President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has tapped tax lawyer Romeo Lumagui Jr. as commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).
The Office of the Press Secretary said Lumagui took his oath on Tuesday, Nov. 15,
Lumagui previously served as deputy commissioner of the BIR prior to his new appointment.
Prior to this designation, he has been designated to various posts and functions, such as technical assistant to the commissioner, and tax fraud head for Revenue Region No. 6, Manila, Revenue Region No. 4, Pampanga, and Revenue Region No. 7B, East NCR.
Lumagui also headed several task forces to boost collections, such as the Assets Recovery Task Force, which had total collections amounting to P833.69 million, and the Task Force on Direct Selling/Multi-Level Marketing and Investment Scams, where assessments totaled to P792.56 million.