BIR wanted barangay officials to help field officers in serving notifications to taxpayers.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) issued an order instructing field officers to bring along barangay officials in serving notifications to taxpayers.
This, as BIR Commissioner Caesar Dulay issued Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) 110-2020 in order to ensure the collection of deficiency taxes.
In a report on Manila Bulletin, insiders disclosed that the Court of Tax Appeals had dropped a lot of tax collection cases on the claim of taxpayers that they weren’t officially notified about the electronic letter of authority (eLA) as prescribed in the Tax Code.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue had instructed its field officers to bring along a barangay official and two other “uninterested individuals” in serving electronic letter of authority to taxpayer in his/her known address in case he/she is not present or refuse to accept the notification.
As stated in the circular, it said that the original copy of the document should be given to the barangay official with proper acknowledgement receipt in the absence or refusal of the taxpayer to accept electronic letter of authority.
In addition, the electronic letter of authority may be sent through the postal system or courier service if the personal serving of the electronic letter of authority wasn’t possible.
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Also, the circular instructed the head of the administrative and human resource division of the regional office in order to monitor the mailing and receipt for appropriate action, adding that the electronic letter of authority received by tax practitioner appointed by taxpayer was considered deemed served.
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Previously, the Bureau of Internal Revenue released an order exempting donated gadgets for public schools from value-added tax (VAT), donor’s tax, and Authority to Release Imported Goods (ATRIG).
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