RDO 21-A Top Collector Among 11 RDOs in Cent. Luzon

 By Mortz C. Ortigoza

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – One of the main reasons why the Revenue District Office No.21-A of the Bureau of Internal Revenue here topped the collection among its 10 counterpart offices in Central Luzon was anchored on the vigorous campaign of its present RDO-Chief.

“Iyong vigorous ang campaign namin sa mga taxpayers. Last filing season, we hopped from one accounting firm to another to campaign for an improved tax compliance from their client-taxpayers,” RDO No. 21 – A Chief Charmaine C. dela Torre told Northern Watch Newspaper.

NORTH PAMPANGA'S BIR CHIEF Charmain C. dela Torre (right) answers the questions of a reporter how her three towns and two cities’ revenue district office fares. It was tasked by the national government to collect almost P10 billion this year. RDO No. 21-A is one of the biggest tax offices among the 11 RDOs in Central Luzon. 

De la Torre said their district collected P5.5 billion for the first semester of 2022 which yielded an excess against cumulative goal of 15%. Versus last year’s same period, the growth rate was an overwhelming 49%, or an increase of P1.8 billion.

RDO- 21-A was tasked by the national government to collect P9.7 billion this whole year.

In the BIR’s official datum, having collected P5.5 billion from January to June this year, it made RDO21-A North Pampanga the highest collector among the 11 RDOs located all over the seven provinces in Central Luzon.

Aside from the remaining goal of P4.2 billion Dela Torre will soldier on this July to December, she wanted to buttress the P9.7 billion goal this year by another almost one billion pesos’ taxes in the new zonal valuation she can collect. The RDO Chief and staff submitted early this year the draft of the valuation to the BIR’s technical committee for approval.

“When I assumed my duty here in November I looked to the revision talaga. In a span of four months we were able to submit sa technical committee. So we are targeting by August that would take effect and that would double our collection from One-Time Transaction (ONETT). Maybe we could generate almost one billion (pesos) from one-time transaction”.

The new revenue she could chalk up would come from the deed of sale, capital gain tax, estate tax “because of the upcoming impending zonal valuation”.

 The religious Dela Torre was grateful to God Almighty on the feat her office accomplished in the first semester of this year.

“It’s a blessing it’s a grace from God,” she quipped before the end of the interview by this newspaper.

This North Pampanga’s tax office has 101 personnel where more or less 35 of them are Examiners.