Cultural Presentation and Competition

June 23, 1995 REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 23-95 SUBJECT : Cultural Presentation and Competition TO : All Revenue Officials and Personnel On the occasion of our 91st Anniversary celebration, each regional office and each group in the national office will be required to present a group number during the cultural presentation and competition that will be held for this purpose. This activity is intended to foster camaraderie among our staff as well as to focus our attention on our anniversary theme. The rules and guidelines of his cultural presentation and competition are as follows: 1. Participation is mandatory for all concerned offices (a totals of 22 groups coming from the 19 regional offices and the 3 national office groups); 2. Presentation should focus on the anniversary theme "BIR's Commitment for Progress: Transformation of Tax Administration"; 3. Number of participant for a particular group should not be less than ten (10) persons; 4. The participants should be officially in the plantilla of the office which they are representing; 5. The presentation should not exceed 15 minutes for each group; 6. The presentation should be a combination of song and skit, which should relate together to focus on the anniversary theme. Inclusion of dance portion is optional: 7. Expenditures for this cultural presentation and competition can be sourced from the budget for "other services" (Budget object No. 24); 8. There will be 2 phases in the competition namely: A. Elimination phase for the following groupings in the indicated venues: Groupings Competing Regions/Offices Venue Luzon I Regions 1, 2. 3. 4 Pangasinan Luzon II Regions 5,6,7,8,9,10 Quezon City National Office groups Visayas Regions 11,12,13,14 Cebu Mindanao Regions 15,16,17,18,18 Davao This is scheduled on July 19, 1995, and one winner each will be selected for Luzon I, Visayas and Mindanao, and two winners will be selected for Luzon II, or a total of 5 winners. B. Final phase which is scheduled on July 28, 1995 in Quezon City where the five winners in the elimination phase will be competing with each other. 9. Criteria for judging for the two phases are as follows: 9.1. Thematic interpretation 30% (Relevance to the anniversary theme) 9.2. Audience Impact 25% 9.3. Creativity 25% (timing, technique of presentation 9.4. Production value 20% (setting, costume, props) T O T A L 100% 10. A Board of Judges will be constituted for the two phases. The composition would be as follows: 10.1. For the elimination phase: Representative from: Office of the Regional Director of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports for the regions of the selected venues; Deputy Commissioners and Regional Directors concerned; 2 National Office representatives. 10.2. For the final phase, the Board of Judges will still be identified. 11. Prizes in the form of plaques and monetary and/or non-monetary items will be given. Certificates of participation will be given to all participants. The Steering Committee created pursuant to Revenue Special Order No. 162-95 will be coordinating with the Regional Directors of Revenue Region No. 1, 13 and 19 for the preparation of venues for the elimination phase. All Deputy Commissioners and Regional Directors are required to submit the information form prescribed in Annex A to the Steering Committee (c/o Assistant Commissioner, Management and Planning Service, Room 503, BIR National Office) not later than July 7, 1995. RENE G. BAEZ Acting Commissioner ANNEX A CULTURAL PRESENTATION COMPETITION INFORMATION FORM 1. Revenue Region / National Office ____________________ 2. Name of Participants Office Assigned to 3. Title of presentation ________________________________________________ Name over signature of Deputy Commissioner Regional Director ANNEX B Quarterly Listing of Business Tax Filers ANNEX C Monthly Listing of Professional Tax Filers ANNEX D Monthly Listing of Franchise Tax Filers ANNEX E Monthly Listing of Amusement Tax Filers ANNEX F List of Income Tax Filers ANNEX G Monthly Lists of Capital Gains Tax Filers ANNEX H Quarterly List of Bank Taxpayers ANNEX I List of Branches and Warehouses