PAGADIAN CITY – The Bureau of Internal Revenue-Revenue District Office No. 92 (BIR-RDO 92) here has kicked off on Friday its 2014 Tax Campaign with a motorcade around the city’s main streets, followed by a short program at the Liga ng mga Barangay Convention Center.
This year’s campaign theme is “I Love the Philippines, I pay my taxes right. It’s as easy as Register, File and Pay (RFP).
BIR 9 Regional Director Alert B. Alocilja disclosed that the BIR’s national target goal for this year is P1.46 trillion, that is 16.16 percent higher than the 2013 goal of P1.25 trillion.
Zamboanga Peninsula region is tasked to collect P5.4 billion which is higher by 8.2 percent than the 2013 goal of P5.01 billion and an increase of 22.8 percent over the 2013 actual collection of P4.4 billion, Alocilja said.
He further said that RDO 92 will share the tax burden with P895 million for the whole year of 2014, which is equivalent to 16.18 percent of the entire collection goal of the region.
Director Alocilja also reported that the top three districts in Zamboanga Peninsula in terms of tax collections are Zamboanga City with the biggest contribution of 45.32 percent, followed by Dipolog City and Pagadian City at 22.21 percent and 16.18 percent respectively.
The event was participated in by the different sectors of taxpaying public composed of national government agencies, local government units (LGUs) and local businessmen. (PIA9)