Distribution of BIR Issuances and Publications

August 12, 1988 REVENUE MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 31-88 SUBJECT : Distribution of BIR Issuances and Publications TO : All Internal Revenue Officers and Others Concerned There have been numerous complaints concerning the distribution of BIR issuances and publications from the National Office to regional and district offices. The common complaint is either the long delay or non-receipt at all even in the case of important BIR issuances. Mailing records of the General Services Division of the National Office however, show that most BIR issuances are mailed immediately after their reproduction and instances where delays occur for reasons of lack of supplies and materials, do not exceed four (4) days from the date issuances are released by the Records Division. This Order is issued to improve the distribution of BIR issuances and publications. The procedure shall be as follows: 1. The Chief of Records Division, National Office shall immediately provide the Assistant Commissioner for Planning and Research copies of BIR issuances as they come. cd 2. In turn, the Assistant Commissioner for Planning and Research shall determine and inform the Chief of Records Division which issuances should be transmitted immediately to internal revenue officers concerned, in which case they should be sent right away by speed mail. 3. For issuances requiring immediate transmittal, a distribution control form shall be included. This is to be accomplished by the following internal revenue officers: a) The Regional Director or Assistant Regional Director b) The Revenue District Officer or Assistant Revenue District Officer c) The Chief of Administrative Branch in Regional Offices. The accomplished distribution control form shall be returned through the fastest means available by the internal revenue officer concerned, within five (5) days after receipt thereof, to the Assistant Commissioner for Planning and Research, through the Chief, Tax Information and Assistance Division. 4. The foregoing requirement shall also apply in the distribution of all issues of the Philippines Revenue Journal. 5. The Tax Information and Assistance Division and the Mailing Section, General Services Division, shall jointly monitor the distribution of all BIR issuances and publications. cdt EFFECTIVITY - This Order shall take effect immediately. (SGD.) BIENVENIDO A. TAN, JR. Commissioner