SEES P1.3-B EXCESS COLLECTION IN 2022
By
Mortz C. Ortigoza
SAN
FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga – The feat of the chief collector of the Bureau of
Internal Revenue (BIR) in this central Luzon province is worth emulating by her
counterparts all over the country.
Revenue
District Office No. 21-A Chief Charmaine C. dela Torre had already collected
more than P10 billion on the P9.7 billion the government tasked her a month
before the end of this year.
“The good news I was about to tell you ang
P9.7 billion tapos na and we’re able to exceed the annual goal last month
(November 30),” she told Northern Watch Newspaper.
Dela
Torre cited that for December she expects to collect more or less P11 billion
or an excess of more or less P1.3 billion versus the annual goal of P9.7
billion.
The
huge taxes that she will be collecting from the burgeoning cities of Angeles
and Mabalacat and the towns of Magalang, Porac, and Arayat of Pampanga could
dwarf the annual collection of many regional offices in various parts of the
Philippines.
RDO
21-A is part of the 11 RDOs in BIR Region -4.
Dela
Torre still lamented however that she could collect more for this year if her
revised zonal valuation (ZV) was approved and took effect last August instead
of September this year.
She
assumed office here in November 2021.
She
cited that eight months were opportunity lost for the government to collect new
taxes after the old ZV expired on December 2021. She said amendments of the
zonal valuation happen every three years as mandated by law.
With
a new valuation, she projected a bigger collection for RDO No. 21-A next year.
“When
I assumed my duty here in November I looked into 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 the One-Time
Transactions (ONETT)," she told this writer earlier.
The
new revenue she chalked up come from the deed of sale, capital gain tax, estate tax and others.
Another
source of revenue that helped buttress the collection of her office was the
huge quarry operations in the area.
“Monitor
ko na lang that it should be increased. So hindi ako pumapayag na baba ang
collection sa quarry kaya monitor weekly,” she
said.
Dela
Torre was feted by the government in August after catapulting her office to No.
5 among the 132 RDOs all over the country by hurdling her collection target by
at least 20 percent in August this year.
She
was honored again in September 2022 after bringing RD0 21-A as No. 8 top
collector in July to September 2022 among the same number of RDOs in the
Philippines.
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