Transfer of the Revenue Attache Service Unit to the International Tax Affairs Staff

July 9, 1970 REVENUE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 07-70 SUBJECT : Transfer of the Revenue Attache Service Unit to the International Tax Affairs Staff TO : All Internal Revenue Officers and Others Concerned In order to have an integrated and coordinated action on all international matters being handled by the Bureau in one centralized office and to streamline the organizational set-up of the same, the Revenue Attache Service Unit, presently under the administration of the Special Operations Department is hereby transferred to the International Tax Affairs Staff. I. The functions of the Revenue Attache Service Unit are as follows : 1. Gathers, collates and analyzes data from and coordinates the activities of revenue attaches abroad re: a. Tax Services; b. Tax Intelligence; and c. Tax Information 2. Formulates, develops and recommends policies bearing on revenue extension services in foreign countries or posts; 3. Obtains and/or provides data support thru the Departments of Foreign Affairs, Commerce, Labor, and other government agencies, needed or furnished by revenue attaches; 4. Performs liaison work between the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Department of Foreign Affairs; and 5. Performs such other duties as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may assign including supervision and review of investigation reports submitted by Revenue Attaches. II. Personnel, Records and Equipment : The records, equipment and personnel of this Unit now existing shall be transferred to and absorbed by, and thereby continue to function as such under, the International Tax Affairs Staff. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall assign such additional personnel as shall be provided by the Appropriation Law or transferred thereto by appropriate orders, as the exigencies of the service may require. III. Repealing Clause : Provisions of Revenue Administrative Order Nos. 12-64 and 3-68, and all other circulars or orders in conflict with the provisions of this Revenue Administrative Order are hereby revoked. IV. Effectivity : This Order shall take effect upon its approval. MISAEL P. VERA Commissioner of Internal Revenue APPROVED: CESAR VIRATA Secretary of Finance ANNEX 15 December 1970 The Honorable The Secretary of Finance Manila S i r : I have the honor to forward herewith Revenue Administrative Order No. 7-70 dated July 9, 1970, the subject matter of which is "Transfer of the Revenue Attache Service Unit to the International Tax Affairs Staff" for your approval. This Revenue Administrative Order was prepared in view of the pending dissolution of the Special Operations Department which handles the matters treated therein, and by the nature of the duties and functions assigned to the Revenue Attache Service Unit, the International Tax Affairs Staff is the proper Office to handle the same. aisadc Very truly yours, MISAEL P. VERA Commissioner of Internal Revenue