00:00The BIR Region 9 destroyed more than 41,000 boxes of cigarettes
00:07that the agency called on businessmen to pay excise tax.
00:12This is Clen K. Pinaloza of PIA Zamboanga with the national news.
00:18The BIR Region 9 destroyed more than 41,000 boxes of illegal cigarettes
00:26from the city of Zamboanga and province of Zamboanga del Sur.
00:29This separate activity is part of the Nationwide Simultaneous Destruction and Disposal of Illicit Goods
00:36of the Bureau of Internal Revenue or BIR
00:39that prohibits the sale of illegal products.
00:43It's not only a matter of collecting the excise tax but it also involves criminal prosecution.
00:50I would like to state that for every tax that is not paid, the penalty is x10.
00:56So if your payable is 1 million, it will be 11 million.
01:01According to the BIR, their operation continues and it is strictly mandated by the police
01:07to protect the cigarettes and the establishments that sell them.
01:12Let's just do business properly. Let's help our government.
01:17This is for the entire country, for the Filipino people.
01:20We are collecting excise taxes because it is one big source of revenues.
01:26According to the BIR, they are following the due process and the office's target
01:31to destroy illegal cigarettes every semester.
01:35This activity is a proof of the continuous dedication of the government
01:39to stop and stop illegal smuggling in the Zamboanga Peninsula.
01:44From the Philippine Information Agency Zamboanga,
01:47Clenque Peñalosa, for Balitang Pambansa.
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