MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Feb. 7 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in Marawi City is confident that it can achieve its collection target for the year 2013.
Revenue District Officer Aminoding Macarampat said they will work hard to meet this year’s goal of P483,066,000, an increase of P121,169,000 or 33.48 percent from the P361,897,000 target last year.
According to him, the implementation of previous programs that were proven effective such as the intensified tax information campaign and tax compliance verification drive will still be continued until such time that residents, business establishments, and institutions in the entire province become tax-compliant.
He said tax seminars and info drives via radio, television and print media will be conducted to educate taxpayers on the new BIR issuances as well as to remind them of their tax obligation.
We will tap the assistance of the 103rd Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army to ensure the peaceful conduct of tax mapping operations on business establishments, hospitals and clinics, and private education institutions within the jurisdiction of the Revenue District Office, he added.
Macarampat said strict monitoring of withholding tax compliance will also be undertaken.
We already wrote a letter to the Department of Education in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DepEd-ARMM) asking help for the updating of personnel records, he further said.
A personal appeal will also be made to the ARMM regional accountants, departments and agencies devolved to the ARMM, the Mindanao State University (MSU) main campus, and local government units (LGUs) for the proper withholding tax compliance, he added.
In addition, coordination with the local counterparts of the Land Bank of the Philippines and the Development Bank of the Philippines will be continued with respect to the compliance of LGUs.
A close monitoring of withholding tax remittances on infrastructure projects undertaken by the Department of Public Works and Highways, National Irrigation Authority, LGUs, and all implementing line agencies under the umbrella of the ARMM will likewise be carried-out by the BIR.
Macarampat said BIR personnel will be mobilized to man the filing centers in the MSU campus, city hall, and provincial capitol to cater to the needs of tax-paying public this coming filing season.
For January alone, BIR Marawi collected P50,906,108.18, up by P1,804,108.18 or 3.67 percent from the P49,102,000 goal for the month.
The actual collection for the month is also higher by P12,840,188.95 compared the P38,065,919.23 collections it posted in the same month of last year.
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