Supplementing Revenue Memorandum Order No. 2-69, Dated December 23, 1968, in Relation to Revenue Memorandum Order No. 33-68, Dated June 17, 1968, and Revenue Memorandum Order No. 5-69, Dated February 26, 1969, Respectively

December 12, 1972 REVENUE MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 43-72 SUBJECT : Supplementing Revenue Memorandum Order No. 2-69, Dated December 23, 1968, in Relation to Revenue Memorandum Order No. 33-68, Dated June 17, 1968, and Revenue Memorandum Order No. 5-69, Dated February 26, 1969, Respectively TO : All Revenue Operations Head, Chief of Divisions and Units, Assistant Revenue Directors and Revenue District Officers. In order that this Bureau can register its right to controvert any claim for compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Act, as amended, more effectively within the period provided for in Section 45 of the said Act, all Revenue Operations Head, Chiefs of Divisions in the National Office, Assistant Revenue Directors and Revenue District Officers of the Regional Office of this Bureau are hereby directed regardless as to whether or not a claim for compensation has been filed to file Notice of Controversion with the nearest Work-men's Compensation Unit, Department of Labor, in all cases of: (a) Absences of five (5) consecutive days or more; and (b) Sickness, injury or death of employees under their respective offices, either on or before the fourteenth (14) day of disability or within ten (10) days after he has knowledge of the alleged sickness/accident, copy furnished the Revenue Operations Head (Administrative Services) and the Office of the Solicitor General. In your notice of controversion, specific statement of the ground or grounds therefor should always be stated in order that the same may be a valid controversion, otherwise, the following statement may be used: Please register the right of this Bureau to controvert any claim for compensation under the Work-men's Compensation Act, as amended, that may be filed by the named employee of this Bureau his heirs and/or beneficiary on the ground that his/her absences/sickness/ injury/death is not service connected. aisa dc For this purpose, always use W.C.C. Form No. 6. However, if the said form is not available, a simple letter will serve the purpose of controversion. The Notice of Controversion if sent thru the mail should be postmarked before the expiration of the aforesaid period and if personally delivered to the Workmen's Compensation Unit concerned should be received within the said period. This will preclude them from rendering an outright award based merely on the ground that the Bureau failed to file a Notice of Controversion within the reglementary period. Strict observance and compliance with the foregoing instruction is enjoined. MISAEL P. VERA Commissioner of Internal Revenue