise be included in the physical count and
tagged with property stickers. These items shall be described as
"found at sta.tion" which shall be indicated under the "Remarks"
column of the ICF.
6.2.8 PPEs included in the inventory working papers but are not found
during the physical count shall be considered as non-existing/missing
I. PPEs per physical count. These items shall be described as "non-
existing" or "missing" which shall be indicated under the "Remarks"
column of the ICF.
6.2.9 Other relevant information on each PPE item shall also be stated
under the "Remarks" column of the lCF.
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6.2.12 In case no such information could be found in both accounting and
property records such as for PPE items found at station, the unit
cost/value shall be established, as follows:
b. If there are items for which market/fair value could not be easily
determined by the Inventory Committee, their fair value shall be
determined by appraisal.
Original - COAAuditor
Copy2 - Accounting Division/Unit
Copy 3 - Property Division/Unit
Copy4 - Inventory Committee
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c. Work together with the Property Unit in reconciling the
PPELCs/SLs with the PCs maintained by the Property Unit;
7.2 The Accounting Unit shall take up the necessary accounting entries to
derecognize disposed or transferred PPEs based on original copies of the
IIRUP and PTR.
7.3 The Head of the Property Unit shall be responsible in determining the
person/s accountable for non-existing/missing PPEs not otherwise
disposed or transferred. The accountability shall be verified from the
Property Unit's file/copy of the PARs, PCs and other available property
records.
7.4 If there is a pending Request for Relief for any of the non-existing/missing
PPEs, such fact shall be indicated under the "Remarks" column of the list.
7.5 The Property Unit shall inform the Head of the Agency of the non-
existing/missing PPEs without pending Request for Relief and shall
prepare
·lJ\ k,tters addressed to each concerned accountable officer/personnel
\tlemanding the production of the PPE he/she is accountable for. The
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accountable officer/personnel shall be given five (5) calendar days to
respond to the demand letter.
7.6 The demand letters shall be signed by the Head of the Agency or
designated representative and immediately issued by the Property Unit to
the concerned accountable officers/personnel.
7.7 If the accountable officer/personnel was able to produce the PPE item
demanded from him/her, the Property Unit shall indicate under the
"Remarks" column of the List of Non-Existing PPEs that the item was
"produced/presented upon demand" and, subsequently, inform the
Inventory Committee of such changes in order to amend the RPCPPE.
7.8 If the accountable officer/personnel was not able to produce the PPE item,
such fact shall be indicated under the "Remarks" column of the List
ofNon- Existing PPEs.
7.9 After gathering all the necessary information by performing the preceding
procedures, the Property Unit shall submit to the Accounting Unit the List of
Non-Existing/Missing PPEs, with complete information on which PPEs
could not be produced upon demand and those which have pending Requests
for Relief, as well as the corresponding accountable officers/personnel.
7.10 The Accounting Unit shall take up the necessary accounting entries to
recognize in the books of accounts the loss of PPE and to set up the
corresponding receivables from concerned accountable officers/personnel
for the non-existing/missing PPEs that could not be produced upon demand.
It shall likewise check if appropriate accounting entries were already taken
up recognizing the loss of PPE and setting up of accountability for those with
pending Requests for Relief; otherwise, it shall effect the necessary
accounting entries.
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The amount to be set up as receivables over the loss of depreciable assets
shall be based on depreciated replacement cost, which is replacement cost
(current market price) less accumulated depreciation calculated on the basis
of replacement cost.
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c. The Accounting Unit shall be furnished the certified copy of the
investigation report and demand letter to be used as basis to recognize
loss of PPE and to set up the corresponding receivables from the
concerned accountable officer/personnel; and
8.2 The Head of the Agency shall file the request for authority to derecognize
non-existing/missing PPEs to the COA Audit Team Leader (ATL) and/or
Supervising Auditor (SA), if the following conditions are met:
a. The PPE has already exceeded its estimated useful life, hence, its
carrying value is equivalent to its residual value.
The estimated useful life of PPEs shall refer to the estimation made by
the government agency on its PPEs, if any, as disclosed in its Notes to
Financial Statements for the immediately preceding year, otherwise, to
use the Estimated Useful Life of PPE by classification provided under
COA Circular No. 2003-007 dated December 11, 2003; and
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b. Accountability/responsibility over the missing PPE could not be
pinpointed after the conduct of investigation for the purpose.
8.J \ipon receipt of the request, the ATL and the SA shall assign a reference
number, verify and validate the submitted documents and decide on the
requests for authority to derecognize non-existing PPEs for amounts not
exceeding Pl 00,000.00 per PPE item within fifteen (15) working days from
receipt thereof.
8.5 In case the basis for denial of the request by the ATL and the SA is failure
to comply with the conditions and requirements under Paragraphs 8.1 and
8.2, the Head of the Agency may refile the request for derecognition before
the ATL and the SA provided that the basis for denial has been
satisfactorily complied. The ATL and the SA shall decide on the request
within fifteen
(15) working days from receipt thereof.
8.6 The Head of the Agency may appeal from the decision of the ATL and the
SA to the COA Cluster Director (CD)/Regional Director (RD) who has
jurisdiction over the government agency under audit within fifteen (15)
working days from receipt of the decision. The CD/RD shall decide on the
appeal within fifteen (15) working days from receipt thereof. The decision
of the CD/RD on the appealed request is final and non-appealable.
8.7 For amounts exceeding Pl 00,000.00 per PPE item, the ATL and the SA
shall forward the request and the entire records to the CD/RD, together
with their comments and recommendations, within fifteen (15) working
days from receipt thereof.
8.8 The CD/RD shall review the entire records of the requests and shall decide
on amounts involving more than Pl 00,000.00 but not exceeding
Pl,000,000.00 per PPE item within fifteen (15) working days from receipt
thereof.
8.9 In case the basis for denial of the request for derecognition by the CD/RD is
failure to comply with the conditions and requirements under Paragraphs 8.1
and 8.2, the Head of the Agency may refile the request for derecognition
before the CD/RD p(ovided that the basis for denial has been satisfactorily
complied. The CD/RD shall decide on the request within fifteen (15)
working days from receipt thereof.
8.10 The Head of the Agency may appeal from the decision of the CD/RD to
the Assistant Commissioner (AC) of the Sector within fifteen (15) working
days from receipt of the decision. The AC shall decide on the appeal
within fifteen
(15) working days from receipt thereof. The decision of the AC on the
appealed request is final and non-appealable.
8.11 For amounts exceeding Pl ,000,000.00 per PPE item, the CD/RD shall
forward the request and the entire records together with his/her
recommendation to the AC of the Sector within fifteen (15) working days
from receipt thereof.
The AC of the Sector shall review the entire records of the requests and shall
decide on amounts exceeding Pl,000,000.00 per PPE item within fifteen (15)
working days from receipt thereof.
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8.13 In case the basis for denial of the request for derecognition by the AC of
the Sector is failure to comply with the conditions and requirements under
Paragraphs 8.1 and 8.2, the Head of the Agency may refile the request for
derecognition before the AC provided that the basis for denial has been
satisfactorily complied. The AC shall decide on the request within fifteen
(15) working days from receipt thereof.
8.14 The Head of the Agency may appeal from the decision of the AC of the
Sector to the Commission Proper (CP) within fifteen (15) working days
from receipt of the decision. Filing fee is required at the rate prescribed
under the 2009 Revised Rules of Procedures of the COA. The decision of
the CP is final and non-appealable.
a. Prepare a Journal Entry Voucher within fifteen (15) working days upon
receipt of the decision granting the authority to derecognize PPEs, for
approval of the Head of the Agency, effect the necessary accounting
entries in the books of accounts, and enter the acquisition cost of the
derecognized PPEs and their carrying values in the Registry of
Derecognized PPEs (RDPPE), using the format in Annex D of this
Circular;
b. Submit the JEV to the COA ATL, supported with the certified copies
of the approved request for derecognition including the
records/documents pertaining thereto;
9.1 The illustrative accounting entries for the recognition of PPEs found at
station, recognition of loss of PPEs, writing-off/dropping from the books
of accounts the remaining balances amounts lumped under the
unreconciled SLs of PPEs, and derecognition of non-existing/missing
PPEs are shown in Annex E.
9.2 Disclosures on PPE in the Notes to the Financial Statements shall include
information on:
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1. A request for authority for derecognition has been filed and still
pending with the COA stating the date of filing thereof, or, still
to be filed; and/or
After the cut-off date set by the Inventory Committee in the PfP, the
Accounting and Property Units of government agencies shall ensure that the
proper accounting and reporting procedures for all
acquisition/receipt/issue/transfer/disposal of PPEs pursuant to the Accounting
Manuals of respective Sectors, and other relevant laws, rules and regulations are
strictly followed. This Circular is issued for one-time cleansing of PPE account
balances; thus, in no case shall the herein procedures be used to further
derecognize non-existing/missing PPEs and/or cleanse subsequent discrepancies or
unreconciled balances in PPE accounts.
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Annex A
Agency Name
Inventory Count
Form
Old
New Property No.
Property Quantity per Quantity per Location/
Article/Item Oesaiption assigned (To be Unit of Mea.ure Unit Value Condition Remarks
No. Property card Physical Count Whereabouts
filled up during
assigned
validation)
Note: For PPE items without Property No., provide in the "Remarks" column other Information such asSerial No,/Model No,/ brief description that can be useful during the reconciliationprocess
Date:
Annex B
Agency Name
List of PPEs Found at Station
New
Property Person
Article/Item Description Unit Cost/Value Total Cost/Value Remarks
No. Accountable
assigned
Date:
Annex C
Agency Name
List of Non-Existing/Missing PPEs
Old
Person
Article/Item Description Property Unit Cost/Value Total Cost/Value Remarks
Accountable
No.
Agency Name
Registry of Derecognized PP Es (RDPPE)
Reference
PPE Account Authority
Date No. Description of PPE Cost Accumulated Depreciation Accumulated Impairment Losses Carrying Value File Index
(indkate date of grant)
Annex E