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Marcos to public: Pay your taxes
President Marcos, with Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. beside him, leads the 2025 BIR National Tax Campaign kickoff yesterday at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City./ Noel Pabalate
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MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos yesterday urged the public to pay taxes and assured the people that tax evaders will be held accountable.“We will hold those who continue to circumvent our system accountable,” Marcos said at the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)’s national tax campaign kickoff in Pasay.
Over P2.85 trillion in taxes was collected by the BIR last year, surpassing the P2.52 trillion in 2023, Marcos noted.
This was the highest amount posted in two decades, he said.
The BIR’s 2024 revenue could fund 1,140,800 new schools, 190,133 kilometers of roads and 167,014 rural health facilities, Marcos said.
Initiatives of the BIR to strengthen tax collection led to the registration of 74,656 new establishments in 2024, bringing the total number of registered taxpayers to nearly 5.7 million, the President noted.
About P257.01 million was recovered by checking the compliance of 307,028 establishments, he said.
The President also cited the BIR Online Registration and Update System and electronic one-time transaction system.
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Cases have been filed against ghost sellers and buyers through the agency’s Run After Fake Transactions program, Marcos said.
The initiative resulted in P4.33 billion collected in 2024, a sharp increase from the P617.95 million in 2023, he said.
Crackdowns on illicit trade, including cigarettes, vapes and other excisable goods generated P110.33 million in revenue last year, Marcos said.
