MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Oct. 10 (PIA) -- Marawi City's chief revenue officer is a recipient of this year's Presidential Lingkod Bayan award.
Chief Revenue Officer Aminoding B. Macarampat of Revenue District Office (RDO) 102 was named as one of the awardees in a ceremony held at the Rizal Hall in Malacañang Palace with President Benigno S. Aquino III conferring the award last September 19.
Macarampat received the award for his perseverance and exemplary leadership in steering RDO 102 to consistently achieve its collection targets since his assumption to office in 2009.
RDO 102 was able to exceed its collection goal by 8.37 percent or P24 million in 2011 under his watch, according to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Revenue Region 16 (RR16).
He personally led the conduct of extensive tax information and education campaign in the province and convinced taxpayers to pay their tax obligations to the government emphasizing that tax is the lifeblood of the government and will be returned to the taxpayers in the form of government projects and programs.
Macarampat also undertook tax mapping operations to educate the business community of their registration and bookeeping requirements.
He even had door-to-door campaigns, conducted dialogues, and strengthened the relationship between the BIR and the local government units (LGUs) in the area which resulted to the collection of withholding taxes from LGUs, the BIR-RR16 said.
The Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award is one the three award categories administered by the Civil Service Commission annually under its Honor Awards Program to recognize the outstanding performance and contributions of officials and employees in the bureaucracy.
The awarding was one of the highlights of the 112th Philippine Civil Service Anniversary celebration
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