4 na malalaking manufacturer ng ilegal na mga sigarilyo, ni-raid kamakailan

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4 na malalaking manufacturer ng ilegal na mga sigarilyo, ni-raid kamakailan;  BIR inatasan ang lahat ng kanilang revenue district offices na i-upgrade ang mga e-lounge  For more news, visit:  ►https://www.ptvnews.ph/  Subscribe to our DailyMotion Channel: ►http://www.dailymotion.com/peoples-television-incorporated  Subscribe to our YouTube channel: ►http://www.youtube.com/ptvphilippines  Like our Facebook pages: ►PTV: http://facebook.com/PTVph  ►Rise and Shine Pilipinas: https://www.facebook.com/riseandshinepilipinas  Follow us on Twitter:  ►http://twitter.com/PTVph  Follow us on Instagram: ►https://www.instagram.com/ptvph  Watch our livestream on:  ►http://ptvnews.ph/livestream/ ►https://www.dailymotion.com/PTVPhilippines  Watch our News Programs, every Mondays to Fridays  Rise and Shine Pilipinas - 6:00 - 8:00 am Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon - 12:00 - 1:00 pm Sentro Balita - 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Ulat Bayan - 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PTV News Tonight -  9:30 pm - 10:30 pm  Saturday & Sunday: ►Ulat Bayan Weekend - 6:15 pm - 7:00 pm

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00:00Good afternoon and good afternoon to all of you.

00:04Of course, today is Thursday and I'm with the BIR and CDC.

00:09Good afternoon, Commissioner June and Director Nicolette.

00:12Good afternoon.

00:13We will ask for news about your agencies.

00:16Let's start with the BIR, Commissioner June.

00:19There was a raid where four illegal manufacturers of cigarettes were raided.

00:25What are the details of this, Commissioner?

00:27And how much is the tax liability of these?

00:30So, we conducted a raid on four manufacturers and this location is in the middle of Luzon.

00:37What this shows is that they are exporting, they are manufacturing cigarettes.

00:43And here where we entered, we saw more than 60 million cigarettes.

00:52And the machines that we saw were illegal and not registered

00:57are around 65 machines that are used to manufacture cigarettes.

01:02And the total liability that we assessed here is more than 8 billion pesos.

01:08This is one of the biggest raids that we were able to catch.

01:14Commissioner, what are the violations of the manufacturers involved here?

01:19What is the next step of the BIR against them?

01:23There were a lot of violations here.

01:25Because if a cigarette manufacturer,

01:29first of all, the company needs to register their machines and the brands that it will produce.

01:37And we need to have visibility on those.

01:41And if it will be sold locally, it needs to pay excise tax.

01:46Now, what we saw here is that the machines that are used to manufacture cigarettes are not registered.

01:53So, this is a violation.

01:54And it is also a violation to not register the brands of cigarettes.

02:00And because we saw that it is being sold here in our country, that's another violation.

02:08So, the penalties here are different.

02:12There are penalties of up to 50 million pesos.

02:18And there is a prison sentence of up to 20 years for just one offense.

02:24So, they will face a lot of penalties.

02:26Aside from that, they need to pay more than 8 billion pesos.

02:30It looks like you will continue to raid illegal cigarette manufacturers.

02:39Is this what you are aiming for now? And why?

02:43We are aiming for this because this is one of the things that we talked about,

02:48regarding the cigarette manufacturers that are involved in the tobacco industry.

02:53We want to protect our farmers who are involved in the tobacco industry.

02:59And there are also a lot of lost goods and revenues that supposedly should be able to help our countrymen,

03:05especially here in our healthcare services.

03:08Because part of the excise tax that is collected here in cigarettes and vape products,

03:13in syntaxes, goes to healthcare services.

03:17So, aside from the things that we can collect, this is a big thing for our countrymen.

03:22That's why we are aiming for the raid so that we can make sure that our small businesses are protected

03:28and that everyone involved here is paying the right fees.

03:33So, I guess this is a warning, Commissioner.

03:35Maybe some of our viewers would like to say something to others like this.

03:40That's right.

03:41Our call is that the BIR will not stop raiding and looking for manufacturers,

03:47warehouses and sellers of illicit trades, illicit vape and cigarettes.

03:53We will continue to do that.

03:55That's why we are asking you to register and pay the right fees

03:59so that your business of cigarettes and vape products will be safer.

04:04In other talks, Commissioner Jun, you asked all the revenue district offices of BIR to upgrade the e-lounge.

04:13What is this e-lounge and what can it help our taxpayers?

04:18We built an e-lounge in every district offices.

04:23The e-lounge is an area in the district office that has computers and internet access.

04:28The e-services of BIR can be used here.

04:32We already have that, but not many people use it.

04:36Some are tight and small, so we want to make it better.

04:40And our taxpayers know that there are e-lounges.

04:44That's why we put examiners there, employees who are assigned here in the e-lounge

04:51to guide the taxpayers who go to our office

04:55that they can use and teach them about these e-services.

04:59So that next time, they know how to use it.

05:01And their goal is that they don't need to go to our offices to avail services in BIR.

05:08Their goal is to facilitate the transaction here in BIR.

05:13Because we already have a lot of e-services available.

05:18And this will help facilitate the transaction and voluntary compliance of the taxpayers.

05:25So the next time we go, there will be people who will ask you,

05:30especially the senior citizens, where they can use the e-lounge.

05:36That's right. There are services like that.

05:39And we built it to teach them.

05:42Because the problem of others, even though they know that there are e-services,

05:46they don't know how to use it.

05:48That's why we put examiners there to guide the taxpayers who use the e-services.

05:56Okay. So what are the other efforts of BIR to facilitate the taxation of our fellow citizens

06:03and make the BIR service better?

06:06Aside from the e-lounge, we are continuing the digital transformation of BIR

06:12to make sure that there are more e-services and the e-payment channels that we are expanding

06:19so that everyone can go here for calls and online transactions.

06:25And we are also doing here in BIR, we are increasing the requirements,

06:31we are reducing and streamlining the procedures and processes in our agency.

06:36And we are continuing the ISO certification of various BIR services

06:41so that it will be easier, more transparent, and the transaction will be easier in our agency.

06:47Commissioner, the BIR Cyber Security Vanguard was also accepted from USAID.

06:52What is this award and what can you say about your contribution to this?

06:58This is a great honor.

07:00This shows that BIR is committed to protecting the information that the taxpayers give to our agency.

07:11This award was given to BIR because we always participate in their USAID program

07:20about cyber security and to teach our agency to make sure that our systems are secure

07:28and all of our employees know their duties and what they should do about cyber security.

07:36So you can trust that your information in BIR is protected.

07:42Okay, thank you very much, Commissioner June, for sharing your updates from BIR.

07:48I will go to Director Nicolette.

07:50You have good news from Clark Development Corporation.

07:53Yes, Atty. Agnes VST de Valadera is the CDC President and CEO.

07:58She is included in the Top 15 Asia CEO Awards 2024,

08:03where the category is the Woman Leader of the Year.

08:06And the CDC is included in the Circle of Excellence in the category of Company of the Year.

08:12So congratulations to President Agnes and to all of the members of Clark Development Corporation.

08:18Congratulations!

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