BIR can ferret out tax cheats
CALASIAO—Tax cheats, beware!
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has the system to ferret out income earners and businessmen who do not pay the correct amount or completely evade payment of taxes.
BIR Commissioner Joel Tan made this disclosure in a talk to local media when he visited the BIR Regional Office here last week.
He warned tax cheats and evaders that anyone caught would be charged promptly for tax evasion.
He added that the BIR will also be aided by the National Bureau of Investigation and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in helping detect tax cheats.
Tan said the BIR intends to file cases of tax evasion weekly and will make public the names of those who will be charged in court.
“The BIR means business in its tax collection efforts,” he intoned.
The agency has a target collection goal of P830 billion this year.
He said the monthly collection for January and February have so far been exceeding target.
NEW PROJECTS
At the same time, Tan told newsmen that aside from continuing with the BIR’s ‘Operation Kandado’, it ha launched new programs, like ‘Project Rest-in-Peace’, ‘Project Iboto Mo’ and others.
Project RIP is to aim at collecting taxes from people who have not been paying estate taxes on properties inherited from dead relatives.
Project Iboto Mo is in accordance with a new law that requires a five percent withholding tax on the campaign materials of candidates in an election.
Tan clarified that the five percent withholding tax will not come from politicians nor their supporters but from the suppliers of campaign materials contracted by politicians.
He appealed to candidates to help ensure that these dues are paid as this is expected to generate P1.5 billion in additional revenues to the government.
The BIR, he said, has the mechanism to find out who among the politicians are not withholding five percent on campaign materials they order from suppliers.
At the same time, Tan warned cheating businessmen that ‘Operation Kandado’, where business establishments are padlocked and not allowed to operate, will continue nationwide “without fear or favor” and as often as possible.—LM
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