Chapter 5 Flashcards
(6) Basic Requirements and Certifications for Disbursement of Public Funds
- Availability of allotment/budget for obligation/utilization
- Budget Officer/Head of Budget Unit - Obligations/Utilizations properly charged against allotment/budget
- Chief Accountant/HOAU - Availability of (3) funds and (4) cash and completeness of documents
- Chief Accountant - Legality of the tranx and conformity with rules & regulations
- Head of requesting unit - Submission of proper evidence to establish validity of the claim
- Approval of the disbursement
- Head of Agency/by his duly authorized rep
What is needed so that “funds shall be disbursed, expenditure or obligations chargeable against any authorized allotment”
Certification of the Chief Accountant
What happens if any certification for a non-existent or fictitious obligation and or creditor exists?
Void
Dismissal
4 Disbursement Authorities
- NCA
- NCAA
- CDC
- NTA
Authority issued by the DBM to central, regional and provincial offices and operating units to cover their cash requirements
NCA
Authority that specifies the max amount of cash that can be withdrawn from a GSB in a certain period
NCA
NCA shall be monitored though the maintenance of
Registry or Allotments and Notice of Cash Allocations (RANCA) by Accounting Division/unit
*Total disbursements shall not exceed total NCA received
Authority issued by an agency’s Central Office to its regional and operating units to cover the latter’s cash requirements
NTA
Authority that specifies the max amount of withdrawal that an entity can make from a GSB for the period indicated
NTA
*No MDS check/ADA shall be issued by the RO/OU without the covering NTA
*Total MDS checks/ADA issued shall not exceed the total NTA received
NTA shall be monitored through
Registry of Allotment and Notice of Transfer of Allocation
Authority issued by DBM to agencies to cover the liquidation of their actual obligations incurred against available allotments for availment of proceeds from loans/grants through supplier’s credit/constructive cash
NCAA
Authority issued by DBM to DFA and DOLE
CDC
Authority issued to utilize the deparments’ income collected /retained by their Foreign Service Post (FSP) to cover their operating requirements
CDC
CDC is an authority issued by DBM to
DFA and DOLE
*Total disbursements not to exceed the released allotment
8 Modes of Disbursements
- Checks - Direct Payment Method
- Cash
- Advice to Debit Account (ADA)
- Tax Remittance Advice (TRA)
- Working fund/CDC
- eMDS/ Electronic Modified Disbursement System
- CPCS/Cashless Purchase Card System
- NCAA (Non-cash Availment Authority
It shall be drawn only on duly approve DV or Payroll
Disbursement through Check
(MODE)
Used for payment of regular expenses that cannot be paid using ADA, PCF, or CA
Disbursement through Check
2 types of checks issued by the Government
- MDS checks
- Commercial checks
(Journal entry)
For MDS check
A/E/L
Cash - MDS, Regular
(Journal Entry)
For Commercial Check
A/E/L
Cash in Bank-Local Currency, Current Account