Prescribing the Guidelines for the Extension of the Expanded Raffle Promo, Amending for the Purpose, RMO. No. 7-93

June 8, 1993 REVENUE MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 33-93 SUBJECT : Prescribing the Guidelines for the Extension of the Expanded Raffle Promo, Amending for the Purpose, RMO No. 7-93 TO : All Internal Revenue Officers and Others Concerned I. Objectives This Order is issued to further inculcate into the minds of the taxpaying public the habit of demanding for receipts for their purchases and to improve voluntary compliance of business establishments in their issuance of receipts through an extended period of multi-media exposure relative to the Expanded Raffle Promo. cd i II. Policies and Guidelines To attain such objectives, the following policies are hereby prescribed: 1. The Expanded Raffle Promo shall be extended until August. 1993. 2. The grand draw which was scheduled for May 30, 1993 shall be reset on August 1, 1993. 3. The 500 consolation prizes shall be pre-drawn on July 29, 1993. Therefore, all drop boxes shall remain in place in the selected drop box centers until the cut-off dates prescribed. 4. The cut-off dates on the submission of receipts/invoices for the grand draw are as follows: Revenue Regions outside Metro Manila - July 16, 1993 Revenue Regions within Metro Manila - July 25, 1993 The RDOs outside Metro Manila shall gather all receipts for the grand draw starting July 17, 1993 while RDOs within Metro Manila shall gather all receipts/invoices starting July 26, 1993 for delivery to the National Office. 5. All Revenue Regions/Revenue District Offices shall send the surrendered receipts/invoices to the Chief, Public Information and Assistance Division, BIR National Office on a monthly basis. 6. Notwithstanding the cut-off dates, the public is not precluded to transmit their receipts/invoices for the raffle draw by themselves directly to the National Office or to the place where the draw will be held during the period from the cut-off date to the grand draw date. 7. The Revenue Regions shall make a sampling on the surrendered receipts/invoices after the regional draw before forwarding the same to the National Office. Business establishments which issued the receipt/invoice found to be spurious shall be subject to verification or investigation, if warranted. Hence, such receipt shall form part of the primary evidences against the establishment. III. Repealing Clause The policies and guidelines prescribed in RMO No. 7-93 and memorandum dated February 23, 1993 on the additional specific guidelines on the Expanded Raffle Promo not inconsistent with these policies and guidelines shall still be deemed effective and shall be adopted in the extended Expanded BIR Raffle Promo. Likewise, all regulations, rules, order and other issuances or portion thereof contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Order are hereby repealed accordingly. acd IV. Effectivity This Order shall take effect immediately. LIWAYWAY VINZONS-CHATO Commissioner of Internal Revenue