MANILA - The heightened Bureau of Internal Revenue's (BIR) digitalization transformation (DX) programs, complemented by its growing workforce of young and skilled professionals under the Duterte administration, enabled the agency to steadily improve its collection performance and broaden the taxpayer base in 2021. In his report to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, BIR Commissioner Caesar Dulay said 4.63 million business taxpayers were registered last year despite the pandemic, representing a 5.14-percent increase from the previous year's 4.41 million registered businesses. Since ...