Regional Travel Assignment Orders — Manner of Preparation

July 31, 1964 REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 26-64 SUBJECT : Regional Travel Assignment Orders Manner of Preparation TO : All Regional Directors and Others Concerned 1.It has come to the attention of the National Office that regional transfers are made within regional offices without the prior approval of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. This is in violation of existing rules and regulations and must be stopped. Henceforth, all transfers within a regional district must be effected only after approval of the regional travel assignment order by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. 2.Section 12 of the National Internal Revenue Code should not be used as the authority for such regional transfers. All regional travel assignment orders issued after the promulgation of this circular should cite the number of this circular as such authority. 3.The regional travel assignment orders must be accompanied by a letter of the Regional Director citing therein the reasons for effecting the transfers to serve as a guide for the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in making his decision in respect thereof. 4.In the preparation of such regional travel assignment orders the following information must be stated: (a)Name of employee; (b)Group & Range (G.R.); (c)Present place of assignment; and (d)New place of assignment. 5.The Group and Range (G.R.) referred to in paragraph 4(b), above, refer to the grouping of functions of BIR employees and the WAPCO Range of the particular employee. For purposes of such grouping, positions in the Bureau of Internal Revenue are divided into seven (7) groups, with their corresponding symbols, as follows: (a)Examiners' Group E This group includes revenue examiners, special investigators, appraiser examiners & agents, revenue examination aides, etc. (b)Legal Group L This group includes legal officers, trial attorneys, research attorneys & legal aides. (c)Collection Group C This group includes collection supervisors, collection agents, collection clerks, cashiers, cash clerks, etc. (d)Specific Tax Group I This group includes revenue inspectors, tobacco inspectors, etc. (e)Tax Census Group TC (f)Administrative Services Group A This group includes all administrative officers, administrative assistants, clerks, and those belonging to the unclassified civil service, like janitors, drivers, security guards, etc. (g)Special Services Group S This group includes IBM personnel, accounting officers and accounting clerks. 6.For purposes of uniformity the following sample form is hereby prescribed: prll (Regional Letterhead) ____________, 1964 REGIONAL TRAVEL ASSIGNMENT ORDER NO. ____ The exigencies of the revenue service so requiring and pursuant to Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 26-64, the following personnel are hereby relieved of their present duties and ordered to report to their new assignments as indicated opposite their respective names: Name G.R. From To 1 Juan de la Cruz E-39 Inspection Dist. Insp. Dist. No. No. 23, Binondo, Mla 24, Tondo, Mla. 2 Maria Santos A-23 Office of the Insp. Dist. No. 24 Regional Director Tondo Mla, as clerk therein Before leaving for their new assignments the personnel concerned must first comply with the requirements of Field Circular No. V-25 regarding inventory of papers, correspondence and other property responsibility in their possession. This Order shall take effect upon approval. __________________ Regional Director APPROVED: _____________________________ Commissioner of Internal Revenue 7.All personnel concerned are hereby enjoined to follow strictly the provisions of this circular. llcd (SGD.) BENJAMIN N. TABIOS Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue