Publishing Proclamation No. 960 of the Honorable, the Executive Secretary dated February 4, 1972

February 14, 1972 REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 12-72 SUBJECT : Publishing Proclamation No. 960 of the Honorable, the Executive Secretary dated February 4, 1972 TO : All Internal Revenue Officers and Others Concerned For the information, compliance and guidance of all internal revenue officers and others concerned there is quoted hereinbelow Proclamation No. 960 of the Honorable, the Executive Secretary dated February 4, 1972: "PROCLAMATION NO. 960 "DECLARING THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL OF EVERY YEAR AS "TAX CONSCIOUSNESS WEEK." "WHEREAS, it is the civic obligation and patriotic duty of every citizen to pay his just taxes promptly; and "WHEREAS, there is need of instilling as ever among our citizenry greater consciousness of their obligation and underscoring the taxpayer's role in economic progress and nation-building; "NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the first week of April of every year as "Tax Consciousness Week" under the auspices of the Department of Finance. "IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed. "Done in the City of Manila, this 4th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two. "(SGD) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR Executive Secretary "SEAL OF THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES AFFIXED HERE "By the Executive Secretary: "(SGD) ROBERTO V. REYES Assistant Executive Secretary" cdt MISAEL P. VERA Commissioner of Internal Revenue