MANILA, Feb. 16 — The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)’s digital transformation program will be “fully functional and irreversible” to ensure the agency’s much improved services and highly efficient collection performance, which are both critical to the country’s.
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The BIR chief said he will comply with the directive of the President, admitting there are still few “bad tomatoes” who tarnished the image of the premier tax collection arm of the government.
Many revenue officials expressed surprise over the Malacanang’s instigated revamp considering that they collectively raised more than P1.9 trillion last year which amount was P213 billion higher over the target.
They believed many information received by Malacanang’s 8888 Citizens’ Complaints Center were sent by insiders themselves who are either envious, or desired to be transferred to important jobs.
The first batch of travel assignment order covered the transfer of seven revenue regional and assistant directors.
Commissioner Caesar Dulay of the Bureau of Internal Revenue has vowed to reshuffle key field officials as ordered by President Duterte "to remove the remaining bad tomatoes in the service."
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): Amid the prolonged Covid-19 quarantine limiting movement of people as well as slowing revenue collection due to the pandemic-induced recession, taxpayers with unsettled dues have been given until the middle of next year to avail themselves of the ongoing delinquencies amnesty as well as voluntary assessment and payment programme (VAPP) for 2018 taxes.
In Revenue Regulations No. 32-2020 published on Tuesday (Dec 22), Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III and Commissioner Caesar Dulay of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) extended the deadline for the tax amnesty on delinquencies to June 30,2021. This programmewas supposed to end on Dec 31,2020.
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