Mangaoang is Eastern P’gasinan's New BIR Boss

 By Mortz C. Ortigoza, M.P.A

URDANETA CITY, Pangasinan – A resident of capital town’s Lingayen is now the Revenue District Office No. 6 – Chief of the Bureau of Internal Revenue in the fifteen towns and one city’s Eastern Pangasinan.

Before her appointment through a Revenue Travel Assignment Order, Bernadette Mangaoang was the top honcho of the eleven towns’ RDO -17-B based in Paniqui in Tarlac Province.

Mangaoang, a Certified Public Accountant,  rose from being an Examiner, Collection/Assessment Chief, and Assistant RDO Chief in Region-1 particularly in the three RDO’s in Pangasinan.

TOP TAX HONCHOS of the Bureau of Internal Revenue in the fifteen towns and one city's Eastern Pangasinan: From left: Newly appointed Revenue District Office No. 6- Chief Bernadette Mangaoang and Assistant RDO-Chief Lolita Salayog. 

Mangaoang replaced RDO-6 Chief Ramon Navarro who after being transferred as head of RDO-1 in Ilocos Norte died of illness just barely a month of his stint here.

MEANWHILE, the Bureau of Internal Revenue that covers Eastern Pangasinan eclipsed its year-on-year collection by P70, 268, 288.56 or 8.90% in January to June 15 this year.

The last year and the present year’s total collection in the same month’s period were P789, 673, 261. 64, P859, 941, 550.20, respectively.

According to Revenue District Office No. 6 Assistant Chief Lolita A. Salayog it exceeds its goal of January to May 2021 by P41, 347, 627.31 or 5.60% where it was mandated to collect P738, 664, 000 but collected with the taxpayers in the situs here by P780, 011, 627.31%.

Salayog said the programs her office presently implements to augment collection are:

1) Taxpayers Awareness Program:

a) Webinar on Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Act (CREATE); b) Webinar on tax updates and other tax matters; c) Webinar on job orders; and d) Media and radio interviews.

CREATE is to grant tax relief for companies in financial need, provide transparent tax provisions, and further increase their competitiveness in the Philippines to attract for example foreign investment through corporate income tax (CIT) reductions.

2) Enforcement Activities:

a) Tax mapping; b) Audit; and c) Cash Register Machine (CRM)/ Point of Sale Machine (POS) Evaluation