4.6 Fiscal and Financial Commission The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) commented that it is reviewing the Local Government Equitable Share formula. The FFC advised municipalities to forward submissions to the South African Local Government Association. The FFC commented that the number of bailouts should be controlled because bailing out should be followed by the plan to address the challenges. With respect to municipalities who are investing their equitable share funds, the FFC commented that the interest portion was expected to be returned to government coffers but municipalities are now allowed to use it on operational issues.