00:00The Bureau of Internal Revenue has temporarily suspended letters of authority, mission orders, and other documents related to field audits.
00:08This is in light of alleged corruption issues.
00:11In a joint announcement by Finance Secretary Frederick Goh and BIR Commissioner Charlie Mendoza,
00:17Goh stressed that they will immediately act on the issue to protect the public from abuse.
00:23Following this, the BIR will also implement a comprehensive review of current policies and procedures
00:28for the integrity of the audit process and to ensure taxpayers' rights are protected.
00:34Mendoza also emphasized that they are seriously looking into any complaints of abuse and irregularities
00:40because these have no place in the BIR.
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