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BIR chief on taxes: Everyone should give their fair share to gov't


Filipinos should give their “fair share” to the government by paying correct taxes, Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Lilia Guillermo said.

Guillermo made the remarks in the latest episode of The Mangahas Interviews when she was asked how she would convince all Filipinos to pay their taxes amid unemployment problems and dozens of government projects funded by the people's money that have remained unimplemented.

“Maaari nating sabihin sa mga citizens natin, 'everyone should do a fair share for the government’ kasi yung fair share na yun ibig sabihin lahat tayo may obligation na at least pag nag-earn tayo ng income, part of that should go to the government and so mayroong panggastos ang gobyerno para sa needs nila,” she said.

(We can tell our citizens, ‘everyone should do a fair share for the government’ because that fair share means we all have an obligation that if we earn income, part of that should go to the government for it to have funds for its needs.)

“Andito kami para alagaan ang pera ninyo, pera nating lahat ‘yan.. pera ‘yan ng mga citizens. Pera mo ‘yan, pera natin. Part of that came from income na pinaghirapan natin and ang BIR narito para alagaan po yan. Para ipunta sa treasury natin. Nandyan po ang pera. ‘Yan po ang pwedeng masabi sa tax-paying public. We want to do this fairly, accurately and with integrity,” she added.

(We’re here to take care of your money, of our money… That's the money of all citizens, part of the hard-earned income. The BIR is here to take care of that and transfer it to the treasury. That’s what we can tell the tax-paying public. We want to do this fairly, accurately and with integrity.)

Guillermo worked for the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for almost 40 years prior to being appointed to the BIR. She vowed to uphold the bureau's mission and vision to assure the public of excellent and transparent service under her leadership.

“Unang-una with my role here in BIR, I will impart to the staff here that I mean business and when I say in business, ‘yung mandato namin,  the mission and vision ng BIR parati nating susundin — that’s service, excellence and with integrity, that’s the vision and the mission is to collect the taxes due for government,” she said.

(First of all, with my role here in BIR, I will impart to the staff that I mean business and when I say that, it means part of our mandate is to uphold the BIR mission and vision  — that’s service, excellence and with integrity. Our mission is to collect the taxes due to the government.)—Sundy Locus/LDF, GMA News

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