The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) bared that it has created a task force to audit social media personalities' tax compliance even as a House probe discovered that some of them supposedly rake in millions worth of earnings a day.

Lawyer Ron Mikhail Uy, who represented the BIR during third tri-committee (tri-comm) hearing on Friday, March 21, said the BIR already "created a specialized body".

He described it as "a task force dedicated to investigating social media influencers, and consequently for issuing letters of authority for further tax audit".

This came after Antipolo City 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop directed the agency to submit the number of social media content creators taxed by the agency and their respective tax payments.

In particular, the House panel wanted to know the tax audit of 27 social media personalities they identified.

But Uy told solons that it was hard to run after those individuals.

“We have investigated their accounts and most of them are registered indeed. But considering that they use their..they are not a company, your honor," he said.

"Some of the influencers, their names are similar to other taxpayers. One of them has been tagged for 17-18 names," he added.

Deputy Speaker Quezon 2nd district Rep. Jay-jay Suarez, during the hearing, asked social media personalities who served as resource persons if they were paying their taxes.

Former press secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles, a known Duterte supporter, spoke on their behalf and said that they were indeed taxpayers.

Meanwhile, some vloggers said they don't enjoy monetization for the content they post online.