Tasks of Centennial Taxpayers Recognition Program (CTRP) Responsible Officials

March 8, 2004 REVENUE MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 08-04 SUBJECT : Tasks of Centennial Taxpayers Recognition Program (CTRP) Responsible Officials TO : All CTRP Coordinating Group Heads, Regional Directors and Revenue District Officers I. BACKGROUND To attain widest taxpayer participation to the Centennial Taxpayers Recognition Program (CTRP), RSO 96-2004 dated 03 March 2004 was issued designating Coordinating Group Heads (CGH) for each identified business and civil society group whose support will be enlisted in the promotion of the program to taxpayers. For the same reason, RMC No. 13-2004 dated 01 March 2004 tasked all Regional Directors (RD) and Revenue District Officers (RDO) the responsibility for the widest dissemination and participation for the program. This Order provides clear guidelines on how CGHs, RDs and RDOs are to perform their respective responsibilities under the CTRP. II. CTRP OVERALL STRATEGY To insure success of the program, the BIR National Office (NO) will promote the CTRP at the national level even as the regions and the district offices shall promote the program at the local level. The NO shall enlist and work with the national officers of business and civil society groups while the RDs and RDOs shall work with the local chapters of said groups even as they shall directly promote the program to the taxpayers. aHTEIA III. WORK DEFINITION OF CGHs, RDs and RDOs on the CTRP The following activities are suggested guides for the conduct of work of CTRP responsible officials: 1. Agreement Between BIR and Sectoral Groups . CGHs must seek to sign up the national office of the sectoral group assigned to them to an agreement to work together to implement the CTRP (draft MOA attached marked Annex "A"). RDs and RDOs for their part must seek out the local chapters of sectoral groups with which the national office has already signed an agreement and draft a joint schedule for the execution of the agreement and CTRP at the local level. In addition, RDs & RDOs must endeavor to sign-up business and civil society groups present in their areas without a national organization with which BIR has already an agreement with. 2. Distribute CTRP Materials . Distribute all relevant materials and participation form to all members of the business/civil society groups. For groups with financial resources, obtain their support in the printing of materials. 3. Symposia and Workshops . Undertake symposium and workshops to include Participation Fairs with the objective of promoting the benefits if CTRP and getting commitment to participate in the Program. 4. News Media Release . Provide TAS materials for news report on the success of their respective sectoral groups/districts for release at the national office and directly release news stories on CTRP to the local media. 5. Participation Calls . Follow-up Participation by calling up the group member/taxpayers directly for copies of the duly accomplished participation forms. It is followed by a second "call for participation". 6. Submits Reports . Submission to CIR (Attn.: Mr. Alemar M. Sani) of the CTRP Report provided for in RMC No. 13-2004. IV. DCIRs' as Resource Persons CHGs may seek the support of their respective group DCIRs to act as speakers and resource persons in the conduct of Symposiums and Workshops on CTRP. V. Effectivity This Order shall take effect immediately. (SGD.) GUILLERMO L. PARAYNO, JR. Commissioner of Internal Revenue ANNEX A AGREEMENT OF COOPERATION AND ENDORSEMENT KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: This Agreement of Cooperation and Endorsement, hereinafter referred to as the Agreement, was entered and executed on this the _____ day of ________, 2004, in the City of ______________, Philippines, by and between The BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE, with principal office at the Bureau of Internal Revenue National Office Building, Agham Road, Quezon City, represented herein by its Commissioner, GUILLERMO L. PARAYNO, JR., and hereinafter referred to as the "BIR", - AND- The _____________________________________, with principal office at _____________________________________, represented herein by its ______________, __________________________, and hereinafter referred to as the "ORGANIZATION". WITNESSETH : That WHEREAS, the parties hereto recognizes the importance of the BIR being able to efficiently collect revenues for the government, in order to fuel the economic growth of the nation. WHEREAS, the BIR was able to exceed the mandated collection target given it for 2003 amounting to P424 Billion, and is in 2004 mandated to collect P 477 Billion, which will require an increase in the BIR's collection from income taxes of approximately 19% for 2004. WHEREAS, the BIR recognizes the importance of attaining the said revenue goal, and desires to obtain if not surpass the same for the good of the nation, and as a milestone for its centennial this year, 2004. WHEREAS, in recognition of the urgency of attaining said goal, and the belief that it is an attainable goal with the cooperation of the taxpayers, the BIR have come up the Centennial Taxpayers Recognition Program ("Program"), which aims to give recognition to compliant taxpayer who, among other criteria, increased the tax payment on April 15, 2004 for taxable year 2003, by at least 20% as compared to the payment they made on April 15, 2003, the mechanics of which are contained in Revenue Memorandum No. (RMO) 7-2004, a copy of which is attached hereto as Annex "A", and is made an integral part of this Agreement. WHEREAS, the ORGANIZATION have read RMO 7-2004, and believes in the objective of the Program and desires to participate in it and give its full thereto. NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing, premises, the parties hereto hereby agree/undertake the following: 1. The ORGANIZATION shall provide full support to the Program, and hereby adopts the Program as its own. 2. The ORGANIZATION and its member pledge to report and pay the right taxes. 3. The ORGANIZATION and its members shall participate in the Program and vie for the Centennial Taxpayer Award by complying with the conditions contained in RMO 7-2004. 4. The ORGANIZATION shall disseminate the Program, and encourage the participation of not only its member, but the taxpaying public at large to the Program. 5. The ORGANIZATION shall provide copies of RMO 7-2004 and the Participation Form to its members, including but not limited to uploading the same in its website. 6. The ORGANIZATION shall conduct an intensive information drive and symposia on the Program. 7. The ORGANIZATION shall provide the BIR assistance in the marketing/advertising of the Program. 8. The BIR shall provide information and background materials the ORGANIZATION may require for the proper dissemination by the ORGANIZATION of the program, and shall exert its best effort to assist ORGANIZATION in its information drive. 9. The BIR shall provide the resource persons as the ORGANIZATION may need for the information drive and/or symposia it shall organize and conduct. 10. The BIR shall provide the assistance and the facilities the ORGANIZATION may require for its participation in the Program. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the date and place first mentioned. ACcDEa BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE By GUILLERMO L. PARAYNO, JR. Commissioner of Internal Revenue ________________________________ ________________________________ By ________________________________ President Signed in the Presence of: _________________________ _______________________