BIR's new data system to beef up tax collection, spot erring tax workers

By Dexter A. See

BAGUIO CITY — Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Jacinto-Henares said here Monday that while there may be bad eggs aiding tax evaders within the bureau, their days are numbered with the putting in place of a system to make the agency a step ahead of erring BIR employees.

Through the centralization of data processing project, Henares said the agency will be able to give transparency, accountability and security to income tax returns submitted by taxpayers.

The BIR in the Cordillera Administrative Region will be the one to pilot the project out of the 17 other regions in the country.

Henares said income tax returns filed by taxpayers should be filed and captured ideally without the hands of BIR through their centralized system.

She said that in any institution, there is an effort among officials to make things secure, especially in payments and papers and through the system, efficiency in tax collections will be eventually achieved.