Kalinga BIR poised to crack whip on erring Tabuk City businesses

TABUK CITY, Kalinga – In what could be an unprecedented development in the city, the Revenue District Office of the Bureau of Internal Revenue here has recommended to its regional office the issuance of 48-hour notices to five establishments to comply with the findings of their probe otherwise they will face closure.

Revenue District Officer Conrado Tangkia informed the media that the five were among the 10 businesses in the city placed under surveillance by his office by virtue of mission orders from the regional office under the ongoing Oplan Kandado of the agency.

Tangkia said that the five businesses were found by RDO surveillance teams to have understated their sales by 25 to 30 percent and had not been issuing receipts to customers.

Tangkia said that incognito RDO agents fielded to these establishments prior to the actual surveillance observed that the five establishments were only issuing receipts to those who demanded receipts but that during the actual surveillance by identified BIR personnel, they were in full compliance with the receipt regulation.Tangkia said that if the regional committee finds merit in the recommendation of the RDO, the establishments will be given 48 hours within which to adjust their tax payments.

“In the event that they fail to comply with the 48-hour notice, they will be given another five days within which to comply with the findings of the surveillance team. Refusal to comply after the lapse of the grace period will mean closure of the establishment,” Tangkia.

According to the official, temporary closure of businesses shall not be less than five days and shall only be lifted upon compliance. ****By Estanislao Albano, ZZW read more