By Mortz C. Ortigoza
SAN
CARLOS CITY – A treasury consultant of this city said a mayor or
department heads can be spared from payroll scam charges by writing an
objection to a transaction.
Arturo
Mandapat, former bursar here, said a written objection of a treasurer,
accountant, budget officer, or other accountable officials on a
payroll-voucher (PV) can save him/her from administrative, civil, and
criminal liabilities from illegal or improper use of government funds or
property.
Mandapat
said the mayor is spared after he signed on the regular administrative
expenses where his subordinates have illegally participated.
“They
are payrolls for regular or permanent employees, expenses for light,
water, telephone and telegraph services, remittances to government
creditors agencies such as the General Service Insurance System, Social
Security Service, Land Bank of the Philippines, Development Bank of the
Philippines, National Printing Office, Procurement Service of the
Department of Budget & Management and others,” he enumerated.
The retired bursar explained the paper trail of a payroll-voucher where a scam can happen.
For
instance, he explained, “ A department head of a Waste & Management
certified and approved a payroll-voucher prepared by his staff. The
budget head certifies that the voucher-payroll is part of the annual
budget of the local government unit. The accountant checks the attached
documents, daily time record, and leave of absence of the personnel. The
treasurer certifies the availability of funds, and the mayor finally
approves it.
Mandapat recently said payroll padding exist if 50 personnel are hired by a local government unit but utilizes only 30 of them.
He said padding ensued when workers’ salaries were collected even they did not render a service.
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