BIR Capiz posts 18.53% hike in 2012 collections

ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Jan. 29 (PIA6) – The economic activity in Capiz has been growing, says the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

This after the Revenue District Office No. 72 in Capiz was able to surpass its collection goal last year and had an 18.53 percent hike in its revenue collection in 2012 compared to its collection in 2011, BIR head Gil Tabanda explained.

He said that as of December last year, the Capiz BIR collection reached more than P701.5 million which is higher by more than P109.6 million based on the collection in 2011 which was only recorded at P591.8 million.

Tabanda said that the 18.53 percent collection increase signifies the positive economic growth of the province.

He also stressed that their collection goal last year was set at P698.3-million, however, a P3.1 million or 0.46 percent collection hike was noted.

“The positive revenue collection was due to the vibrant economic activity plus the cooperation of the taxpayers in the province as well as the intensified tax efforts of the BIR employees here,” Tabanda said.

He said that this year is again a challenging one for them to reach their revenue collection goal which is 18-percent higher than its goal last year or about P828-million.

Included in its programs and measures to attain said target and sustain the collection growth are the conduct of monitoring of top 20,000 private corporations and 5,000 individual taxpayers, initiate exclusions or inclusions for top taxpayers as well as adoption of a taxpayer approach such as the conduct of dialogues and intensified tax information and education campaign.

Tabanda said that other priority programs of their office are the Oplan Kandado, delinquent account management and Run After Tax Evaders (RATE) program.

In addition, they will also focus on improving the integrity, professionalism, competency and satisfaction of its human resources through various programs, namely On Time: BIR Time, employee learning development program, people wellness program and recognition and awards system, he said.

“All these programs are geared towards reaching and even surpassing our collection as well as improving the delivery of our services for public or clients’ satisfaction,” Tabanda stressed. (PIA/Jemin B. Guillermo)