Page 2 - Information System Group News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Duterte authorizes DOF to negotiate for US grant for BIR digital transformation program By TED CORDERO, GMA News Published January 20, 2021 11:27am President Rodrigo Duterte has authorized the Department of Finance (DOF) to enter into negotiations with the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) for a possible $809,450 or about P39-million grant to assist the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in its digital transformation program. In a statement on Wednesday, the DOF said the President has approved its request for a Special Authority designating and authorizing its senior of...

January 20, 2021 | 7:31 pm Font Size The Bureau of Internal Revenue headquarters in Quezon City -- BW FILE PHOTO PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte approved the request of the Department of Finance (DoF) to negotiate with the US government the terms of a grant worth $809,450 (P39 million) that will support the modernization program of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). In a statement Wednesday, the DoF said it is planning to tap the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) for the grant to support the BIR’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Modernization Strate...