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                    [Summary] => The National Government is likely to save about P5.3 billion if it succeeds in streamlining the government bureaucracy.


Department of Finance sources said the savings may be used to finance possible "adjustment"in the benefits of state workers for 2004. 


The sources said some P10 billion has already been allocated for 2003 as "streamlining cost" which will cover the separation pay and other benefits of employees of agencies affected by the bureaucracy rationalization. 


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                    [Title] => NGOs favor passage of NARA
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                    [Title] => Creation of new tax body pushed
                    [Summary] => Following an exposé on the lavish lifestyles of Bureau of Internal Revenue I(BIR) officials, President Arroyo has certified as urgent House Bill 5465,or the National Authority for Revenue Administration (NARA) bill, that seeks to create an independent and transparent tax collection agency to replace the graft-ridden BIR.


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                    [Title] => Malawakang sibakan sa BIR dahil sa NARA
                    [Summary] => Hiniling kahapon ng Bureau of Internal Revenue Confederation of Employees Association (BIRCEA) sa Senado na ibasura ang panukalang pagtatayo ng National Authority for Revenue Administration (NARA) dahil mangangahulugan ito ng malawakang sibakan sa kanilang hanay.


Ayon sa BIRCEA, hindi ang pagtatayo ng NARA bilang kapalit ng BIR ang solusyon sa paglaban sa corruption o para mapataas ang koleksiyon ng buwis ng pamahalaan. Magbibigay daan lamang ito upang lalong malayang makatakas sa pagbabayad ng buwis ang malaking negosyante.


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                    [Title] => Separation pay ng maaalis na BIR employees unahin!
                    [Summary] => Iginiit kahapon ni Senator Tessie Aquino-Oreta na dapat munang siguruhin ang separation pay ng mga empleyado ng Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) bago isipin ng pamahalaan ang planong gawing korporasyon ito.


Sinabi ni Sen. Oreta, dapat ding masiguro ng Arroyo administration at Kongreso na walang lalabaging alituntunin sa serbisyo sibil o probisyon ng Konstitusyon ang planong gawing National Authority for Revenue Administration (NARA) ang BIR.


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                    [Title] => Government needs P10.3-B for BIR workers
                    [Summary] => The Arroyo administration will have to set aside at least P10.3 billion to pay off Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) employees when the BIR is dissolved to make way for an independent revenue authority.


Already facing criticism for deliberately slowing down revenue collections early in 2002 and partly causing the huge shortfalls in BIR collections, the BIR Employees Association is now seeking a separation package equivalent to five months for every year of service should the plan for a new revenue agency push through.


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                    [Title] => 300 Custom Bonded Warehouse ipinasara
                    [Summary] => Ipinasara ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ang mahigit sa 300 Customs Bonded Warehouse at iniutos ang pagbuwag sa "bonded trading warehouses" na siyang natukoy na pinagmumulan ng pagpupuslit ng kontrabando sa bansa.


Ang direktiba ay pinalabas ng Pangulo sa Bureau of Customs kasabay ng kautusang ipagbawal na sa pagpasok ng mga inangkat na produkto sa mga warehouse na ito.


Inatasan din ng Pangulo ang BIR Commissioner na alisin na ang bisa ng mga umiiral na 45,000 Letters of Authority na ginawa noong mga nakaraang administrasyon.


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                    [Title] => BIR papalitan ng NARA
                    [Summary] => Upang makolekta ang taunang P400 bilyong buwis na napupunta lamang sa katiwalian, ipinanukala kahapon ng anim na mambabatas ang pagbuo ng National Authority for Revenue Administration (NARA) para ipalit sa Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).


Sinabi ni Quezon City Rep. Maite Defensor, isa sa mga awtor ng panukala, na ang hindi epektibong pangongolekta sa buwis ang magiging daan para lalong bumagsak ang Pilipinas.


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REVENUE ADMINISTRATION

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Department of Finance sources said the savings may be used to finance possible "adjustment"in the benefits of state workers for 2004. 


The sources said some P10 billion has already been allocated for 2003 as "streamlining cost" which will cover the separation pay and other benefits of employees of agencies affected by the bureaucracy rationalization. 


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Ayon sa BIRCEA, hindi ang pagtatayo ng NARA bilang kapalit ng BIR ang solusyon sa paglaban sa corruption o para mapataas ang koleksiyon ng buwis ng pamahalaan. Magbibigay daan lamang ito upang lalong malayang makatakas sa pagbabayad ng buwis ang malaking negosyante.


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Sinabi ni Sen. Oreta, dapat ding masiguro ng Arroyo administration at Kongreso na walang lalabaging alituntunin sa serbisyo sibil o probisyon ng Konstitusyon ang planong gawing National Authority for Revenue Administration (NARA) ang BIR.


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Ang direktiba ay pinalabas ng Pangulo sa Bureau of Customs kasabay ng kautusang ipagbawal na sa pagpasok ng mga inangkat na produkto sa mga warehouse na ito.


Inatasan din ng Pangulo ang BIR Commissioner na alisin na ang bisa ng mga umiiral na 45,000 Letters of Authority na ginawa noong mga nakaraang administrasyon.


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Sinabi ni Quezon City Rep. Maite Defensor, isa sa mga awtor ng panukala, na ang hindi epektibong pangongolekta sa buwis ang magiging daan para lalong bumagsak ang Pilipinas.


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