Fiber broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions has extended free fiber connectivity to more than 70 Revenue District Offices (RDO) nationwide of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to support the electronic filing of the Annual Income Tax Return (AITR) and payment of taxes due this tax filing season.
Department of Finance (DOF) secretary Benjamin Diokno identified digitalization as the key to transforming the system and eradicating corruption within the Bureau of Internal Revenue and Bureau of Customs.
In media interviews after the announcement of her appointment as BIR chief, Lilia C. Guillermo also said she’s keen on going after social media influencers and professionals in a bid to raise revenues for the government.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said it has a total of 49 projects in the first phase of its 10-year Digital Transformation (DX) Roadmap, of which 14 have already been launched or implemented as of the last quarter of 2021.
The BIR recently issued a circular reminding social media influencers to register and pay their taxes. To explain what it means to ordinary folks, online tax filing platform Taxumo prepared a short explainer.
The Department of Finance (DOF) said on Wednesday, Jan. 27, that it expects the full nationwide implementation this year of several digitalization projects to improve tax administration in step with its goal of utilizing new technologies to boost tax compliance and fight corruption.
GCash saw the value of transactions for payments to the BIR increased by 117 percent to P574.89 million in the first half of 2020 from P265.19 million the year prior.
The Department of Finance and the Bureau of Internal Revenue are currently crafting regulations and designing a system to collect VAT on digital transactions to help the government raise revenues.
