Oplan Kandado Looms in P’sinan

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

 CALASIAO, Pangasinan – The Bureau of Internal Revenue in central Pangasinan would launch an Operation Kandado (Operation Padlock) to business establishments for their failure to comply with the remedies given to them by the agency.

“Na monitor namin sila and we found out na more than thirty percent iyong kanilang underdeclaration and of course may cover taxes iyon. Pag hindi nila babayaran iyon puwede silang e-recomend for closures o iyong operation kandado namin,” explained to Northern Watch Newspaper by Revenue District Office No. 4 Chief Aldrin A. Camba.

 Revenue District Office No. 4 Chief Aldrin A. Camba.

The BIR central Pangasinan covers the cities of San Carlos and Dagupan and the towns of Alcala, Basista, Bautista, Bayambang, Calasiao, Laoac, Malasiqui, Manaoag, Mangaldan, Mapandan, San Fabian, San Jacinto, Santa Barbara and Urbiztondo in central Pangasinan. It has the power to suspend the operation of the errant businesses if they could not pay even after the BIR exhausted all the remedies they could avail.

Camba also warned those delinquent taxpayers that they are being watched by the agency.

“Ang importante mabayadan iyong tax para maiwasan din iyong mga penalties,” taxpayer Daniel Baan said.

Camba, who assumed his post last November 2, said that taxpayers should pay on time their taxes to avoid the penalties. 

Failure to pay the income tax return (ITR), the BIR will mete the delinquent taxpayer with three penalties as based on the Internal Revenue Code: A one-time surcharge of either 25% or 50% of the basic tax, 20% or 12% annual interest, and a onetime compromise penalty.

RDO No. 4 was tasked by the national government to collect P4.9 billion this year.