By Leilanie G. Adriano
Staff reporter
Laoag
City—The local Bureau of Internal Revenue
has surpassed its monthly collection target, making it the top tax collection
performer in the entire Ilocos region.
For the month of January, revenue
district officer Simplicio Cabantac said that they have exceeded the collection
target by approximately 33 percent or more than P500,000 with a total
collection of P139,947,517.
Compared to other revenue district
offices in Region 1, Mr. Cabantac said only the Laoag district was able to
collect beyond its projected collection target.
“This accomplishment was made
possible through the cooperation of our tax payers in Laoag City,” he added
citing that based on the same period of last year, tax collection in the
province has significantly increased.
In 2012, a total of P965
million was collected by the BIR district office in Laoag City. This year, the
collection target is pegged at P1.6 billion.
Earlier, the local revenue
district has intensified its tax mapping operation in the province to be able
to meet collection target and identify tax evaders.
Part of the tax campaign is
to conduct field visits of various establishments to check whether they are
complying with the BIR tax requirements such as cash
registration, display of payment of annual registration and issuance of sales
invoices and official receipts.
Though Ilocos tax payers are
generally cooperative, the BIR tax mapping and the so-called “Oplan Silip” and
surveillance operations has been intensified to meet the collection target set
by the national office.
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