ZAMBOANGA CITY, OCT. 24 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) here is strictly implementing it’s “Oplan Kandado” as it pursues collection campaign to meet its 2011 collection target of P3.3 billion.
BIR Regional Director Albert B. Alocilja said the bureau has collected a total of P2.3 billion for the first nine months and he is optimistic that the P 1 billion collection balance will be “in” at the end of the year.
“I am confident that the P1 billion balance which is about P333 million a month and P10.7 million a day will be met in the next three months,” Alocilja was quoted as saying.
BIR here is strictly implementing its” Oplan kandado,” a campaign to close down business establishments who failed to pay their tax dues to the government.
“The implementation of Oplan Kandado has improved our tax collection,” the internal revenue chief said.
It can be recalled, business giants- shoppers chain of stores like Shoppers’ Plaza, Shoppers’ Emporium, Shoppers’ Central, Shoppers’ Square, Shoppers’ Center-(gateway) were recently padlocked/ closed by BIR for failure to pay their more than P50 million tax dues to the government.
Alocilja admitted, the temporary closure of these stores on September 8 has helped the bureau’s collection for the month of September.
The BIR director said he has given orders to the bureau’s district offices to focus their collection on the top 200 taxpayers who contributed 60% of their tax to the government.
Alocilja appealed to the tax payers to promptly and religiously pay their taxes as these will redound to the benefit of the public in the form of infrastructure development like roads, bridges and other projects geared towards development.
The BIR chief confirmed, the Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and other businessmen and establishments have expressed willingness to pay their tax dues religiously. (JPA/PIA9-Zambo City)