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Sunday, March 16, 2003
BSL warns businessmen v. sham tax mappers
By Fred P. Macaraeg
MAYOR Benjamin Lim has warned businessmen in Dagupan City against sham personnel of the city undertaking deceitful activity in the guise of tax mapping.
He issued the warning after some businessmen in the city reported to him that there is a team conducting tax mapping in the city but trying to settle the obligations of the business establishments to the city at a small fee.
Admitting that he created a task force on business tax mapping in the city, Lim said the goal of undertaking the move is to improve and revitalize local revenue generation effort.
"We have to increase the revenue of the city so that the City Government could deliver the necessary basic services to the people and for the improvement of the city," he said.
But the mayor lamented there is a group of people who sought to settle the business tax of certain business establishments at a small amount to the prejudice of services that would be delivered.
He cited that there are some grocery stores that are paying business taxes worth only sari-sari store, and a lumber store that is paying less than the amount being paid by a small bookstore.
Concerned that they might be fake government personnel, Lim urged the businessmen to look for their identification cards and ask in what department of the government they belong.
"They should report these people directly to me because we do not like and do not tolerate such unconscientious activity," he said.
The task force on business tax mapping led by Pio Roque Coquia is divided into two teams, alpha and zeta.
Alpha team led by Coquia is composed of Arnold Gomez, Bienvenido Bauzon and Lito Vallo. On the other hand, the zeta team led by Sebastian Garcia is comprised of Salvador Corpuz, Leonardo Bagtar and Eladio Tamayo.
The task force has Marlene Rodas, secretariat, and Mary Ann Tamayo, records validation and encoding group, as coordinators.
In creating the task force, Lim cited the need to improve the collection of business taxes and other fees to be able to regain Dagupan's status as a first-class city.
Dagupan has been reclassified as a second-class city last 2002 due to the significant decrease in local revenues.
One function of the task force is to determine whether or not the existing business firms comply with the city ordinances and other laws on taxes and permits.
Lim said there are some business establishments trying to renew their permits but whose application was returned because of under-declaration of their true income.
(March 16, 2003 issue)
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