National Office

Prepares necessary papers and documents for the procurement of accountable forms and undertakes actual procurement thereof.

Monitors the printing of accountable forms and ensure compliance with the specifications and security features requirement.

Maintains information on the consumption of accountable forms including its losses and damages.

Processes the request for disposal of accountable forms found to be defective, damaged or obsolete and witness disposal thereof.

Certifies as to availability of funds (CAFs) in accordance with auditing rules and regulations.

Pre-audits, processes, reviews and settles various money claims in compliance with accounting and audititng rules and regulations.

Maintains accounting records and books of accounts to reflect accurate and current financial informations relative to expenditures and disbursements of the Bureau.

Monitors the performance of the Large Taxpayers Service, Regional Offices and Revenue District Offices in the management and collection of all delinquent accounts, including their respective enforcement of collection remedies, and the safekeeping and disposition of forfeited properties/acquired assets.

Reviews/approves certifications on the existence of any outstanding liabilities of taxpayers.

Monitors the enforcement of collection of all delinquent accounts thru administrative remedies by implementing offices.

Evaluates and prioritizes projects, sets timeline and budgets related to outsourcing of development and/or maintenance of adminstrative systems.

Resolves protests and requests for reinvestigation/ reconsideration whether or not the protest is in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 228 of the NIRC of 1997, as amended, and its implementing regulations; or whether or not the protest involved a question of fact or of law or both on cases falling under its jurisdiction.

Issues notices of conference hearing and subpoena witnesses when necessary for the resolution of pending protested tax cases and claims for tax credit/refund falling under its jurisdiction.

Prepares administrative decisions on protested tax cases involving questins of law and/or fact, and digest of the said decisions.

Formulates policies, work programs, standards, guidelines and procedures relative to the revision/updating of the schedules of real properties including request/appeal/protest on revaluation/assignment of zonal values of real properties, One Time Transaction (ONETT) reports, Certificates Authorizing Registration (CARs)/Tax Clearances (TCLs) issued, Capital Gains Tax, Documentary Stamp Tax and other taxes derived from transfer of real properties.

Reviews recommended revision/updating of zonal values submitted by revenue regions.

Monitors and collates reports submitted by field offices on eLAs issued.

Conducts study, research and analysis for the development of audit procedures and techniques for improving the quality of tax audit.

Formulates policies, work programs, standards, guidelines and procedures relative to the supervision of tax exemptions/incentives by entities duly registered with the BOI, PEZA, SBMA and other IPAs.

Allocates budget appropriation in accordance with the program/project thrusts of the Bureau.

Prepares annual, supplemental, special and deficiency budgets of the Bureau.

Assists top management in the presentation of BIR budgetary estimates before administrative and legislative bodies.

Evaluates and prioritizes projects, sets timeline and budgets related to outsourcing of development and/or maintenance of business intelligence systems.

Provides functional direction relative to public service, information and education, taxpayer record update and registration process/system improvement, design, revision and review of external forms and internal/external stakeholders communications and customer assistance.

Develops and recommends policies, work programs, standards, guidelines and procedures relative to monitoring, evaluation, and analysis of collection reports, collection of internal revenue taxes thru RCOs, AABs and other collection agents, and implementation of the Returns Compliance System.

Develops and implements policies, work programs, standards, guidelines and procedures relative to collection activities.

Provides functional direction relative to collection of internal revenue taxes; accounting & allotment of revenues; effective implementation of the withholding tax system and the Electronic Documentary Stamp Tax System (eDST); accreditation/disaccreditation of banks as authorized agent banks (AABs); monitoring and evaluation of the performance of AABs, RCOs, Deputized Municipal Treasurers (DMTs) and other collection agents; processing of applications for transfer, cash conversion, and regular revalidation of Tax Credit Certificates (TCCs); issuance of Tax Debit Memo (TDMs); processing of applications for issuance of TCCs for NBI and Bidding purposes; management and monitoring of accounts receivable and forfeited assets; and other collection-related programs and activities.

Provides consistent, accurate and timely response to telephone, voice mail and e-mail inquiries and from other channels raised by internal and external stakeholders.

Builds up, maintains and updates the data warehouse to ensure availability of timely and accurate informatiion to various end-users within the Bureau.

Provides functional direction to tax fraud and intelligence operations, litigation and prosecution matters & development and investigation of tax cases including those under the Run After Tax Evaders (RATE) Program.

Implements policies, work programs, standards, guidelines and procedures relative to assessment and processing of claims for tax credit/refund of excise large taxpayers within its area of jurisdiction.

Conducts quality audit of tax cases within its jurisdiction and submits reports of investigation thereof.

Acts on all letters of protests, involving resolution of factual issues on FAN issued and on disallowed/denied claims for TCC/refund, requests for reinvestigation and similar communications of taxpayers.

Implements policies, work programs, standards, guidelines and procedures relative to assessment and processing of claims for tax credit/refund of excise large taxpayers within its area of jurisdiction.

Conducts actual supervision and monitoring of the operations of establishments engaged in the manufacture/importation/export of excisable products (EEMIEP) particularly on the reciepts of raw materials/imported finished products, transfers of raw materials and intermediate products, production and removal/sales of finished goods to ascertain their compliance with existing revenue regulations and issuances.

Prepares and monitors consolidated reports on productiion & removals of excisable articles and collections of excise tax by industry sector based on the transcript of ORBs submitted by excise taxpayers.

Reconciles reports of production and removals of finished goods and collection of the corresponding excise taxes submitted by the EEMIEP with the reports submitted by ROOPs and third party data.

Implements policies, work programs, standards, guidelines and procedures relative to the issuance of permits (continuing and transactional) and recommends changes, if any.

Evaluates and processes applications/requests of ETs for Product Replenishment Certificate and Product Replenishment Debit Memo.

Takes charge of the general maintenance of the N.O. Building, Data Processing Center (DPC) Bldg., Revenue Computer Center (RCC), National Training Center (NTC), Day Care Center, Motorpool Bldg. and Sports facilites.

Prepares necessary papers and documents for the procurement of goods and services in accordance with the Bureau's requirements.

Provides communication services such as telephone, mailing, messengerial, printing and document reproduction and other related services.

Provides functional direction to matters concerning personnel in the areas of career management, performance evaluation, employees welfare and trainings.

Provides functional direction to the development, maintenance and overall operation of information systems.

Ensures updated comprehensive standards for various resources (ICT equipment, people, time & budget) required for implementation of information systems project, as well as quality of products and processes in the developemt and operations of information systems.

Monitors and manages in-house application develoment and maintenance to ensure smooth and efficient operation.

Provides functional direction to the development of IT applications, IT security management, technical acceptance & project management.

Interacts with and provides assistance to contrctor (outsources / service provider) in the development / maintenance of IT projects.

Manages preparation of technical specifications reports and detailed design/programming deliverable and ensures confromance with technical standards.

Conducts preliminary fact-finding investigation and prosecution of administrative cases filed against revenue personnel.

Conducts formal investigation/hearing of administrative charges formally filed against erring revenue personnel.

Prepares and recommends appropriate actions/decisions on administrative cases heard.

Prepares communication materials to disseminate information about the latest tax laws and regulations inculding the Bureau's policies, priorities and programs/projects.

Manages the updating of content of the BIR website/portal and disseminates copy of revenue issuances, memoranda and other information material via electronic media.

Plans, coordinates and documents the conduct of internal briefings on BIR programs and projects, including new developments in the Bureau

Institutes civil actions involving internal revenue cases.

Acts on petitions for review filed by taxpayers in the Court of Tax Appeals, Regional Trial Courts and administrative agencies involving internal revenue cases.

Prepares all pleadings, briefs and memoranda to be filed with the Court of Tax Appeals, RTC, and other courts and administrative agencies in connection with internal revenue cases pending before the same.

Implements policies, programs, standards, guidelines & procedures relative to taxpayer assistance, collectiion, assessment and doc. processing, including processing of claims for tax credit/refund relative to LTs within its area of jurisdiction.

Implements the established data processing system and quality measurement standards to ensure integrity of data on LTS.

Ensures that the collection, storage and dissemination of all types of information are administered in a way that the data become a standardized resource available to all offices in the LTS and other concerned offices of the Bureau.