Wednesday, February 21, 2007 BIR's 12-point tax agenda pushed to hike collection
BUREAU of Internal Revenue (BIR) Regional Director Marcelinda Omila-Yap and Revenue District Officer Jose Eric Furia said they are enforcing the agency's 12-point tax agenda in consonance with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's program to increase tax collection in the country.
Furia underscored the pursuit of her local 12-point agenda to augment tax collections in Davao, which include strategies and mechanism that have helped achieve his district's tax collection goal.
The 12-point agenda now implemented by RDO 113 include: Enhance voluntary compliance and collection through massive tax campaign and dialogues with the different sectors of industry and practicing professionals including the local government units (LGUs), non-government organizations (NGOs), and government controlled corporations (Goccs); sustained tax mapping operation; strict monitoring of collection by tax type; enhance detector of stop-filers and non-filers; and improve detection mechanism of violators of BIR requirements by maintaining an updated computerized ledger of all taxpayers.
These strategies are being implemented by RDO personnel particularly Susan Tusoy, RDO chief assessment division, RDO information officer Grace Pagaran and other staff and personnel enforcement team.
For this year, Furia said his district in collaboration with Director Yap is strengthening and optimizing utilization of tax data base, intensified enforcement measures; strict implementation of latest BIR issuances' intensify tax collection of delinquent accounts through summary remedies; Improve human resource program by conducting regular consultative meetings with personnel and training officers; widens advocacy on increase tax collection and sustained campaign on issuance of official receipts; and implementation of laws and regulations as mandated by BIR central office.
