CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — With less than two weeks before the deadline for filing of the income tax return, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) here announced that taxpayers could file their tax payments through four big banks in Central Luzon.
BIR regional director Araceli Francisco said Banco De Oro, Landbank of the Philippines, Metro-bank, and the Philippine National Bank are accepting tax payments until the deadline on April 15.
“These authorized banks will be able to accommodate more taxpayers filing their income tax returns or ITRs,” Francisco said.
“Paying taxes is an obligation of every Filipino and one should pay it correctly,” Francisco emphasized.
The April 15 deadline is for the self-employed, individuals earning purely compensation income, professionals, estates, trusts, businesses, corporations, and partnerships.
The BIR office here covers six out of the seven provinces of Central Luzon and targets P18 billion in revenue collection from 1,463,688 taxpayers this year..
Francisco expressed optimism that this goal could be reached through its 10 district offices located in Tarlac City, Paniqui town in Tarlac, Olongapo City, Subic Bay Freeport, Bataan, North Pampanga, South Pampanga, Aurora, North Nueva Ecija and South Nueva Ecija.
