The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has no plan to extend the deadline for the filing of annual income tax return (AITR) due to its possible impact on funding programs of the government. In a statement, BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui, Jr. said deadline for the payment and filing of 2022 AITR...
The higher than expected collection of the Bureau of Customs further widened in the first-quarter after the government’s second largest tax agency recorded in March its highest monthly collection for the year. In a statement, Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio said Monday, April 3, that the...
The Bureau of Customs announced the creation of an advisory council that will engage all stakeholders, like the private sector, in formulating strategies for the government’s second largest tax agency. In a statement on Monday, March 20, Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio said the advisory...
The Bureau of Customs said that the government’s continuous effort in combating illicit goods would entice foreign investors to do business in the Philippines. Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio said on Tuesday, March 14, that the bureau’s intensified operation against fake goods will be...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has thrown its full support behind Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio, tasking the newly installed chief of the government’s second largest tax agency to prioritize digitalization. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said modernizing the Bureau of Customs...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Monday, February 13, expressed hopes that the new Bureau of Customs (BOC) chief will prioritize the resolution of agricultural smuggling in the country. Malacañang, last Friday, February 10, announced that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has named...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda wants newly-minted Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio to find out what has been delaying the agency's computerization efforts. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) "My first request to Commissioner Rubio would be to look into...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has named Bienvenido Y. Rubio as the new Customs Commissioner. Malacañang made the announcement on Friday, Feb.10. Rubio will replace Yogi Filemon Ruiz as the agency's top official. Prior to the appointment, Rubio was the director of the Bureau of...
Newly-appointed Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio vowed to hit the collection target of the government’s second largest tax agency, simplify and secure trade facilitation, as well as curb smuggling. Following Malacañang announcement of Rubio’s appointment, the new Customs commissioner...
The Bureau of Customs, the government’s second largest tax collection agency, said it has exceeded its collection target for January due to heightened border controls and strengthened anti-smuggling program. In a statement, Customs Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the bureau’s revenue haul...
The names of alleged big-time oil smugglers were revealed on Thursday, January 19 during a Senate consultation meeting called by Senator Raffy Tulfo with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) on the controversial fuel marking program. Tulfo, chairman of the Senate energy...
Department of Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials should give premium on arresting big-time smugglers and not punishing ordinary Filipinos grappling with the soaring prices of agricultural products in the Philippines. Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito pointed this out on...
