Amendment to Revenue Regulations No. 7-66 involving the transfer of the Station Town of Revenue District No. 67 from Odiongan, Romblon to the capital town of Romblon, Romblon

May 9, 1968 REVENUE REGULATIONS NO. 02-68 SUBJECT : Amendment to Revenue Regulations No. 7-66 involving the transfer of the Station Town of Revenue District No. 67 from Odiongan, Romblon to the capital town of Romblon, Romblon Pursuant to the provisions of Section 338 of Commonwealth Act No. 466, otherwise known as the National Internal Revenue Code, the following regulations amending Section 15 of Revenue Regulations No. 7-66 is hereby promulgated in order to better serve the interest of the public and the revenue service. SECTION 1. The 2nd paragraph of Section 15 of Revenue Regulations No. 7-66 is hereby amended to read as follows: "Revenue District No. 67 comprising the province of Romblon with Romblon as the station town of the Revenue District Officer." SECTION 2. All revenue personnel assigned to Revenue District No. 67 in Odiongan, Romblon, and all records, documents, office equipments and other properties thereat are hereby correspondingly transferred to Romblon, Romblon. SECTION 3. This regulation shall take effect after thirty (30) days from its publication in the Official Gazette and supersedes all Regulations, Orders or Circulars which are inconsistent herewith. cd EDUARDO Z. ROMUALDEZ Secretary of Finance Recommended by: MISAEL P. VERA Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1st Indorsement June 5, 1968 Respectfully returned to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Manila, the within Revenue Regulation No. 2-68 dated May 9, 1968, transferring the station town of Revenue District No. 67 from Odiongan, Romblon to the capital town of Romblon, Romblon, duly approved, in view of the recommendation contained herein. Considering the effectivity clause of the said Revenue Regulation, publication thereof in the Official Gazette should therefore be immediately undertaken by the BIR. EDUARDO Z. ROMUALDEZ Secretary May 20, 1968 The Honorable The Secretary of Finance M a n i l a S i r : There is forwarded herewith Revenue Regulations No. 2-68 which is an amendment to Revenue Regulations No. 7-66, for your approval. This new regulation transfers the station town of Revenue District No. 67 from Odiongan, Romblon to the capital town of Romblon, Romblon. Very truly yours, MISAEL P. VERA Commissioner of Internal Revenue April 19, 1968 MEMORANDUM FOR: The Revenue Operations Head (Management Planning) This has reference to the request of the Revenue District Officer of Revenue District No. 67, Odiongan, Romblon to transfer the office from Odiongan to Romblon, the capital of the province, contained in his letter dated January 2, 1968, to the Revenue Regional Director, Region No. 15, Iloilo City, which was forwarded to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue under 1st indorsement dated February 19, 1968, recommending approval. Normally, where there is only one Revenue District Office in a province, the same is located in the capital unless there are compelling reasons for placing it elsewhere. In the particular case of the province of Romblon, there appear to be no obvious, much less compelling reason why the Revenue District Office should continue to be in Odiongan. On the contrary, it appears that it would be more convenient for the Bureau and the taxpaying public if the office is in Romblon for the following reasons: 1. It will be noted that the province of Romblon is composed of thirteen municipalities, six of which are located in the island of Tablas, three in the island of sibuyan, and the four island municipalities of Romblon, Concepcion, Banton and Corcuera. The latter three island municipalities are 6, 4 and 3 hours respectively by motor banca from Romblon while they are twice that range to Odiongan. Added to that is the fact that there are more frequent trips from these municipalities to Romblon than to Odiongan. The island of Sibuyan where the municipalities of Magdiwang, Cajidiccan and San Fernando are located is only four to five hours trip to Romblon while it is twenty hours to Odiongan by motor banca. The island of Tablas where the six other municipalities are located is only three hours to Romblon. It will readily be seen that the municipality of Romblon is much nearer to all the islands comprising the province, hence, more accessible and convenient as the site of the Revenue District Office. 2. Under the present method of making remittances, collections are remitted through the Treasury Field Cashier whose office is located in the capital-Romblon. Collection Agents making remittances in the capital can at the same time also transact official business with the Revenue District Officer if the latter's office is also in the capital. The Revenue District Officer can also easily check with the Treasury Field Cashier who among the Collection Agents do not make remittance regularly. 3. All national and provincial offices like the Register of Deeds, Provincial Assessor, Provincial Treasurer, Land Transportation Commission, Provincial Fiscal, Court of First Instance, etc. from whom the Revenue District Office may need data or assistance are all located in the capital. Romblon being also the commercial center of the province, more people go there to transact official business, to sell their produce or make purchases. In doing so they would have the opportunity to do business with the Revenue District Office. Hence, the propriety of having the latter located in the capital. 4. From the standpoint of collections, Romblon has bigger collection than Odiongan. For fiscal year 1966-67 Romblon collected P30,561.68 as against P25,691.72 of Odiongan. 5. All mails to and from the province as well as those within the province itself go through and from the capital. Mails from and for the Revenue District Office will be dispatched and received faster if the office is in the capital. At present there is a two-way mail service between Manila, Romblon the capital, and Panay Island so that communication between the National Office, the Regional Office in Iloilo City and the Revenue District Office, if the latter is located in Romblon, will be much faster than if the office is in Odiongan. Premises considered, it is believed the interest of the public and the Bureau could better be served if the Revenue District Office No. 67 in Odiongan is transferred to Romblon, the capital of the province. FELIPE T. MACAHILIG Project Coordinator 1st Indorsement February 19, 1968 Respectfully forwarded to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Manila, the attached letter dated January 22, 1968 of the Revenue District Officer of Romblon, relative to the transfer of his office from Odiongan to Romblon, Romblon, and recommending approval in view of the reasons stated therein. JUAN M. GANDIONCO Acting Assistant Director 2nd Indorsement March 5, 1968 Respectfully transmitted to the Revenue Operations Head (Management Planning) the within request of the Revenue District Officer, Odiongan, Romblon to transfer the situs of his Office from Odiongan, Romblon to Romblon, Romblon for whatever action he may deem proper to take on the matter. RESTITUTO F. BACAREZA Revenue Operations Head (Administrative Services) January 22, 1968 The Regional Director Revenue Region No. 15 Iloilo City S i r : In connection with the letter of Mr. Andres Fadriquela, Odiongan, Romblon, advising that the monthly rental of this Office be raised from P30.00 to P80.00, I have the honor to request that the Office of the Revenue District Officer be transferred to Romblon, Romblon, for the following reasons: llibris 1. That for administration purposes, Romblon, Romblon is conveniently and ideally located, being the capital of the province and where the important offices of the province are located; 2. That the owner of the building which housed the Office of the Revenue District Officer in Odiongan, Romblon, Mr. Andres Fadriquela, had given notice that the monthly rentals beginning July 1, 1968 should be increased from P30.00 to P80.00 because of high prices; 3. That the Office is not centrally located to enable taxpayers to transact business easily as it is about 500 meters away from the town plaza as it already on the road leading to San Andres and San Agustin; 4. That the collection agents and cash clerks of the 3 one island municipalities and Sibuyan Island clamors for a place favorable to them which is Romblon, Romblon (also an island municipality and capital of the province; The following are the distances: CONCEPCION (in Maestro del Campo Island) is 1 hours from Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro or 6 hours from Romblon, Romblon by motorized banca; BANTON (Jones Island) is 3 hrs. from Concepcion, 4 hrs. from Romblon, Romblon, and 2 hrs. from Corcuera; and CORCUERA (Simara Island) is about 3 hrs. from Romblon, Romblon or 2 hrs. to Calatrava, San Agustin, Romblon (in Tablas Island); MAGDIWANG (in northeastern part of Sibuyan Island) is 3 hours trip to Romblon, Romblon; CAJIDIOCAN (in eastern part of Sibuyan Island is (1) one hour ride to Magdiwang or 4 hours to Romblon, Romblon; and SAN FERNANDO (in the southern part of Sibuyan Island is 5 hours trip to Romblon, Romblon and is 20 hrs. trip to Odiongan, Romblon. 5. That the reports of the collection agents, cash clerks, and municipal treasurer Hilarion Falculan will not be greatly delayed if the Office is in Romblon, Romblon because all the mails leads to Romblon, Romblon, with mailboats every fortnightly and motorized banca leads to Romblon, Romblon because more people go to the capital to transact government business or selling their products and buying merchandise for their livelihood; 6. That an Office could be secured there at a lower price if transferred to Romblon, Romblon; 7. That the M/V SORSOGON used to ply between Manila and Roxas City, passing Romblon, Romblon and Carmen, San Agustin, Romblon, every Wednesday in going to Manila, and on Saturday on return trip to Roxas City; cdt In view of the foregoing, it is earnestly prayed that this request be approved. Very respectfully, ALADINO DEGOMA Revenue District Officer