BIR conducts tax mapping operations

As a result of its intensified tax mapping operations, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has imposed fines on three law offices in Dumaguete City for
failure to register.

BIR is conducting an ongoing inspection of all business establishments and professionals in the provinces of Negros Oriental and Siquijor to check if they are complying with administrative requirements.

The said requirements include registration certificate, official receipts and books of accounts, said Jose Senador, officer in charge for BIR’'s Taxpayers’ Service Station.

Under the law, the maximum penalty for failure to register is P12,000.

To date, nine law offices have already been inspected, but Senador said more inspections will be conducted throughout the year.

He added that they are concentrating on law offices this year, as last year’'s focus
was on doctors.

BIR officials are set to conduct tax mapping operations on May 16 in the towns of
Sibulan and San Jose.