Signing of Memorandum of Agreement between the Department Education and Culture and the Bureau of Internal Revenue

February 13, 1974 REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 09-74 SUBJECT : Signing of Memorandum of Agreement between the Department Education and Culture and the Bureau of Internal Revenue TO : All Revenue Regional Directors, Revenue District Officers and others concerned For the information and guidance of all concerned, there is quoted below in full the memorandum of agreement entered into between the Department of Education and Culture and this Bureau, to wit: Republic of the Philippines Manila MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT "WHEREAS, under the New Society, taxation achieved new dimensions and brought out a new sense of discipline among our people; WHEREAS, to sustain and maintain such a new sense of discipline the need is felt for government agencies involved one way or the other in taxation be it, in the administration of tax laws or the teaching of such laws in schools and colleges to redouble their efforts, nay, join in one big concerted effort to foster tax consciousness and further improve the level of compliance, with the tax laws; NOW, THEREFORE, the Department of Education and Culture represented by the Honorable Undersecretary Narciso Albarracin, and the Bureau of Internal Revenue represented by the Honorable, Commissioner Misael P. Vera, have agreed and pledged: 1. to broaden and coordinate more closely their agencies' tax education and tax information program through the establishment of a DEC-BIR Liaison Representative Group which will meet regularly, or at least once a month, to formulate, recommend, review or evaluate, modify or revise on-going or future projects, implemented or to be implemented, jointly or separately, by their agencies; and 2. to extend each other full cooperation and assistance in the use of facilities or conveniences not ordinarily available to the other, needful in the pursuit of the objectives hereinbefore set forth. THIS AGREEMENT shall be in force and effect immediately upon the signing of this instrument and thereafter until either or both parties shall request in writing its termination. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties herein by their representatives have affixed their signatures this 12th day of February, 1974 in the City of Manila, Philippines. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION & CULTURE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE By: By: (Sgd) NARCISO ALBARRACIN (Sgd) MISAEL P. VERA" Undersecretary Commissioner All Revenue Directors and Revenue District Officers are hereby enjoined to implement the terms of the agreement by establishing a dialogue with the local Superintendent of Schools and setting up the corresponding liaison representative groups envisioned therein. For purposes of coordination, Revenue Directors and Revenue District Officers are enjoined to submit the composition of their respective liaison groups to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Attn.: Assistant to the Commissioner Lauro D . Abrahan . cdta MISAEL P. VERA Commissioner of Internal Revenue TAN-1601-593-5