PAGADIAN CITY, October 20 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Revenue Region (RR) No. 15 on Wednesday said the agency has collected a total of P2.3 billion for the first 9 months as against the P3.3 billion goal of the year.
In a press conference with the newly installed BIR9 regional director Alert B. Alocilja at the RDO9’ office here said he is optimistic that the P1 billion balance will be met 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 said saying that the Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and other businessmen in the region have express willingness to pay their taxes promptly and religiously.
The BIR chief said even if he is one month old in the region, he studied the collection trend and met the business sector to intensify its tax collection campaign.
Alcojilla reported in the region on September 19. His previous assignments was Revenue Region Nos. 10 in Bicol, RR 11 in Iloilo City, and lately in RR No. 14 in Tacloban City.
Alocilja admitted that the tax collection has a slight falls short from January to August, but with the recent implementation of ‘Oplan Kandado’, a campaign to close down establishments who failed to pay their taxes, it has improved their collection.
“The temporary closure of Shoppers’ Plaza, Shoppers’ Emporium, Shoppers’ Central, Shoppers’ Square, and Shoppers’ Center in Zambonga City on September 8 helped in improving the collection for the month of September,” Alocilja.
“I have given also orders to the seven (7) revenue district offices to focus in their collection on the top 200 taxpayers who contributed 60% of their tax to the government,” Alocilja
Alocilja appealed to the taxpayers to pay their taxes promptly and religiously saying that the taxes they pay to the government will fund for the construction of roads, bridges and other developmental projects. (JPA/GCC/PIA9-Pagadian)
