The Bureau of Customs’ modernization program has automated and streamlined most of its processes and procedures in the last five-years, resulting in above-target collections despite the pandemic, the Department of Finance (DOF) reported. In a report to Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs have exceeded their combined collection target, the Department of Finance (DOF) said on Thursday, March 17. In a statement, the DOF’s Revenue Operations Group (ROG) said the government’s two main tax agencies collected P2.732...
The Bureau of Customs has seized P769.67 million-worth of goods in less than two months, mostly illicit shipments of vehicles, cigarettes and other tobacco products, as well as illegal drugs, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a statement released by the DOF Monday, March 7, the Customs...
The Duterte administration’s budget deficit fell below ceiling last year driven mainly by higher than expected revenues as well as slightly below programmed spending, the Bureau of the Treasury reported. Data from the Treasury bureau showed Tuesday, March 1, that the national government incurred...
President Duterte will turn over to the next administration a more modernized and sophisticated customs bureau that has transformed into a highly efficient agency and automated majority of its processes on his watch, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said. On the occasion of the Bureau of...
Police are investigating the gunslaying of an information technology (IT) operator of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Sta. Ana, Manila at around 7:45 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 11. Police Maj. Geuel Capuz, deputy station commander of the Sta. Ana Police Station (PS 5), identified the victim as Gil...
BOC collection from rice imports up 22% in 2021 By CHINO S. LEYCO Government collection of duties from imported rice jumped 22 percent to P18.9 billion in 2021, but it incurred foregone revenues on pork tariff cuts, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Citing reports from the Bureau of Customs,...
Authorities seized some P1.6 million worth of smuggled cigarettes during a joint Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) operation in Zamboanga City. The operation stemmed from a report about the entry of smuggled cigarettes that have been stored in a truck. During an inspection on...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III has directed the government’s two main tax agencies to further fortify their respective systems against hacking and other cyber threats amid increasing number of scams perpetrated online against financial consumers. Dominguez said the Bureau of Internal...
Gummy candies and vape items with cannabis? That is what the joint operations of the Bureau of Customs NAIA (BOC-NAIA), Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), and the NAIA Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA-IADITG) found out as agents seized these items last Monday, Jan. 31, in...
A package containing vape cartridges and gummy candies allegedly infused with marijuana was seized by the authorities when it was delivered to a female claimant at the Central Mail Exchange Center in Pasay City on Monday, Jan. 31. (Courtesy of BOC-NAIA) Operatives of the Bureau of Customs at the...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) have agreed to share data on traded agricultural commodities as well as unfair trade practices and imports. The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) formalize their agreement to share data on traded...
