Education divisions in the provinces tell state auditors that disorganized and unreconciled records of the GSIS, PhilHealth, and Pag-IBIG have prevented them from remitting the deductions

The central office and 12 regional offices of the Department of Education (DepEd) have not remitted a total of P5.55 billion in taxes, insurance contributions, and loan payments deducted from teachers and non-teaching personnel as of end-2022.

Specifically, the education department failed to remit to the following government agencies and corporations:

  • P4.47 billion – Government Service Insurance System (GSIS)
  • P307.034 million – Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth)
  • P193.768 million – Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF or Pag-IBIG)
  • P572.6 million – Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)

State auditors said, “The failure by the DepEd Offices to remit the premium contributions deprived their employees of the opportunity to avail [themselves] of loan privileges, earn yearly dividends, and such other benefits…thereby causing undue injury on them.”