BIR-Kalinga holds TRAIN advocacy drive

TABUK CITY, Kalinga - The Revenue District Office No. 11 covering the provinces of Kalinga and Apayao has launched an intensified information and education campaign to educate tax payers on the newly enacted Republic Act 10963 or Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law.

TRAIN is part of government’s Comprehensive Tax Reform Program that aims to provide small tax payers higher take home pay, open more jobs, better infrastructure and more efficient delivery of services from massive investment.

RDO - 11 Head Dominga Banggao said the first group that took the information training was the revenue municipal collection officers who would cascade the information to their re- spective areas.

For a more organized and systematic information sessions, RDO-11 lecturers had set sectoral or ‘per industry’ groupings to business, contractors, government owned corporations, non-government agencies, bookkeepers, professionals and other interested tax payers.

Banggao said they will hold barangay-level advocacy drives to inform tax payers at the grassroots.

Under the TRAIN law, individuals earning annual income of P250, 000 and below are exempted from paying income tax.

In effect, the TRAIN had increased excise tax to 4 percent from the previous 2 percent.

Meanwhile, Banggao appealed to individuals to pay the right tax and file early their income tax return before the April 15 deadline.