Publishing Administrative Order No. 450 Eliminating the Requirement of a Letter of Confirmation and Tax Clearance for Participating in Public Bidding and Other Purposes, by Repealing Administrative Order No. 66

March 8, 1982 REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 10-82 SUBJECT : Publishing Administrative Order No. 450 Eliminating the Requirement of a Letter of Confirmation and Tax Clearance for Participating in Public Bidding and Other Purposes, by Repealing Administrative Order No. 66 TO : All Internal Revenue Officers and Others Concerned For the information and guidance of all concerned, published hereunder is the full text of Administrative Order No. 450. "ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 450 "ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT OF A LETTER OF CONFIRMATION AND TAX CLEARANCE FOR PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC BIDDING AND OTHER PURPOSES, BY REPEALING ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 66. "WHEREAS, our people has developed a high sense of civic responsibility as shown by the improved level of compliance and increasing amount of taxes paid over the years; "WHEREAS, some administrative requirements became archaic, and onerous that their continued enforcement unduly burdens the public; "NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby repeal Administrative Order No. 66 requiring the presentation of a Letter of Confirmation (BIR Form No. 19.65-A-1) and BIR Tax Clearance (BIR Form No. 17.61) as prerequisites to participate in any public bidding with the government or any of its agencies including government-owned and controlled corporations and for other similar purposes. "Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-one." By the President: (SGD.) JUAN C. TUVERA Presidential Executive Assistant This administrative Order is prescribed to simplify procedures thru the elimination or reduction of red tape and the facilitation of action on papers related to contracts with government agencies/entities. cd The Administrative Order took effect May 16, 1981, the date when it was approved. All internal revenue officers and others concerned are hereby enjoined to be guided accordingly to give this Circular as wide a publicity as possible. (SGD.) RUBEN B. ANCHETA Acting Commissioner