Tax collections down in Q1 due to COVID-19

Ben O. de Vera - Philippine Daily Inquirer 04/20/2020

The first-quarter tax collections of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) not only declined but also slid below target as the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting quarantine imposed since mid-March hurt domestic…

COVID-19 prompts another BIR extension: VAT refund claims until April 30

Ben O. de Vera 03/19/2020

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has also extended the deadline to apply for value-added tax (VAT) refunds as the ongoing community quarantine of the entire island of Luzon keeps people immobilized at home in the hope…

DOF: April 15 deadline to pay tax stays

Ben O. de Vera 03/16/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Internal Revenue cannot postpone the tax-payment deadline next month even as the government is working on some relief for personal and corporate taxpayers amid the one-month community quarantine of Metro Manila,…

BIR: File ITRs, pay taxes online to limit COVID-19 risk

Krissy Aguilar 03/11/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Wednesday said it is not keen on extending the deadline for the filing of 2019 Income Tax Returns (ITR) beyond April 15, 2020, and instead encouraged taxpayers…

P882 million worth of cigarettes with fake BIR stamps seized

Froilan Gallardo 01/22/2020

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY- Agents from the Bureau of Internal Revenue and National Bureau of Investigation raided two warehouses here on Tuesday afternoon and confiscated P882 million worth of cigarettes with fake BIR stamps. BIR Region 10…

BIR starts fuel marking rollout

01/07/2020

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will start this month its monitoring of gas stations’ inventory in line with the full implementation of the fuel marking program. “In preparation for the field testing aspect of the fuel…

BIR readies road map to full digital transformation

Ben O. de Vera - Philippine Daily Inquirer 11/23/2019

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is preparing a road map that will digitally transform the country’s biggest tax-collection agency to better serve taxpayers by 2030. In a recent presentation, Deputy Commissioner Lanee Cui S. David said…

Bohol resort opens 2 hours after BIR shutdown due to tax delinquency

Inquirer.net 11/27/2018

PANGLAO, Bohol – Less than two hours after it was ordered close by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), a high-end resort here was back in business. The 400-room Bohol Hennan Resort on Alona Beach in Panglao…

BIR urged: Withdraw memo taxing health card premiums

Inquirer.net 11/25/2018

SENATOR Sonny Angara called on the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to withdraw its revenue memorandum circular which states that health card premiums shall be subject to tax. Angara, who chairs the Senate committee on ways and…

Cebu City seeks compromise with BIR

Delta Dyrecka Letigio USJ-R Journalism Intern 09/06/2018

The Cebu City Government is offering a settlement with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for its P1.2 billion worth of claims. The Council’s Committee on Finance said that the city government can opt to pay a…

Provincial gov’t defends Oslob vs BIR’s tax claims

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 08/23/2018

THE Cebu Provincial Legal Office (PLO) has defended the municipal government of Oslob against the tax collection demands from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). Lawyer Donato Villa of PLO, left for Manila on Thursday to personally…

BIR closes four unregistered warehouses

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/10/2018

Four unregistered warehouses of a hardware company in Cebu City were padlocked by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Thursday. BIR Cebu City District Legal Department chief lawyer Jose Hector Baronda said that the operation was…

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