Course Material 2 - The Unified Accounts Codes Structure
Course Material 2 - The Unified Accounts Codes Structure
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Organization Codes
Location Codes
RESOURCES NEEDED
Sting
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Government-wide coding
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r on the
Accountant’s Word Hunt
Find accounting words as much as you can. You can choose any
letters inside the box but you can only use it once. The student who
has the most points will have special reward. Write your answer on
the right side of the paper.
F U N D I N G C O D E T
U A N N A I C I U N T G
F U N D C L U S T E R G
N A N A A A O O U O A I
O R G A N I Z A T I O N
C O D E V C H S J V N S
F I E E D D I E O C T L
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A G E N C Y E R I A L S
L W X L R V O S T T T N
D E P A R T M E N T A E
P R O G R A M M E I N H
M U N I C I P A L I T Y
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Hello Class! Let us talk about the Unified Accounts Code Structure or UACS.
harmonized budgetary and accounting code classification that will facilitate the efficient and
accurate financial reporting of actual revenue collections and expenditures compared with
programmed revenues and expenditures, respectively, starting Fiscal Year 2014. This was
developed in accordance with Joint Circular No. 2013-1 dated August 6, 2013 with the joint effort of
Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Commission on Audit (COA), and Department of
Finance (DOF).
To establish the accounts and codes needed in reporting the financial transactions of the National
Government Agencies
To provide framework for identifying, aggregating and reporting financial transactions in budget
To enable the timely and accurate reporting of actual revenue collections and expenditures against
Philippines
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• Economic statistics consistent with the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) Manual 2001.
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d. Activity Level 1/Project Sub-Category (2- digit code)
Originally, 6-digit code to reflect the Financing Source, Authorization and Fund Category.
However, per Joint Circular No. 2014-1 dated Nov. 7, 2014, additional 2-digit code was made for
Particulars UACS
General funds 1
Off-Budgetary Funds 2
Custodial Funds 3
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General Funds – funds available for any purpose the congress may choose to
apply and composed of all receipts or revenues that do not accrue to other
funds
Off-Budgetary Funds – refer to receipts for expenditure items that are not part of the
National Expenditure Program and which are authorized for depositing in government
Revolving fund
Custodial Funds – refers to receipt of cash received by any government agency, whether from a
private source or another government agency, to fulfill a specific purpose. This include trust
receipts, both from an individual or corporation, that are required to be held by government until
c. Authorization Code
Particulars UACS
Continuing Appropriations 02
Supplemental Appropriations 03
Automatic Appropriations 04
Unprogrammed Funds 05
Retained Income/Funds 06
Revolving Funds 07
Trust Receipts 08
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specific amounts for Personnel Services (PS), Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses
(MOOE), Financial Expenses (FinEX), and Capital Outlays (CE) during a specified budget year,
project, even when these obligations are incurred beyond the budget year. Because MOOE
and CO appropriations are valid for 2 years, unobligated and unreleased appropriations for
these budget items are valid until the end of their 2nd year.
original appropriations that have proven insufficient for their intended purpose because of
prescribed by law, by virtue of standing legislation which do not require periodic action
Expenditure Program of the National Government. Examples are Retirement and Life
Insurance Premiums, Domestic Grant Proceeds, Custom Duties and Taxes, Internal
Revenue Allotment
• New revenues not included in the original revenue targets are successfully
generated
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• Foreign loan proceeds are generated for newly approved project covered by
agencies for their operation or specific purpose. These include but not limited to the
receipts from
• State universities and colleges – tuition and matriculation fees and other
Trust Receipts – receipts that are officially in the possession of government agencies or
a public officer as trustee, agent, or administrator or which have been received for the
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Particulars UACS
Specific Budgets of National Government Agencies 101 to 150
GoP Counterpart Funds and Loans/Grants from Development Partners 151 to 250
Specific Budget of National Government Agencies – refer to the budget appropriated for a
GoP Counterpart Funds and Loans/Grants from Development Partners – the fund category
for the funds will be selected according to the name of the institution providing funds from
Allocation to LGU (ALGU) – refers to the share of LGU from the revenue collections of the
National Government
or projects, equity contributions and net lending and/or advances to GOCC for loan
repayments
appropriation as provided in the General Appropriation Act (GAA) which shall only be used
to augment any deficiency to the consolidated funds of the MMDA to cover valid and
authorized expenditures
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Special Accounts in the General Fund (SAGF) – refers to funds where proceeds from
specific revenue measures and grants earmarked by law for priority projects are corded and
Special Purpose Funds – lump-sum funds included in the GAA which are not within the
are available for allocation to any department/agency/lower level operating unit or LGU for
a specific purpose
• The first digit of the Funding Source indicates whether the expenditure is sourced inside or outside
the general fund, which is the case for all budgeted spending and continuing or automatic
appropriation.
• The next two digits (2nd and 3rd) are for Authorization
• Last three digits (4th to 6th) are for the Fund Category, which identifies specific fund maintained by
After a lengthy guess in Funding Source Course, let us now talk about the Organization Code.
Organization Code
It is a 12-digit code to reflect the Department, Agency and Sub-Agency or Operating Unit/Revenue
Collecting Unit
a. Department Code
A primary subdivision of the Executive Branch responsible for the overall management of a
The first 2 digit (1st and 2nd) represent the Department Code. For purposes of UACS,
Constitutional Offices, the Judiciary and the Legislature are categorized as department-level
entities. COA and Commission on Human Right are considered operating units.
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b. Agency Code
GOCC that may not approximate the size of a department, but which performs
tasks that are equally important and whose area of concern is nationwide in
scope
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• The next three digits (3rd to 5th) are the for Agency Code.
is directly released to the latter and may include the summation of all budgets of
• The next seven digits (6th to 12th) are for Operating Unit Classification Code.
colleges
The 1st 2-digits of Operating Unit codes will be the Operating unit while the
next 5 digits refer to assigned code for the individual lower-level operating
units
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a region.
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least 750 public elementary and secondary school teachers including Head
Teacher or a Principal
Administrator
DFA Consular Offices are units established locally and abroad, and which are
revenue collections and prevent smuggling and other forms of customs fraud.
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assessment and collection of all internal revenue taxes, charges and fees from
implementing units that directly serve taxpayers within its prescribed area of
jurisdiction.
provinces and cities throughout the country. It is responsible for all highways,
flood-control and water resource development system and other public works
Key Budgetary Units – organization units under the Armed Forces of the
Appropriation Act. These are AFP Medical Center, Presidential Security Group
• As a general rule, the last five digits of the Lower Level Operating Units Code
refer to the assigned code for the individual operating units without reference
to the Region Code. If an agency has been moved from one department to
another or if an operating unit has been moved from one agency to another,
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all new coding numbers that apply shall be used. The old codes shall never be
To facilitate central agency analysis across the National Government, local coding should first
enable the analysis of data by region, and then by province, municipality/city and barangay.
The coding structure relives upon the codes used by the National Statistical Coordination Board
(NSCB) only. Location code is a 9-digit code composed of Region, Province, City/Municipality and
Barangay.
a. Region
• Region code is a 2-dgit code (1st and 2nd) that identifies a specific regions. It ranges
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b. Province
• Province code is a 2-digit code (3rd and 4th) that identifies the province. It ranges from
01-99 and generally defines the relative alphabetic sequence of all provinces in the
Philippines.
• Province code is independent of the Region Code which means that even if a province
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c. Municipality
of basic, regular and direct services and effective governance of the inhabitants within
• Municipality code is a 2-digit code (5th and 6th) that generally defines the relative
The fourth key element is the Major Final Out (MFO/Program Activity & Project Codes.
Good or service that a department or agency is mandated to deliver to external clients through
the implementation of program, activities and projects. It should be within the department or
Program
Activity
Work process that contributes to the fulfillment of a program or project. Each activity shall be
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Project
A special department/agency undertakings carried out within a definite timeframe and which are
a. Sector/Horizontal Outcomes
In order to provide the ability to track budgets to the sector outcomes, a 3-digit code for the
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Sectors Code shall not be used; these are intended as headings. Only Sub-sector code shall be
utilized. All MPO/PAPs are required to have Sub-sector Outcome Code Value.
To provide the tagging of the horizontal outcomes, another 2-digit code was added, for Horizontal
b. Program/Project Purpose
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• General Administration and Support (GAS) – activities involving the provision of overall
• Support to Operations (STO) – activities that provide technical and substantive support
to the operations and projects of the department/agency. These include planning and
• Operations (O) consists of activated directed at fulfilling the department and agency
mandate.
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d. Project Title
NEP/GAA
It is a 10-digit code composed of the first 8 digits (1st to 8th) are for COA Chart of Accounts Object
and the next two digits (9th and 10th) are for Sub-Object. The object classification covers all
financial transactions of the government, such as but not limited to, goods or services acquired,
payments made, the source of revenue or the cause of increases or decreases in assets and
liabilities. The object information provides a method for classifying and coding transactions to
enable the reporting of information (including the impact of government revenues and
expenditures on the economy) as well as the nature and standard classification of transactions for
internal departmental analysis. It will provide the oversight agency information in making
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The sources of account descriptions and codes in the UACS object coding elements includes the
following:
The codes from the COA Revised Chart of Accounts prepared for accrual basis financial
reporting
Additional expenditure accounts designed for cash basis budgeting such as those of
capital outlays
The basis for coding the object classification in the COA Revised Chart of Accounts is accrual
accounting
The classification coding framework for Object Coding as provided by COA in the Revised Chart of
Accounts
Particulars UACS
Assets 1
Liabilities 2
Equity 3
Income 4
Expenses 5
• Equity – residual interest of the government in an agency which is the excess of the agency
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• Income – refers to the gross inflow of economic benefits or service potential during the
• Expenses – decrease in economic benefits or service potential during the reporting period
For object coding, descriptions and codes are drawn from the COA Revised Chart of Accounts. If
disaggregation is necessary, sub-object codes shall be used to show the breakdown of selected
Personnel Services
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Test yourself
1. These are annual authorization for incurring obligations, in terms of specific amounts for Personnel
Services, Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses, Financial Expenses, and Capital Outlays
during specified budget year, as listed in the General Appropriation Act
a. Automatic appropriation
b. Continuing appropriation
c. Supplemental appropriation
d. New general appropriation
2. It is the fund available for any purpose that Congress may choose to apply and composed of all
receipts or revenues that do not otherwise accrue to other funds.
a. Custodial fund
b. General fund
c. Off-budgetary fund
d. Revolving fund
4. According to Joint Circular No. 2013-1 dated Aug. 6, 2013, the following departments jointly
developed the UACS
a. Department of Budget and Management
b. Joint Legislative-Executive Council
c. Department of Finance
d. Commission on Audit
5. It refers to any various units of the government, including an office, instrumentality or GOCC thay
may not approximate the size of a department, but which nonetheless performs tasks that are
equally important and whose area of concern in nationwide in scope
a. Central office
b. Operating unit
c. Agency
d. Bureau
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7. For purposes of Unified Accounts Codes Structure, Constitutional Offices, the Judiciary and the
Legislature as categorized as
a. Lower level operating unit
b. Sub-agency
c. Agency
d. Department
8. Organization codes, is one of the key elements of UACS. Which of the following is not one of those
reflected by this element?
a. Department
b. Agency
c. Operating unit
d. Government-owned and controlled corporation
9. Location codes is a nine-digit code to reflect different area following the Philippine Standard
Geographic Code prescribed by the National Statistical Coordination Board. Which of the following
area is not covered by the Location Codes under UACS?
a. Province
b. Municipality
c. Barangay
d. Street
10. One of the key elements, of UACS is the Funding Source Codes. Which of the following is not part of
Funding Source Codes?
a. Revised Chart of Accounts
b. Financing Source
c. Authorization
d. Fund Category
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