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THE BIR AND the Home DevelopmentMutual Fund (HDMF) have agreed towork together to support the use ofeBIRForms in the Pag-IBIG Fund'sprovident and housing loan programs.

The agreement was made througha Memorandum of Understanding(MOU) signed by BIR CommissionerKim S. Jacinto-Henares and HDMFChief Executive Officer (CEO) DarleneMarie B. Berberabe on May 12, 2014at the BIR National Office.

Under the MOU, the BIR shall al-low the HDMF to file the tax returnsof Pag-IBIG Fund members, borro-wers and developers (or HDMF cli-ents) and to remit the taxes payableby them, on their behalf, using theeBIRForms or other modes of pay-ment (e.g. mobile payment, debit sys-tem, etc.).

For this purpose, HDMF must se-cure proper written authorization from

its clients for the said filing of tax re-turns and remittance of tax payments.

The HDMF shall also be respon-sible for the submission to the BIR ofits clients' complete documents for theprocessing and issuance of their Cer-tificate Authorizing Registration (CAR).The HDMF can also secure, on behalfof its clients, the CAR from the BIR, ifduly authorized for the purpose.

The BIR shall provide a special lane

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for HDMF clients where they can begiven assistance in the computation ofrelated taxes, submission of documentsand verification of status of Pag-IBIGaccounts, for the issuance of their CAR.

The signing of the MOU was wit-nessed by DCIR Lilia C. Guillermo andHDMF Deputy CEO Acmad Rizaldy P.Moti. Also in attendance during the sign-ing ceremony were DCIR Nelson M.Aspe and other BIR and HDMF officials.

TO AVOID REVENUE losses related toproperty transfer transactions, the BIRhas developed a new web-based systemcalled Electronic Certificate AuthorizingRegistration (eCAR).

The eCAR System was initially rolledout on May 19, 2014 in Revenue DistrictOffices (RDOs) under RR 1-Calasiao,Pangasinan. The system was developedin collaboration with the Land RegistrationAuthority (LRA) to automate the manualprocesses in the preparation of CertificateAuthorizing Registration (CAR), and tobuild a reliable database for the pre- andpost-audit of one-time transactions.

Prior to the development of the eCARSystem, a Memorandum of Agreement(MOA) between the BIR and the LRA hasbeen signed on September 25, 2013 to

ensure that no transfer of real property iseffected unless the BIR has issued a CARcertifying that such transfer has beenreported and the taxes due thereon, if any,have been paid by the taxpayer.

The MOA specifically provides thatthe LRA-Register of Deeds (LRA-RD) willnot register any taxable instrument norissue a Transfer Certificate of Title unlessthe CAR presented by the taxpayer isverified/cross-checked with BIR data.

With the rollout of the eCAR System,the generation of CAR was automatedand the cross-checking of data was madeeasier through the online transmission,receipt and storage of data in a BIR-LRAshared database. The system likewiseprovides accurate and near real-timeeCAR data that includes tax paymentsposted in the Integrated Tax System, whichis a requirement before an eCAR can be

By Noelle Geronilla

ALL TAXPAYERS using Cash RegisterMachines (CRM), Point-of-Sale (POS)and/or any other similar business ma-chines generating receipts or invoices arenow required to use the BIR's enhancedand integrated Electronic Accreditationand Registration (eAccReg) and Elec-tronic Sales Reporting (eSales) Systems.

This was prescribed by the BIRon May 28, 2014 with the issuance ofRevenue Memorandum Circular No.45-2014, which aims to effectively su-pervise and control the issuance ofreceipts/invoices by business estab-lishments as well as monitor the

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Commissioner Kim S. Jacinto-Henares shakes the hand of HDMF Chief Executive Officer, Atty. Darlene Marie B.Berberabe after signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the BIR and the HDMF on May 16, 2014in the BIR National Office. The signing of the MOU was witnessed by DCIR Nelson M. Aspe, DCIR Lilia C. Guillermo,HDMF officials and other concerned revenue officials.

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issued by the BIR.The CARs that will be generated by the

eCAR System has a bar code that has acorresponding reference number repre-senting the system-generated eCAR numberand transaction number, which will beindicated at the back of each page of sale/exchange/transfer of property documents.This will enable the LRA-RD to verify theauthenticity of documents presented tosupport the transfer of properties.

With the said security feature, theproliferation of fake/spurious CARs as wellas the transfer of real properties or personalproperties even without the issuance ofCAR will now be a thing of the past.

"With the eCAR System in place, it ismuch easier now for us in the BIR, as well

as for the LRA and other concernedgovernment offices, to uncover fake/spurious CARs, including those withunlawful insertion of entries and otherirregularities. This will lead to the timelypayment of correct taxes," said DCIRNelson Aspe of the Operations Group.

In line with the implementation ofthe eCAR System, the BIR has issuedRevenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) No.40-2014 on May 15, 2014 prescribing theuse of BIR Form No. 2313-R and BIR FormNo. 2313-P for transactions involvingtransfer of real properties and of personalproperties, respectively, in BIR offices wherethe eCAR System has been rolled out.

RDOs and Large Taxpayers AuditDivisions (LTADs) where the eCARSystem is not yet available shall continueto issue manually-prepared CARs

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COMMISSIONER KIM S. Jacinto-Henares has recommended to FinanceSecretary Cesar V. Purisima the issuanceof regulations to prescribe the policiesand guidelines in the monitoring of ser-vice fees being charged by self-employedprofessionals.

Under Revenue Regulations (RR)

following the provisions of existingrevenue issuances. Upon rollout of theeCAR System in the said offices, allmanually-issued expired CARs that are notyet presented to the LRA-RD will bereplaced by eCARs on or after the rolloutdate of the system.

The LRA-RD shall not acceptmanually-issued CARs upon the rollout ofthe eCAR System in the concerned RDO/LTAD. However, manually-prepared CARsissued within one (1) year before the rolloutdate are still valid for presentation bytaxpayers to LRA-RD as long as they are inthe list of CARs provided by the RDO/LTAD to the LRA-RD.

The eCAR System is targeted to berolled out in all RDOs/LTADs by August2014. (See full text of RMC No. 40-2014at www.bir.gov.ph)

By Noelle Geronilla

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No. 4-2014 issued on March 20, 2014,self-employed professionals are nowrequired to submit to the BIR an affi-davit indicating the rates, manner ofbillings and the factors they considerin determining their service fees.

The said affidavit shall be submittedto the Revenue District Office (RDO)/Large Taxpayers District Office (LTDO)having jurisdiction over them upon

registration and payment of their an-nual registration fee on or before January31 every year.

Self-employed professionals arealso required to register their books ofaccounts and official appointmentbooks with their respective RDO/LTDObefore using the same in their practiceof profession/occupation/calling.

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monthly sales reported in said ma-chines.

The eAccReg System is an en-hanced electronic accreditation and re-gistration facility developed to automatethe issuance to establishments of permitsto use CRM/POS machines and otherbusiness machines before they can beused in business operation.

Part of the enhancement done on theeAccReg System is the streamlining ofprocedures and simplification of require-ments for the issuance of said permits.Once enrolled into the eAccReg System,taxpayers can now print their Certificateof Accreditation and Final Permit to Usetheir business machines.

The eSales System, on the otherhand, automates the monitoring andreporting of the gross monthly sales per

registered business machine, therebymaking it easier for the BIR to closelymonitor taxpayers' monthly sales.

Once a business machine has beenaccredited and registered with the BIRusing the enhanced eAccReg System,a system-generated Machine Identifi-cation Number (MIN) shall be issued.Taxpayers with MIN-issued businessmachines are required to report to theBIR, through the eSales System, theirmonthly sales every 8th day (for tax-payers whose last digit of the 9-digitTIN is even number) or 10th day (fortaxpayers whose last digit of the 9-digitTIN is odd number) of the month fol-lowing the month of sales. The submis-sion of monthly sales reports by tax-payers via the eSales System can bedone through e-mail, website and shortmessaging system (SMS or texting).

To be able to access the enhanced

and integrated eSales/eAccReg System,designated authorized users and/or au-thorized representatives of taxpayer-ap-plicants/machine suppliers are requiredto submit a duly notarized letter to theBIR to be able to enroll in the systems'Account Enrollment facility. The said let-ter shall be submitted to the concernedRevenue District Office/Large TaxpayerDistrict Office/Large Taxpayers Assis-tance Division/Excise Large TaxpayersRegulatory Division.

All taxpayers/suppliers are requiredto enroll their respective authorizedusers/representatives prior to the use ofthe enhanced and integrated eAccRegand eSales Systems. Account enrollmentapplication shall be on a one (1) autho-rized user per Taxpayer IdentificationNumber (TIN) basis, or one authorized userin behalf of multiple Branches, whicheveris applicable/convenient to the taxpayer.

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The official appointment booksshall contain the names of their clientsand the date/time of their meeting(s).Likewise, their sales invoices and offi-cial receipts (VAT or non-VAT) shouldalso be registered first with the BIRbefore they can be issued and used inany transaction.

In cases when no professionalfees are charged by the professionaland paid by the client, a BIR-registeredreceipt, duly acknowledged by the lat-ter, shall be issued showing a discountof 100% as substantiation of the "pro-bono" service.

Per RR No. 4-2014, all existing andregistered self-employed professio-nals as of April 6, 2014 are required tosubmit the required affidavit and re-gister their official appointment bookswith the BIR on or before May 6, 2014.

its variable expenses."The creation of the new CMS tem-

plates, as well as the development ofthe new 'look and feel' of the BIRWebsite and its migration to the GWHSwill be done solely by the TechnicalTeam, in close coordination with theFunctional Team or Content Mana-gers", said DCIR Aspe.

DCIR Lilia C. Guillermo, for herpart, underscored the importance ofcontent management in maintaining a

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Personnel from the Training Management Division and Training Delivery Division at-tended the Workshop on Formulating Competency-Based Job Description conductedlast April 30 and May 2 at the BIR Training Room by Asian Development Bank consultant,Mr. John Bierlee (on its 3rd series of training/seminars). This is in line with the implemen-tation of the Strategic Human Resource Management Workshop for BIR personnel.

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good website that will cater to the infor-mation needs of the Bureau's stake-holders.

The roles and responsibilities ofthe Functional Team/Content Mana-gers and the Technical Team were dis-cussed by Chief Rowena G. Altura(Project Manager) and Chief JocelynDC Zabala (Asst. Project Manager),respectively. The Project Work Planand Next Steps were presented byOIC-ACIR Del Rosario.

The kick-off meeting was cappedby the presentation of the proposed de-sign/layout of the new BIR Website byChief Altura, which is already alignedto the prescribed "look and feel" of go-vernment websites under AO No. 39.

"Let us all work together for thesuccess of the Enhancement of the BIRWebsite/Portal Project so we can launchit by August this year", said DCIR Aspe.

However, said deadline was ex-tended by the BIR to May 31, 2014 togive self-employed professionalsample time to comply with the said re-quirements. The said extension wasprovided under Revenue Memoran-dum Circular No. 32-2014 issued by theBIR on May 5, 2014.

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In line with the BIR"s PeopleWellness-Livelihood Program,the Training Delivery Divisionconducted a "Hairdo & Make-Up" Workshop last May 2 at theBIR Training Room. Ms. TracyAgatha Palafox (daughter ofMs. Teresita Palafox of the Ma-nagement Division) was the re-source person.

The Human Resource Development Service, in coordination with Sanofi Pasteur andZuellig Pharma Corporation, conducted Flu Vaccination (at a discounted price) forBIR employees in the National Office and Metro Manila Regional Offices last April 30at the BIR Auditorium. Ms. Gertrudes Bolasoc of the Training Delivery Division coor-dinated with the pharmaceutical company while a nurse from Home Health Care ad-ministered the vaccine.

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DCIR Lilia Guillermo, together with HREA Teresita Angeles, HREA Magdalena Ancheta and members of the Internal Revenue Stamps Integrated System (IRSIS) Project Team,conducted a Plant Tour last April 4 at APO LIMA located at LIMA Technology Center in Malvar, Batangas. The APO LIMA will be the production site for the printing of InternalRevenue Stamps for Cigarette Products.

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OIC-RDO Ernesto Mangabat of RD 70-Masbate City ap-pealed to members of cooperatives in the Province ofMasbate to pay the correct taxes on time to avoid penaltyduring the Cooperatives’ Meeting conducted by the CDA.

RDO RobertoBucoy of RD 14-Bayombong,Nueva Vizcayatalks about col-lection targetduring an inter-view conductedlast April 14 bya local televi-sion correspon-dent. He reminded taxpayers to file and pay their taxescorrectly, and informed them that penalties shall beimposed to those who will file their tax returns after officehours on the last day of filing.

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RD 6-Urdaneta City, headed by RDO Nasrollah Conding andAsst. RDO Ma. Bernadette Mangaoang, conducted a series ofdialogues last April 8 to 11 with the officers and members ofPangasinan Accountants and Bookkeepers Association,Urdaneta Business Club and doctors and lawyers.

RDO Samer Muti of RD 111-Koronadal City, together with OIC-Regional Director (RD) Thelma Milabao and TAU ChiefSumael Abad of RR 18-Koronadal City, temporarily closed last April 16 Golden Matutum Construction Supply. OnMay 12, RDO Muti and RD Milabao spearheaded the closure of Wally Ware Trading. Both establishments are locatedin Polomolok, South Cotabato.

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RD 3-San Fernando City, La Union, headed by Officer-In-Charge Lolita Salayog, conducted an inventory stock-taking last April 22 to 25 in two (2) of the district office'staxpayers with branches in Ilocos Sur, Benguet, Baguioand Pasig City. Photos show Group Supervisors MylaRamos and Cristine Anne Laroya during the activity.

Revenuers of RD 86-Borongan City, led by RevenueOfficer Marina Vicentuan, conducted tax mapping ope-rations last May 7 to 8 in Oras, Eastern Samar.

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Group Supervisor Evelyn Ramirez, together with Re-venue Officers Eden Robles and Arlene Tenorio of RD59-Lipa City, conducted a Tax Compliance VerificationDrive in San Jose, Batangas last April 24.

OIC-RDO Jesusa Cabello of RD 86-Borongan, EasternSamar, together with Revenue Officer Francisco TonidoJr., discuss with members of IBP-Borongan the provi-sions of RR No. 4-2014 and the registration requirementsfor professionals.

RD 20-Bataan, headed by Asst. RDO Esperanza Castro,intensified its conduct of tax mapping operations in re-sorts. Photo shows RO Charlie Palacay serving "48 hourNotice" to taxpayers who failed to register with the BIR.

RD 25B-Sta. Maria, Bulacan, headed by RDO QuirinoRamos, Jr., conducted tax mapping activities in SanMiguel and San Ildefonso, Bulacan last May 22. CASRosemarie Talaman led revenuers in checking the tax-payers’ books of accounts and their compliance withthe BIR’s invoicing requirements.

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RD 6-Urdaneta City, headed by RDO Nasrollah Condingand Asst. RDO Ma. Bernadette Mangaoang, conducteda Tax Update Seminar and Tax Dialogue with barangayofficials last April 21 at Urdaneta City Cultural and SportsComplex Gymnasium.

Asst. RDO Ma. Isabel Utit of RD 14-Bayombong, NuevaVizcaya reminds taxpayers that there is no extension onthe tax deadline during the flag-raising ceremony heldat the People's Stage Provincial Capitol.

RD 70-Masbate City conducted a tax briefing for mem-bers of the Masbate Medical Society last April 23. OIC-RDO Ernesto Mangabat gave emphasis on the correctand timely payment of taxes due from professionals.

RDO Nerissa Agraam and of RD 55-San Pablo, togetherwith CAS Ma. Liza Alcala, briefed around 40 members ofthe Lions Club regarding tax matters during San PabloCity's Lions Club Monthly General Meeting conductedlast April 24. Also present were RCO Myra Gonzales, RCOAlexander Sombilla and John Robert dela Cruz.

OIC-RDO Simplicio Cabantac, Jr. of RD 1-Laoag City wasinterviewed by TV anchors and radio commentators ofABS-CBN Laoag, GMA Laoag, Ilocos Times, DZJC,Bombo Radyo and Radyo ng Bayan regarding the crimi-nal complaint (RATE Case) filed by the BIR last May 8against Mr. Constante Llanes, Jr., a registered contractorof RD 1 using the trade name "JME Builders". Mr. Llaneswas assessed for a total deficiency tax (Income and VAT)of P 9.95 Million, inclusive of surcharges and interest.

OIC-RDO Ray Anthony Geli of RD 19-SBMA discussedwith resort owners and managers last April 12 their taxcompliance and payment of correct taxes, including themandatory issuance of official receipts.

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Regional Director (RD) Nestor Valeroso and Asst. RDTeresita Dizon of RR 8-Makati welcome the officers andmembers of the Tax Management Association of thePhilippines (TMAP) last April 11. A TMAP booth was set-up at the region's Tax Filing Center where member-vo-lunteers of the association extend tax assistance to tax-payers during the ITR filing season.

Regional Director Hermeno Palamine of RR 13-Cebu Cityposes with actor Mateo Guidicelli who paid a courtesyvisit at the Regional Office, together with his accoun-tant. Mr. Guidicelli is a registered taxpayer of Cebu City.Also in photo are Legal Division OIC, Atty. Neri Yu, GroupSupervisor Marlyn Arabia of RD 81-Cebu City North andPICPA National President, Atty. Tita Caluya.

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Asst. RDO Esperanza Castro and Legal Division Asst.Chief Francisco Sarmiento of RR 4-Pampanga informresort and hotel owners/operators of the municipalityof Morong, Bataan regarding their tax obligations.

Regional Director Norberto Vitug of RR 17-Butuan Citywas interviewed last April 11 in his office by Radyo Bomboregarding collection updates and status of investors inthe region.

RDO Lotie Blando of RD 23A-North Nueva Ecija, to-gether with Revenue Officers, conducted a meeting withrice retailers last May 21 at San Jose City Public Market.

Asst. Regional Director Christine Juliet Chua of RR 17-Caraga was interviewed last April 11 by Radyo Trumpetacorrespondent, Clyde Hikilan on RATE updates and newservices and programs implemented by the top perfor-ming RDOs.

RDO Nasrollah Conding of RD 6-Urdaneta City answeredthe queries of reporters and print media regarding theset-up of Tax Tulungan Centers last April 14.

RD 71-Kalibo, Aklan, headed by RDO Eralen De Aro andAsst. RDO Vicente Tady, conducted a Briefing on RR 4-2014 to medical practitioners last May 22 at Latte CoffeCafé in Kalibo, Aklan. Resource speaker was RO ArchieDelgado.

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Regional Director (RD) Nestor Valeroso of RR 8-MakatiCity called for an emergency meeting last April 12wherein he discussed with regional officials the work-around procedures and guidelines in the event offailure on the MRCOS Web Application system orslow-down on the system is experienced. Presentduring the meeting were Asst. RD Teresita Dizonand RDOs Isabel Paulino, Raul Vicente Recto andWilfredo Pilapil, and other regional officials.

Revenue officials of RR 9-San Pablo City, led by Re-gional Director (RD) Jose Tan and Asst. RD ClavelinaNacar, met last April 23 with PMS ACIR Leonor Villalon-Rogers regarding the conduct of BIR Employee Satis-faction Census in the region. Also present were Re-search and Statistics Division OIC-Asst. Chief LizabelValderrama, PMS Technical Assistant Cynthia Soliman,HRMU OIC-Asst. Head Gherica Maneclang, RDO NerissaAgraam of RD 55-San Pablo and Miriam San Diego ofAdministrative Division.

RDO Miguel Morada Jr. of RD 16-Cabarroguis, Quirinodiscusses with RR 3 TAU Head Ma. Teresa Avila andHRMU Asst. Head Flora Conel the implementation ofthe Anti-Red Tape Act under R.A. 9485 and otherissues and concerns of the district office during theirmeeting held last April 15.

OIC-RDO Miguel Morada Jr. met with Chief FlorydetteCuales, Asst. Chief Monserrat Venus Axalan and Re-venue Officer Faith Agustin regarding the newly-ap-proved schedule of zonal value of real properties underthe jurisdiction of RD 16-Cabarroguis, Quirino.

Revenue offi-cials of RR 3-T u g u e g a r a oCity, led by OIC-Asst. RegionalDirector JoseFuria, attendthe 5th Regio-nal Staff Con-ference conduc-ted last May 15at PLT Bascaran Resort and Restaurant in Solano, NuevaVizcaya. The event was hosted by OIC-RDO RobertoBucoy of RD 14-Nueva Vizcaya.

MeetingsMeetingsMeetingsMeetingsMeetingsRegional Director Hermeno Palamine of RR 13-Cebu Cityposes with members of the Corporate Social Responsi-bility Committee of the Cebu Chamber of Commerceand Industry who made an appointment with the re-gional officials to raise their query in connection withthe chamber's support to DEPED's "Adopt-a-SchoolProgram". Also shown in photo are OIC-Chief Neri Yuand OIC-Asst. Chief Jose Hector Baronda of the LegalDivision.

Regional Director (RD) Diosdado Mendoza and Asst. RD Nasser Tanggor of RR 14-Tacloban City, together withmembers of the Region's Personnel Selection Board, conducted last May 8 the initial and final interview, respectively,of eighteen (18) passers of the BIR Pre-employment Examination.

Asst. Regional Director Manuel Mapoy ofRR 13-Cebu City, as Chairman of theRegional Personnel Selection Board, pre-sided over the deliberation on theregion's applicants who passed the writ-ten examination. A total of eighty-one(81) applicants were interviewed and de-liberated upon by the Board.

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RDO Venerando Homez and Asst. RDO Matea Basconof RD 110-General Santos City, together with CollectionSection Chief Mildred Bautista, awarded a Certificate ofRecognition to RCO Ma. Theresa Dinglasan ofMalapatan, Sarangani province for exceeding her collec-tion target for the month of March, 2014. The awardingwas held during the 4th District Conference conductedlast March 6 at Casa Dolores Beach in Malapatan,Sarangani Province.

Regional Director (RD) Romulo Aguila, Jr. and Asst. RDAynie Mandajoyan of RR 11-Iloilo City, together withCollection Division OIC Ma. Judith Grozen, awarded Cer-tificates of Recognition to the Top Performing RevenueOfficers-Collection for the month of April 2014. Theawardees are Nilma Peñaflorida of RD 74-Iloilo City; SolitoTulio of RD 71-Kalibo, Aklan (received by RDO Eralen DeAro) and Sofia Jacaba of RD 73-San Jose, Antique (re-ceived by Assessment Section Chief Roselyn Satajo).Likewise, RDO Conrado Soriano and personnel of RD 73(represented by CAS Satajo) received Certificates of Re-cognition for surpassing their collection target for themonth of April 2014.

OIC-Asst. Regional Director Jose Eric Furia of RR 3-Tuguegarao awarded Plaques of Recognition to theregion's Top Performers for the month of April 2014during the 5th Regional Staff Conference conducted lastMay 15 at PLT Bascaran Resort and Restaurant in Solano,Cagayan. The awardees are OIC-RDO Mariza Uy of RD 13-Cagayan/Batanes (No. 1) and OIC-RDO Miguel Morada,Jr. of RD 16-Quirino (No. 2).

Regional Director (RD) Araceli Francisco and Asst. RDConrado Lee of RR 4-Pampanga, together with Collec-tion Division Chief Ceferina Ong, awarded Certificatesof Recognition to RDO Romeo Naranjo of RD 21A-NorthPampanga and to OIC-RDO Rosalina Legaspi and Asst.RDO Cresencia VItug of RD 23B- South Nueva Ecija, forexceeding their collection goals for March 2014.

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Revenue officials of RR 12-Bacolod City, led by Asst.Regional Director Myrna Leonida, attended the Semi-nar on Continuing Education on Integrity Develop-ment Program thru Awareness of the Revised Codeof Conduct conducted last April 24 at the BIR SocialHall by Personnel Adjudication Division Chief, Atty.Efren Martinez.

OIC-Regional Director Hermeno Palamine of RR 13-CebuCity inspects the construction of DPD building locatedat the back of the BIR-Cebu Regional Building. Alsoshown in the photos are the site engineers of PLD Cons-truction, Atty. Neri Yu (BAC member), Rosa Maria Jingco(IAC member) and Jesus Jason Rodriguez of HRMU.

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Internal auditors from the Performance Evaluation Divi-sion (Ellen Clado, Mercedita Bautista and Mary MaeReales) conducted internal audit in RD 106-Tandag City(headed by RDO Monib Dimakuta) last April 21 to April30. The said audit covered the issuance of various ac-countable forms, usage of CORDS and the functiona-lity of MRCOS, monitoring of employees' attendancethru the biometric machine, etc.

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Regional Director Gerardo Florendo of RR 5-Caloocan City awarded Plaques of Recognition to all officials andemployees of RR 5 who retired under the Rationalization Plan during the flag-raising ceremony held last April 14.

Revenue Officer Rodolfo Hona of RD 26-Malabon Cityreceives a Plaque of Recognition from Regional Direc-tor Gerardo Florendo of RR 5-Caloocan City during theregion's flag-raising ceremony held last April 14. This isin recognition of his twenty-nine (29) years of unselfishand dedicated service to the Bureau.

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RDO Lotie Blando and Asst. RDO Renato Mina of RD23A-North Nueva Ecija conducted a deliberation on theproposed zonal value of real properties located withinthe jurisdiction of the district last May 21 at RD 23A'sConference Room.

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RDO Rocardo Osorio ofRD 88-Tacloban City, to-gether with AssessmentSection Chief RizalinaEstrada, spearheaded theconduct last April 11 ofSeminar-Workshop onLimited Bank Data EntrySystem (LBDES) Enhance-ment for twenty-five (25)bank tellers. Resourcespeakers were Com-puter Operation Sec-t i o n C h i e f C h a r i n aB a c a m a n t e a n d M s .Analesa Cabello fromRDC Visayas.

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RR 5-Caloocan City, headed by Regional Director (RD)Gerardo Florendo and Asst. RD Ma. Gracia Javier, conducteda Job Fair last April 15 at the Regional Tax Tulungan Center,which was coordinated by HRMU Asst. Head Daphne Felicia.

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RDO Cesar Balangatan of RD 67-Legazpi City visitedAuthorized Agent Banks (AABs) last April 12 to monitortheir performance in the receipt of ITRs and tax payments.

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RMO No. 18-2014 Prescribes the guide-lines and procedures in the implementa-tion of the information and publicity onprograms/projects/activities of govern-ment agencies required under COA Cir-cular No. 2013-004

RMO No. 19-2014 Amends RMO No. 18-2013 on the issuance of Certificate Autho-rizing Registration for transfers of proper-ties under the jurisdiction of RDO No. 6-Urdaneta, East Pangasinan

RMO No. 20-2014 Amends RMO No. 22-2000, as amended by RMO No. 12-2001,and further amended by RMO No. 4-2002,on the implementation of the Taxpayers' Ac-count Management Program (TAMP) inharmony with RMO No. 41-2011

RMC No. 29-2014 Notifies the loss of 1unused set of BIR Form No. 2524 - Re-venue Official Receipt

RMC No. 30-2014 Reiterates the strictmonitoring on the redemption of disho-nored checks received and prompt andregular submission of the reports on dis-honored checks received/redeemed to theconcerned offices

RMC No. 31-2014 Notifies the loss oforiginal copy from 1 unused set of BIRForm No. 2311-Tax Debit Memo

RMC No. 32-2014 Extends the periodwithin which to submit the required affi-davit and official appointment books un-der Section 3 of RR No. 4-2014

RMC No. 33-2014 Notifies the loss of 2pieces of cigarette strip stamps at 20's @45% AVTR

RMC No. 34-2014 Clarifies the rule re-garding doubtful validity of assessmentrelative to its application to the provisionsof RR No. 30-2002

RMC No. 35-2014 Circularizes relevantportions of Housing and Urban Deve-lopment Coordinating Council (HUDCC)Resolution No. 1, Series of 2013, appro-ving the adjustment of the price ceilingfor socialized housing

RMC No. 36-2014 Clarifies the price cei-ling of socialized lot only pursuant toRR No. 11-97, RR No. 17-01 and Hou-sing and Urban Development Coordina-tion Council (HUDCC) Resolution No.1, Series of 2013

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ACIR Leonor S.Villalon-Rogers May 01OIC-RDO Alexander P. Laroza May 01OIC-Chief Grace T. Dizon May 01Chief-of-Staff Elenita B. Quimosing May 02OIC-RDO Emilia C. Combes May 02RDO Florante R. Aninag May 03OIC-Asst. Chief Ellen P. Magadia May 03RDO Herma G. Escudero May 04Asst. Chief Alma A. Ventura May 04OIC-Asst. Chief Liza Lorelie Cruz May 04Asst. Chief Nety G. So May 05ARDO Cresencia C. Vitug May 05Chief Lynne B. Celestial May 06Chief Lourdes T. Geocaniga May 06OIC-RDO Gledonio B. Teope Jr. May 06OIC-RDO Benedicto P. Bacod May 06OIC-Asst. Chief Ma. Luisa B. Perez May 06TAU OIC-Head Teresita V. Legaspi May 06TAU OIC-Head Celia Rizalinda A. Mabanag May 06Chief Daniel T. De Jesus May 07RDO Maridur V. Rosario May 07OIC-Asst. Chief Timm B. Renomeron May 07OIC-Chief Jasper L. Dawa May 09OIC-ARDO Jose Ma L. Hernandez May 09Chief Aida M. Madulara May 11RDO Eduardo B. Gayas May 12OIC-Asst. Chief Dondanon A. Galera May 12ACIR Elvira R. Vera May 13Reg. Dir. Arnel SD. Guballa May 14OIC-RDO Matea Bonifacia L. Bascon May 14CRO Miriam C. Cumigad May 14OIC-Asst. Chief Socorro G. Avila May 15Asst. Reg. Dir. Wilma T. Elivera May 17Asst. Reg. Dir. Eliza B. Pellejera May 17OIC-RDO Rebe D. Detablan May 17OIC-RDO Ma. Victoria G. Reinante May 17OIC-Chief Isidro C. Villahermosa May 18OIC-HREA Jaime M. Zabala May 19Asst. Chief Marciano D. Solomon, Jr. May 19ARDO Olan Bai C. Gumama May 20

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Chief Adelina C. Ramos May 21Chief Maribel B. Diwas May 24Asst. Chief Lorna SB Cruz May 24OIC-Asst. Chief Mary Jane A. Boholano May 24ARDO Leticia C. Arabit May 25RDO Ursula V. Equina May 28OIC-Chief Grace Evelyn A. Lacerna May 28RDO Petronilo C. Fernando May 29OIC-ARDO Vicente J. Tady May 29Chief Mary Jane B. Asuncion May 30Asst. Chief Susan D. Tusoy May 31CRO Fernando M. Matias May 31Chief Blandina L. Florante June 02Chief John P. Pagaragan June 04OICAsst. Chief Edgar Allan DO. Del Rosario June 04Chief Zenaida B. Pancito June 05Reg. Dir. Norberto D. Vitug June 06Asst. Reg. Dir. Roberto A. Baquiran June 07Chief Eric P. Diesto June 07Asst. Chief Nenita S. Gatdula June 07OIC-Asst. Chief Robert D. Panopio June 07Chief Alberto K. Daba, Jr. June 08Asst. Chief Ma. Lourdes R. De Guzman June 08ARDO Corazon R. Balinas June 08OIC-ARDO Ma. Jonelle S. Faune June 08OIC-ARDO Ma. Isabel B. Utit June 09ITO Ma. Erna M. Carteciano June 09ARDO Laura M. Salita June 10OIC-ARDO Jaime C. Roldan June 10OIC-RDO Rosalina F. Legaspi June 11Chief Trinidad E. Andres June 12ARDO Jose Rimi L. Lebrilla June 12OIC-Asst. Chief Belen M. Dabasol June 12OIC-Asst. Chief Elizabeth M. Garrido June 12OIC-ARDO Simplicio V. Cabantac, Jr. June 12Chief Rowena G. Maravilla June 15Chief Cresencia E. Tan June 15Chief Lita Maria I. Chin June 16Chief Efren F. Martinez June 18Chief Jose C. Afable June 18OIC-Asst. Chief Elenita S. Mariano June 18Asst. Chief Emelita M. Braña June 20Asst. Chief Lino Felix B. Balayan June 22RDO Cesar R. Balangatan June 23ACIR Marissa O. Cabreros June 24Chief Jona Ruth G. Alonte June 24OIC-RDO Editha A. Calipusan June 25OIC-Asst. Chief Kay T. Velasco June 26HREA Olivia O. Lao June 28OIC-Chief Andy L. Tomas June 28CRO Nida M. Comandante June 28Chief Ma. Isabel A. Ordoño June 29OIC-Asst. Chief Rex Paul R. Recoter June 30

RMC No. 37-2014 Notifies the entry intoforce, effectivity and applicability of the Phi-lippines-Kuwait Double Taxation Agreement

RMC No. 38-2014 Informs all taxpayersand Accredited Tax Agents enrolled in theBIR's Interactive Filing System of the addi-tional channels of payment of IAFS-AABs

RMC No. 39-2014 Clarifies the tax treat-ment of payouts by employee pension plans

RMC No. 40-2014 Prescribes the use ofElectronic Certificate Authorizing Registra-tion (BIR Form No. 2313-R for TransactionInvolving Transfer of Real Properties andBIR Form No. 2313-P for Transaction

Involving Transfer of Personal Properties)

RMC No. 41-2014 Revises the BIR'sAgency Key Performance Indicators andTargets for CY 2014 - 2016

RMC No. 42-2014 Issues clarification onthe Electronic Certificate AuthorizingRegistration (eCAR) Forms prescribedunder RMC No. 40-2014

RMC No. 43-2014 Publishes the full text ofJoint Memorandum Circular No. 2014-01 en-titled "Open Data Philippines" issued bythe Office of the President, DBM and Presi-dential Communications Development andStrategic Planning Office

DCIR Nelson M. AspeJune 27

Rowena G. AlturaEditor-in-Chief

Eleonor F. CapiliManaging Editor

Mary Aileen F. MarquezNoelle C. Geronilla

Maricel T. PerezNews Writers

Beverly C. SamiaBrando Ador C. Bautista

Layout Artists

The BIR Monitor is theofficial newsletter of the

Bureau of Internal Revenuepublished by the

Internal CommunicationsDivision, under the

supervision of the ClientSupport Service.

Editorial Office: Room 903,BIR National Office,

Agham Road, Diliman,Quezon City

Tel/Fax No. 426-2190

THE BIR IS embarking on theenhancement of its website/portal following the provi-sions of Administrative Or-der (AO) No. 39 issued byPresident Benigno S. AquinoIII on July 12, 2013.

Said AO mandates allgovernment agencies to mi-grate their websites to theGovernment Web HostingService (GWHS) of the DOST-Information and Communica-tions Technology Office(ICTO) within one (1) yearfrom the effectivity of the AO.

Another requirement ofthe AO is for all governmentwebsites to have a uniform"look and feel" following thePhilippine Uniform WebsiteContent Policy (UWCP) setby the National Digital Ser-vice Coordinating Group.

A Project Team, headedby DCIR Nelson M. Aspe (asExecutive Sponsor) and OIC-

ACIR Marilou L. Del Rosario(as Project Sponsor), wascreated per Revenue SpecialOrder No. 258-2014 to workon the said enhancement.

The Team, comprised ofContent Managers from vari-ous BIR offices and techni-cal personnel from the Infor-mation Systems Group (ISG),convened on May 20, 2014at the BIR Executive Confe-rence Room for the projectkick-off meeting. The meet-ing was spearheaded byDCIR Aspe and was gracedby DCIR Lilia C. Guillermo.

In his opening remarks,DCIR Aspe discussed exten-

sively the background of theproject. He mentioned thatthe project is one of the re-form projects of the BIR iden-tified under Revenue Memo-randum Order No. 29-2013.

Unlike many projects inthe BIR, the Enhancement ofthe BIR Website/Portal Pro-ject has no hired contractorthat will work on its delive-rables. Per Memorandum Cir-cular No. 2014-002 issued bythe DOST-ICTO, the capitalexpenditures for additionalservers and other equipment,licenses, consulting ser-vices, training and other ex-penses related to the GWHS,

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depending on the needs ofthe migrated sites, shall beprovided by the ICTO andshall be included in its budget.

The ICTO, however,may charge fees from thehosted agencies for the useof its facilities and services.The fees shall be limited toa cost recovery basis to fund

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NEW REPRESENTATIVESfor the National SelectionBoard (NSB) and RevenuePerformance Evaluation Board(RPEB) have been electedfollowing the conduct of ageneral election on May 23,2014 at the BIR NationalOffice.

Elected as First Leveland Second Level Rank-and-File Representatives are Mr.Arnel Q. Esquillo of the Trai-ning Delivery Division andChief Danilo T. Pasiliao of theLarge Taxpayers DocumentProcessing and Quality

Assurance Division, respec-tively. OIC-Assistant Com-missioner Marilou L. DelRosario of the Client SupportService was elected as theThird Level Official Repre-sentative.

Per memorandum issuedby Commissioner Kim S.Jacinto-Henares dated April7, 2014, the three (3) repre-sentatives shall be membersof the RPEB, which was crea-ted in accordance with therequirements of Republic ActNo. 9335, otherwise knownas the Attrition Act of 2005.

In addition to being mem-bers of the RPEB, the First andSecond Level Rank-and-File

Representatives shall also actas members of the NSB whoshall participate during thescreening of candidates forvacant positions in their res-pective level (Salary Grade 10& down, for the First Level andSalary Grade 11 & Up, for theSecond Level). They shallserve for a period of two (2)years effective on June 2, 2014.

The conduct of the ge-neral election was coordi-nated by a Committee, headedby Chairperson, ACIR MargaretMary C. Lauron of the Hu-man Resource DevelopmentService and Vice-Chairperson,OIC-Chief Cecilia C. Felipe ofthe Personnel Division.

DCIR Nelson M. Aspe delivers the opening remarks during the kick-off meeting for the "Enhancement of the BIR Website/Portal"Project conducted last May 20 at the BIR Executive Conference Room.