00:00Mas mahigpit na ang tax audits ng Bureau of Internal Revenue
00:03matapos pansamantalang itigil ang audit operations
00:06para bigyang daan ang pagsasayos ng proseso.
00:09Ang detay sa ulat ni Denise Osorio.
00:14Matapos ang dalawang buwang audit freeze,
00:17binabalik muli ng Bureau of Internal Revenue
00:19at ng Department of Finance ang tax audits
00:22sa ilalim ng mas mahigpit, mas malinaw
00:25at mas transparent na mga patakaran.
00:27Ayon sa BIR, pansamantalang itinigil ang audit operations
00:31upang suliin ang mga umiira na protokol,
00:34tukuyin ang mga kahinaan sa sistema
00:36at tugunan ang mga reklamo ng overlapping audits
00:39at umano'y pangigipit sa mga negosyo.
00:42Suspended the audits.
00:45We wanted to review the protocols,
00:47we wanted to review the processes
00:49and see where the vulnerabilities are.
00:53And we are now done with a review.
00:55The technical working group has come up
00:58with the recommendations
00:58and so we are now ready to issue audits.
01:02Sa ilalim ng bagong patakaran,
01:04iisa na lamang ang letter of authority
01:05na maaaring ilabas sa bawat taxpayer
01:08kada taxable year.
01:09Maliban sa malinaw na exceptions,
01:12binawag na rin ang mga VATO at VATAS
01:14o ang VAT audit unit
01:16at ang value-added tax audit section
01:18at nilimitahan ang audit authority
01:21sa regional offices at large taxpayer service.
01:24Maaari na rin i-verify online
01:26ang letters of authority sa website ng BIR
01:29sa pamamagitan ng REVI chatbot
01:31upang maiwasan ang fake at questionabling audit orders.
01:35Mayroon na rin audit the auditor program
01:37upang palakasin ang pananagutan
01:39ng mga revenue officers.
01:41Tiniyak naman ang BIR
01:42na hindi na dapat mangamba
01:44ang mga taxpayer sa pagbabalik
01:46ng audit operations.
01:47With all the new reforms
01:49that will be in place
01:51with the lifting of the audit spectrum
01:53we are confident
01:55that the conduct of audits
02:01will now be more transparent
02:03and controlled
02:05and with clearer oversight.
02:08This is something that we study very carefully
02:10and with this reforms
02:12we are confident
02:12na magiging makayos na audits natin.
02:16Mungi-important.
02:17Hindi na po dapat nilang katakutan.
02:20Hindi na po nilang dapat nilang katakutan.
02:21Para sa Federation for Philippine Industries,
02:24mahalaga ang pagbabalik ng audits
02:26kung ito ay nakabatay sa data
02:28at malinaw ang batayan.
02:30Ayon kay FBI Chairperson Elizabeth Lee,
02:33kapag pinipili ang audits
02:34batay sa data
02:35at hindi sa discretion,
02:37nagiging mas predictable,
02:39transparent
02:39at mas hindi madaling maabuso
02:41ang tax enforcement
02:42lalo na para sa micro,
02:44small and medium enterprises.
02:47Ganito rin ang pananaw
02:48ni Vice President for Trade and Industry
02:49Brian Ang
02:50ng Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry
02:52na matagal nang nananawagan
02:54ng mas malinaw na safeguards
02:56laban sa audit harassment.
02:57The business sector has had several conversations
03:00with the BIR on this issue
03:02and they have had many safeguards in place
03:05to make sure that this LOA
03:07will no longer be weaponized
03:08and used as harassment by examiners,
03:11especially towards our
03:12small and medium enterprises.
03:15Gayunman,
03:15iginate ng PCCI
03:16na mahalaga ang maayos na implementasyon
03:18ng mga patakaran,
03:20lalo na sa regional at local offices,
03:23kung saan kadalasang nagmumula
03:24ang mga reklamo
03:25ng mga maliliit na negosyo.
03:27If we are asked to pay for the right taxes
03:29and we are given the receipt
03:30for the entire tax payment,
03:32all businessmen,
03:34small, micro, medium
03:35will be willing to pay the right taxes.
03:37It's only when there is
03:38the under-the-table payment,
03:41that's the only time
03:42that we are hesitant to pay it
03:43and that's the only time
03:44we feel the harassment.
03:45Proper computation,
03:46proper assessment,
03:48payment
03:48na nakarecibo lahat,
03:50we will accept that.
03:51Ayon sa mga business groups,
03:53ang MSMEs ang bumubuo
03:54sa halos lahat ng negosyo sa bansa
03:56na lumilika ng million-milyong trabaho
03:59at kritikal sa lokal na ekonomiya,
04:02kung kaya't mahalaga
04:03ang isang makatarungan,
04:05malinaw,
04:05at hindi-discretionary na audit system.
04:08Binigyang din ng BIR
04:09na ang mga reformang ito
04:10ay bahagi ng DARES agenda,
04:13kung saan ang ilan
04:14ay kasalukuyan
04:15ng ipapatupad
04:16habang ang mga digital
04:17at monitoring reforms
04:19ay unti-unting ilulunsad.
04:21Tiniyak ng ahensya
04:22na bukas sila
04:23sa pakikipag-ugnayan
04:24sa mga taxpayer
04:25at stakeholders
04:26upang masiguro
04:27ang profesional
04:28at patas na audit process.
04:31Denise Osorio,
04:32para sa Pambansang TV,
04:34sa Bagong Pilipinas.
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