‘Increase tax payments,’ BIR urges

BIR Assistant Revenue District Officer Atty. Arturo Acabal is appealing to big taxpayers in the province who are subject to percentage tax to personally increase their voluntary declaration and tax payments by 20 percent or more.

Acabal said 2005 is a critical year for the BIR-Dumaguete office in view of the drawn out labor dispute between CAB and its workers, which has affected BIR’s collection from sugar centrals.

DYNO Nobel in Bacong has also reported a low income this year, he said.

BIR-Dumaguete’s collection goal this year is 751 million. The Dumaguete Revenue District Office (RDO) has exceeded its collection goal for the past four years, making it number two in tax collection efficiency among RDOs nationwide in 2004.