Incoming BIR Reg’l Chief a P’sinense

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

CALASIAO – The four provinces’ tax regional office based here will be headed finally by a Pangasinense after the national office of the Bureau of Internal Revenue appointed a daughter of Dasol, Pangasinan.

According to a source, who asked anonymity, BIR Makati City’s Assistant Regional Director Clavelina S. Nacar will assume the post of outgoing Region-1 Director Teresita M. Dizon in January 8 next year after the latter was promoted to Assistant Commissioner of the tax agency.

DIRECTOR - Incoming Region-1 Director Clavelina S. Nacar (right) of the Bureau of Internal Revenue and spouse former Dasol Mayor Noel Nacar. Photo- grab from Facebook.

Nacar, the wife of former Dasol Mayor Noel Nacar, used to be the Revenue District Office -5 Chief of Western Pangasinan based in Alaminos City.

“She then became RDO chief in Metro Manila, Assistant Regional Director in Region 9 San Pablo City and Assistant Regional Director of Makati City,” the source disclosed.

Makati City, according to Quezon City Regional Director Marina de Guzman, is the biggest tax office of the BIR with a given goal of P160 billion this year.

“Quezon City’s P144 billion is second in the country after Makati City’s P160 billion collection goal,” she told Northern Watch Newspaper at her office in Quezon City.

Incoming Assistant Commissioner Dizon is highly respected by the RDOs in the nine cities regional office because of her firm, aggressive, proactive management style where she insisted those RDOs to hit their tax goals so she can attains her P14.3 billion target for this year.

“She is strict and knows the nuances how to collect more taxes,” one of the RDO chiefs told this paper.

Dizon was the former Regional Director of Cordillera Region before she was whisked to the top post in BIR Region-1.

She hailed from Pampanga.

“P14.3 billion for the whole year. P11.9 billion last year. More than 20 percent ang tinaas (from January) hanggang August,” Dizon earlier told this paper on the spike of the collection from years 2016 to 2017.

She cited that the good collection happened because of the surveillance activities against delinquent taxpayers she imposed, the filing of Run After Tax Evader (RATE) cases, and other measures to buttress the collection.

“Sa Dagupan City nag file kami ng tatlong kaso for failure to issue receipts. Some of them were restaurants,” she stressed.

“Congratulations to RDO6 for being the Region's top audit performer. Congratulations also to all who have received their respective awards for exemplary performance.Thanks to our outgoing Regional Director and in-coming Assistant Commissioner of Internal Revenue for your guidance and making this possible for all of us. Indeed we are privileged to have worked with you!" RDO-6 - Chief Maria Isabelle Utit, a CPA-Lawyer, cited Dizon.

The present Region-1 Assistant Regional Director Fely C. Simon came from Bautista, Pangasinan.

Before her present post she was the RDO Chiefs of RDO-4 Central Pangasinan and  RD0-34 in Paco, Pandacan, Sta. Ana Areas in Metro Manila.