The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has started sending notices to online sellers of goods and services to register.
Revenue district officers (RDOs) nationwide are spearheading the information campaign as many of these taxpayers have not complied, or simply ignored requests to register.
Metro Manila RDOs said in separate interviews that local government units and the Department of Trade and Industry have furnished them with the lists of digital traders.
"These online traders registered their operations with other government offices, but not us," said one RDO.
The revenue frontliners surmised that many of them do not bother to register just to avoid additional requirements, like bookkeeping and invoicing requirements and ultimately escape paying taxes.
They said that after sending the notification tax mapping, street-by- street inspection will be conducted to flush out colorum operations.
They added that some of them have already been slapped with P21,000 fine for non-registration, including doctors and lawyers.
The business registration drive is just part of the BIR efforts to collect taxes from all sources and hit the P2.3 trillion target for 2022.
Latest statistics prepared by the BIR collection service showed cumulative P23 billion shortfall for the first 10 months of the year, raising a total of P1.72 trillion against the goal of P1.95 trillion.
The biggest deficits of P12 billion was sustained by the large taxpayers service that audit big corporations.
Revenue officials said the shortage might still be reduced if all collection reports come in.