The Bureau of Internal Revenue temporarily suspends all its field audits and related operations. This, following calls to investigate an alleged extortion scheme within the agency.
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00:00The Bureau of Internal Revenue temporarily suspends all its field audits and related operations.
00:07This following calls to investigate an alleged extortion scheme within the agency.
00:12BIR Commissioner Charlie Mendoza says the suspension covers the issuance of letters of authority and mission orders.
00:20LOAs are formal documents that authorize BIR revenue officers to examine a taxpayer's books of accounts and records for a designated period.
00:27Meanwhile, MOs authorize revenue officers to conduct surveillance and inventory-taking activities on business operations.
00:35Mendoza describes the suspension as a necessary move to protect taxpayers and strengthen the BIR's internal processes.
00:42The suspension comes just hours after Senator Irwin Tulfo filed a Senate resolution directing the Blue Ribbon Committee to probe the alleged extortion scheme.
00:50While Tulfo welcomes the BIR's suspension, he said the involved tax officials and personnel must still be held accountable for their actions.
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