By Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The
Provincial Administrator of Pangasinan commended his governor on the
flourishing tax collection last year that even elated the more or less 6,000
workers of the provincial government because of the hefty bonuses they
received.
“Sa likuran po ng tahimik na pagtatrabaho ni Governor, sa likuran po ng kanyang magaling na liderato hindi po niya nakalimutan ang para po sa ating mga empleyado!” “Administrator Ely Patague’s rabble rousing remarks to the applauding and cheering employees about their bonuses at a gathering held at the oval tracks of the Narciso Ramos Sports Complex here.
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| VISIONARY, EFFICIENT EXECS. Pangasinan Governor Ramon V. Guico, III (left) and Provincial Administrator Ely Patague. |
He cited the efficient collection
in the preceding year that saw a thriving revenue for the administration of Governor Ramon V. Guico, III like the reform in the quarry operation taxes that catapulted to not less than 365
percent for the coffer based on the more than P1 million a day collection's projection.
Upon assumption into office of
Guico in the second semester of 2022, the provincial legislative body approved
a tax ordinance that amended the province’s 11-year-old Revenue Code and
increased mineral extraction fees from P16 per cubic meter (cu.m.) to P50 per
cu. m. It also imposed administrative fees ranging from P50 per cu. m. to P250
per cu. m., depending on the volume of minerals loaded on the truck and road
maintenance fees ranging from P100 per cu. m. to P300 per cu. m. per truckload
were collected.
Under the ordinance, 40 percent
of the taxes collected will go to the barangay where the resources were
extracted, 30 percent will go to the town or city, and 30 percent to the
province.
During the administration of
Governor Amado Espino, III, yearly collection on the quarry operation was a mere at more or less P100 million a year when Guico succeeded him in June
31, 2022.
Cristy C. Ubando, OIC-Provincial
Treasurer, disclosed that revenue collection for the first quarter of 2023
exceeded the target and had a sharp increase on quarry collection which already
reached 309.20%. This, she stated, was expected to soar even higher in the last
few months of 2023.
Sources of income taxes of the
province come from the following: Professional Tax, Franchise Tax, Real
Property Tax (Transfer Tax), Tax on Sand, Gravel & Quarry Products, Tax on
Delivery Trucks and Vans, Fines and Penalties (Property Tax), Fines and
Penalties (Taxes on Goods and Services).
The provincial government has a
budget of P5.7 billion for this year.
Pangasinan last year was cited as
Top 7 high-earning province in the country out of 81 provinces, according to the
Commission on Audit.
Annual Financial Report of Local
Government Units (LGUs) for the year 2022 cited Bulacan topped the list with
P8,392.88 billion, followed by the provinces of Cavite- P7,916.78 billion;
Ilocos Sur- P7,526.30 billion; Rizal- P7,430.79 billion; Cebu- P7,148.62;
Batangas,-P6,697.54 billion; Pangasinan-P6,441.55; Laguna- P6,330.27 billion;
Negros Occidental- P6,224.76; and Quezon- P6,186.98 billion.
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