BIR targets P10-B taxes in Pampanga, P21B in CL

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO —Gov. Lilia Pineda has underscored the sustained improvement of businesses in Pampanga, and described it as a major contributor to the target collection of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) of P21 billion in taxes in Central Luzon this year.

Pineda said, “Pampanga is continuously growing in business and other areas crucial to nation-building.”

The governor was a guest at the annual district tax kick-off campaign at the SM City Pampanga here on Wednesday afternoon.

She joined the BIR Revenue Region 4 (RR4) during the launch of the 2014 tax campaign and information drive a month after a similar campaign was held in nearby Angeles City.

Pineda lauded the small and big businesses in the province and her 2 million constituents for “the successes we have both in the public and private sectors.”

Pineda said, “Pampanga’s significant role in generating taxes is most evident, as the BIR is seen to collect some P10 billion from Pampanga.”

“It’s almost half of the target of the BIR in the whole Central Luzon region,” Pineda said.

The two-term governor cited the recent report of the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) that said Pampanga is among the 10 most-developed provinces in the country.  She added that total investment in the province was pegged at P95 billion in 2012.

The total investment in Pampanga is at least 76 percent of investments in Central Luzon, the report said.

BIR Regional Director Araceli L. Francisco urged taxpayers “to register, file and pay” (RFP) their tax obligations on or before the deadline on April 15.

The BIR recently released its new campaign jingle and theme “I Love the Philippines, I Pay My Taxes Right, It’s As Easy as R(egister), F(ile), P(ay).”

Earlier, the BIR-RR4 also presented the Electronic Certificate Authorizing Registration (eCAR), a Web-based system that automates the generation of barcoded Certificate Authorizing Registration (CAR), which aims to reduce losses arising from spurious CARs for all kinds of one-time transactions, the Electronic Tax Information Systems (eTIS), the Implementation of Internal Revenue Stamps Integrated System (IRSIS) on the use of secured stamps for cigarettes, the Invigorated Run After Tax Evaders (RATE) program, Oplan  Kandado; The Integrity Management Program (IMP), the Re-engineering of other Business Processes, Electronic Official Registry Book (eORB), e-Linkage with the Bureau of Treasury; The Automated Revenue Allotment Computation, the Forfeited Asset Management System, the Automated Issuance of Tax Clearance for Bidding Purposes, Online Accreditation of Importers and Brokers, the Online System for Accreditation of Printers, which is part of the Taxpayer Registration Information Update, the Electronic BIR Forms (eBIR Forms), the Strategic Performance Management System, the Workflow Management System, the Exchange of Information Program, the Procurement, Payment, Inventory and Distribution Monitoring System and the Career Pathing. 

On February 19  the BIR-RR4 also launched its Regional Tax Campaign Program at the Marquee Mall in Angeles City.

source:  Business Mirror