by Vency D. Bulayungan

LAGAWE, Ifugao - The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) here is reminding all taxpayers to beat the April 15 deadline set for the filing of ITR or Income Tax Return.

BIR assistant district revenue officer, Jojo Gorospe, in a radio interview emphasized that government will not be granting any extension for ITR filing.

Thus, all taxpayers must file on or before the deadline set so as to avoid any penalty and pay the right amount of taxes, said Gorospe.

This month the Revenue District Office here targeted the collection of P16 million. Gorospe said their office was able to surpass their target for the first quarter of the year by P1.8 M.

He said their office did not encounter problems in the province such as tax evasion. “We would like to thank all taxpayers in the province of Ifugao for adhering to our call for all concerned to pay their taxes honestly and on time,” he further said.

Gorospe also disclosed that in order to facilitate filing of taxes, they have extended services to big government agencies in the province such as the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Department of Education (DepED deploying some of their staff to the provincial offices of the said agencies.

He also urged taxpayers to pay their dues at the Land Bank of the Philippines which will extend services until 5:00 PM on April 15 to accommodate late payers. (VDB-PIA-CAR/Ifugao)