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                    [Summary] => On the advice of the International Monetary Fund, the Finance Department will start a review of government’s tax incentive program that would include setting a cap on these perks and prioritizing the recipients to the most dynamic sectors of the economy.


DOF Secretary Jose Pardo said the visiting IMF chief of mission Markus Rodlauer had urged the Philippine government to implement a "fiscal consolidation" program starting next year aimed at raising more revenues to attain a more favorable budget balance.


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                    [Title] => BIR targets too high, says IMF
                    [Summary] => The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) may be able to collect no more than P3 billion in additional revenues from its intensive audit program.


The BIR has set the revenue target under the program at P12 billion.


"Acknowledging past performance and the late start of the program, a result over P2-3 billion is difficult to conceive," the IMF said in a paper.


The BIR implemented a new audit program for different areas covering the period June to August this year.


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                    [Title] => BIR to launch new program to identify tax evaders
                    [Summary] => The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will launch early next month a new program that can identify tax evaders, BIR Commissioner Dakila Fonacier said yesterday.


Fonacier said the new program, called Oplan Taxpayer Profiling (OTP), will be able to identify non-registrants and facilitate automated data sharing between the BIR and other government agencies.


The BIR aims to expand its data-sharing network to include local government units (LGUs) and other government agencies within the coming months, Fonacier said.


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                    [Title] => Gov’t won’t appeal Tan case anymore
                    [Summary] => Not anymore.


The chances of appealing the P25.3-billion tax evasion case against  tycoon Lucio Tan continue to dim as the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) admitted it needs more time to evaluate the evidence.


In a letter to Justice Secretary Artemio Tuquero dated Sept. 22, BIR Commissioner Dakila Fonacier said the ad hoc committee, which he created, needs "at least four months to study Mr. Tan’s tax fraud suit."


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                    [Title] => Tan may yet be cleared of tax raps
                    [Summary] => He may have lost in his bid to keep Taiwanese carriers from ferrying more passengers from Manila, but it seems Philippine Airlines (PAL) chairman Lucio Tan is on his way to winning the biggest battle of all.


Solicitor General Ricardo Galvez said yesterday the government will no longer appeal Tan’s P25.3-billion tax evasion case if the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) says the evidence against the beer and tobacco magnate is indeed weak.


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                    [Title] => BIR exceeds Q1 target
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The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) exceeded its excise tax collection target
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Commissioner Dakila Fonacier, said yesterday.

Fonacier said BIR's newly-created excise tax services (ETS) was able to collect
P20.211 billion for the first three months of 2000, surpassing its
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The ETS is estimated to contribute around 25 percent of the total collection of
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                    [Title] => No chess scam, says PCF
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required 20 percent, on the winnings of players in the just-concluded Chess
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During the Newsmakers Forum at the Century Park Hotel yesterday, BIR deputy
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"The Commissioner (Fonacier) met with all these offices that did
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DAVAO CITY -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is determined to go after
individuals and companies involved in the multibillion-peso tax credit
certificate (TCC) scam.

BIR Commissioner Dakila Fonacier said this yesterday as he noted that the
bureau will still insist on collecting unpaid taxes from those linked to the
controversy, including oil companies such as Petron and Pilipinas Shell.

"The BIR will go after those involved in the tax credit scam because as far as
we are concerned, these companies and these people have tax liabilities that
have to be paid," Fonacier sa
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                    [Title] => BIR to meet 2000 revenue target
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DAVAO CITY - The government's revenue target of P397 billion this year will
surely be met with the country now on a firm growth path, Bureau of Internal
Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Dakila Fonacier said yesterday.

He pointed out that various economic indicators, including the gross domestic
product, all increased during the first quarter of the year.

"These things, which are hard solid evidence of growth, will also
correspondingly result in high collection figures," Fonacier said.

He noted that the BIR has already surpassed its goal for the first quarter.
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COMMISSIONER DAKILA FONACIER

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DOF Secretary Jose Pardo said the visiting IMF chief of mission Markus Rodlauer had urged the Philippine government to implement a "fiscal consolidation" program starting next year aimed at raising more revenues to attain a more favorable budget balance.


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The BIR has set the revenue target under the program at P12 billion.


"Acknowledging past performance and the late start of the program, a result over P2-3 billion is difficult to conceive," the IMF said in a paper.


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Fonacier said the new program, called Oplan Taxpayer Profiling (OTP), will be able to identify non-registrants and facilitate automated data sharing between the BIR and other government agencies.


The BIR aims to expand its data-sharing network to include local government units (LGUs) and other government agencies within the coming months, Fonacier said.


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In a letter to Justice Secretary Artemio Tuquero dated Sept. 22, BIR Commissioner Dakila Fonacier said the ad hoc committee, which he created, needs "at least four months to study Mr. Tan’s tax fraud suit."


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Solicitor General Ricardo Galvez said yesterday the government will no longer appeal Tan’s P25.3-billion tax evasion case if the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) says the evidence against the beer and tobacco magnate is indeed weak.


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Commissioner Dakila Fonacier, said yesterday.

Fonacier said BIR's newly-created excise tax services (ETS) was able to collect
P20.211 billion for the first three months of 2000, surpassing its
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The ETS is estimated to contribute around 25 percent of the total collection of
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"The ETS has indeed effectively implemented measures to reinforce the bureau's
tax administr
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required 20 percent, on the winnings of players in the just-concluded Chess
Pambansa Millennium Grand Prix, adding that it had never announced it was
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quarter of this year, a ranking BIR official said yesterday.

During the Newsmakers Forum at the Century Park Hotel yesterday, BIR deputy
commissioner for resource management Estrelita Aguirre said Internal Revenue
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regional offices that were not able to achieve their collection targets.

"The Commissioner (Fonacier) met with all these offices that did
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certificate (TCC) scam.

BIR Commissioner Dakila Fonacier said this yesterday as he noted that the
bureau will still insist on collecting unpaid taxes from those linked to the
controversy, including oil companies such as Petron and Pilipinas Shell.

"The BIR will go after those involved in the tax credit scam because as far as
we are concerned, these companies and these people have tax liabilities that
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Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Dakila Fonacier said yesterday.

He pointed out that various economic indicators, including the gross domestic
product, all increased during the first quarter of the year.

"These things, which are hard solid evidence of growth, will also
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