Requests for Travel Tax Exemptions

October 28, 1993 BLGF MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 039-93 TO : All Bureau Officials and Personnel; Regional Directors for Local Government Finance; District Treasurers and Assessors of Metropolitan Manila; Provincial, City and Municipal Assessors; and Others Concerned. SUBJECT : Requests for Travel Tax Exemptions For the information and guidance of all concerned, attached is a copy of Memorandum Circular No. 75, dated September 28, 1993, of the Office of the President, enjoining all government officials from endorsing or recommending the grant of travel tax exemptions for themselves, their subordinates or any group or entity in order to attain the government's major thrusts of intensified tax collection. Strict observance of the provisions of the said Memorandum Circular No. 75 is hereby enjoined. The District Treasurers and Assessors of Metropolitan Manila and all Provincial Treasurers and Assessors are hereby instructed to disseminate the contents of this Circular to the Municipal Treasurers and Assessors within their respective jurisdictions. LORINDA M. CARLOS Executive Director ANNEX September 28, 1993 MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 75 ENJOINING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FROM ENDORSING REQUESTS FOR TRAVEL TAX EXEMPTIONS One of the major thrusts of the administration as emphasized in various policy pronouncements is the generation of funds for vital and urgent projects through, among other things, intensified tax collection. In the pursuit of this objective, this Office has had the occasions to repeatedly deny requests coming from both the public and the private sectors for exemption from the travel tax, which revenue is used to finance tourism related projects. This notwithstanding, requests or even endorsements for such exemptions are continually being submitted to this Office by some government functionaries. More than anybody else, government officials are expected to give their share, directly or indirectly, in the attainment of government's objective. For this reason, and considering that processing of requests for travel tax exemption takes valuable time and resources which could otherwise be devoted to more pressing and productive endeavors, government officials, including those who are not expressly entitled to the privilege, are hereby enjoined from endorsing or recommending to this Office the grant of travel tax exemptions for themselves, their subordinates, or any other group or entity. This Memorandum Circular takes effect immediately. By authority of the President: TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR. Executive Secretary