The Office of the Comptroller of Puerto Rico issues a favorable opinion with exceptions on the fiscal operations related to professional and consulting service contracts, purchases and disbursements, accounts receivable, property and cash of the Public Service Commission of Puerto Rico.
The four-finding Report and one special comment point out that, as of May 31, 2016, the Commission did not have written rules and procedures to regulate the contracting of professional and consulting services, collections, accounts receivable and purchases. In addition, the examination of a sample of contracts revealed the absence of documents and certifications in the files such as: the Filing of Personal Property Tax Returns, of the Sales and Use Tax-IVU, of the Merchant Registry, and others. Both situations had already been noted in 2011 in Audit Report DA-12-42.
The audit recommends that the Secretary of State and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OGP) take the appropriate measures, since the Commission awarded 78 contracts for $2.2 million without the authorization of the Secretary of State and 81 contracts for $2.3 million without the authorization of OGP as instructed by Administrative Bulletin OE-2013-002 of January 3, 2013.
The Report also identifies that from 2011 to 2015 no physical inventories of the property were carried out and several deficiencies in the actions to collect royalties and administrative fines.
See Audit Report DA-17-16
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