New OR reqm’t will proceed as planned – BIR
By Zinnia B.
Dela Peña (The Philippine Star) | Updated June 7, 2013 - 12:00am
MANILA,
Philippines - The new regulations requiring all business establishments to print new official
receipts, invoices and other business documents
will proceed as scheduled on July 1, 2013, the Bureau of Internal
Revenue (BIR) said yesterday.
BIR
Commissioner Kim S. Jacinto-Henares said “the complaints against the new
regulation are without any basis” and that business establishments were given
more than enough time to meet the requirement.
Henares said
the BIR issued the new policy last year and published the same in a newspaper
of general circulation informing the parties concerned that existing receipts
would expire on June 30, 2013.
“We believe
that six months is enough preparation for everyone to comply with such
requirement,” Henares pointed out.
The BIR, in
issuing this new regulations, aims to regulate further the printing of all
invoices, set validity period and generate reports relative to the Authority to
Print official receipts.
This was an
offshoot of the agency’s discovery of businesses registered with the BIR that
are not really engaged in any business except to sell invoices, thereby
defrauding the government of billions in tax revenues.
These
businesses, the BIR noted, sell their
invoices to entities who are either engaged in smuggling and/or purchasing
goods without receipts. When BIR looked for these companies, mostly Small and
Medium Enterprises, they cannot be found.
The BIR also
discovered that a lot of invoices that were printed in the ‘70s are still being
used.
Henares said
the issuance of new receipts is also aimed at reforming the process of
accrediting printers as well as addressing complaints against some BIR
personnel engaged in the printing business who make it difficult for taxpayers
to register and/or secure authority to print unless they get to print the
receipts of said taxpayers.
The
regulations disqualify printers with relatives working in the BIR.
All existing
unused/unissued receipts or invoices shall be valid until June 30 and must be
surrendered to the BIR for destruction.
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KNOWING YOUR BIR REGULATIONS AND ISSUANCESRevenue Regulations (RRs) are issuances signed by the Secretary of Finance, upon recommendation of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, that specify, prescribe or define rules and regulations for the effective enforcement of the provisions of the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) and related statutes
Revenue Memorandum Orders (RMOs) are issuances that provide directives or instructions; prescribe guidelines; and outline processes, operations, activities, workflows, methods and procedures necessary in the implementation of stated policies, goals, objectives, plans and programs of the Bureau in all areas of operations, except auditing.
Revenue Memorandum Rulings (RMRs) are rulings, opinions and interpretations of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue with respect to the provisions of the Tax Code and other tax laws, as applied to a specific set of facts, with or without established precedents, and which the Commissioner may issue from time to time for the purpose of providing taxpayers guidance on the tax consequences in specific situations. BIR Rulings, therefore, cannot contravene duly issued RMRs; otherwise, the Rulings are null and void ab initio
Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMCs) are issuances that publish pertinent and applicable portions, as well as amplifications, of laws, rules, regulations and precedents issued by the BIR and other agencies/offices.
Revenue Bulletins (RB) refer to periodic issuances, notices and official announcements of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue that consolidate the Bureau of Internal Revenue's position on certain specific issues of law or administration in relation to the provisions of the Tax Code, relevant tax laws and other issuances for the guidance of the public.
BIR Rulings are official position of the Bureau to queries raised by taxpayers and other stakeholders relative to clarification and interpretation of tax laws.
