Panayam kay BIR Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. ukol sa patuloy na kampanya ng BIR na nationwide crackdown sa illegal na vape products

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00:00We have an appointment with the BIR from Commissioner Jun Lumagui.

00:06First of all, sir, congratulations to the entire BIR for the Seal of Excellence that you have received.

00:13What are these three Seal of Excellence and what is the importance of this recognition, Commissioner?

00:22Well, the three Seal of Excellence that our BIR employees worked hard for,

00:29the first one is ISO Certification.

00:32All of the regional offices, all of the district offices, all of our frontline services are ISO Certified.

00:41The second one is the Civil Service Prime HRM Maturity Level.

00:47And lastly, the third one is the NPC Seal of Registration.

00:51This is very important and this is what shows that the BIR is committed to improving the service

00:59and the agency should improve in the new Philippines.

01:03Commissioner Jun, let's just ask one by one.

01:06What is the importance of having 100% nationwide ISO Certification for the BIR services?

01:14First of all, for the BIR, the ISO Certification of our frontline services

01:21means that our service follows the international standards of quality and efficiency.

01:29This is what our taxpayers will feel because the BIR services become better, faster, efficient, and transparent.

01:40That is the beauty of ISO Certified.

01:43It is transparent and we follow all of it.

01:45We make sure that we follow the right process.

01:48According to international standards.

01:51That's right.

01:52And what are the privileges of BIR?

01:55Because of your commitment to CSC Prime HRM Maturity Level 2 Accreditation.

02:02What does this mean?

02:03What this means is that BIR is a professional organization.

02:08We know that an agency is measured and the service and professionalism of an institution

02:16is largely dependent on the employees of an agency.

02:20Through this, we make sure that the hiring process and our promotions are merit-based

02:27and we show that hiring and promoting are related.

02:33We show that hiring is faster and training is better for our employees.

02:41Through this accreditation, we show that our agency ensures that the people hired are qualified.

02:57In fact, there was a survey where BIR was one of the top 100 employers.

03:08Wow.

03:09Commissioner Jun, how does the recognition of the National Privacy Commission affect BIR?

03:15What is included in the Data Privacy Act?

03:19First of all, we know that BIR handles very sensitive information.

03:25In fact, it is in our tax code.

03:27It is very strict.

03:29Information that is not easily distributed, even to other government agencies,

03:34the information and data that is given to BIR is kept secret.

03:40So, this Data Privacy Seal Registration,

03:45it shows that BIR is in charge of taking care of the information that our countrymen receive and submit

03:53to BIR.

03:54Sometimes, we see that there are attacks from different government agencies, cyber attacks,

04:02and we ensure that we take care of that information based on the Data Privacy Act.

04:09The information that the taxpayers give us is protected and will only be used for legal and legitimate reasons.

04:19Okay.

04:20What are the next steps of BIR for Expansion 2 and Expansion 3 of the ISO Certification?

04:28There are many other services that can be ISO Certified to make the process more transparent.

04:33But the important thing is to continue the so-called recertification

04:38because it does not mean that you are already certified, ISO Certified,

04:42and this certification will continue forever.

04:45The ISO Certification will continue and there will be a recertification every year

04:49to make sure that all the processes that have been approved will continue

04:54and follow the international quality standards.

04:58So, that is what we will do.

04:59We will do the recertification every year for the ISO.

05:03So, it's not just one time?

05:05It's not just one time because it's a commitment.

05:07There should be a forever, right?

05:08Yes, that is what we will ensure.

05:10We will continue the recertification to make sure that we will not only do this now,

05:17but we will continue to follow the international quality standards.

05:21Standards are also regularly updated.

05:23In other talks, Commissioner Jun, about your nationwide crackdown on illegal vape products,

05:31what is the total number of illicit vape retailers or resellers that have been caught by BIR so far?

05:39In the past few weeks, we have been ordering nationwide crackdown on trade in vape stores

05:48because, again, we were the first to do it.

05:51We are also doing it at the same time with importers and warehouses.

05:54We are also raiding them.

05:56But it's not enough that we are only raiding the warehouse

06:00because these products have already been released in the market.

06:03That is why retailers need to be monitored because these retailers are the ones who are appealing to smugglers.

06:10So if these smugglers will not appeal to the retailers

06:14and they will only get it from small suppliers and those who pay taxes,

06:18these smugglers will be forced to register and pay the right fees.

06:23So now, when we started this, we have already visited and seen about 506 illicit vape stores

06:30in the whole country and we will continue to do this every week.

06:37Okay. So why are we focused on vape products?

06:41How much is the total tax liability for these products including the penalties?

06:48We are focused on this because this vape industry is continuously growing.

06:53This is a new industry so we need to educate them.

06:57Because when this vape products started, they did not know that they need to pay excise tax.

07:04That's why we are a bit aggressive here because we want to have an education.

07:09Because again, this industry is thriving and if we do not target and educate the businessmen here,

07:17the illegal activities will continue to spread and we will not be able to control it.

07:22And a lot is being lost here.

07:24In fact, a few billion was asked yesterday in the budget hearing and a billion is being lost here

07:31because our excise tax collection fell.

07:34This week, from what we read, we got 181 million here.

07:42Alright. Well, congratulations yesterday to the Budget Commissioner.

07:48Yes. Finally, our budget hearing is over.

07:51Congratulations.

07:52You are next.

07:53We are on Monday, November 18. The DA will be in the Senate plenary.

07:56Good luck to the DA.

07:58Thank you very much.

07:59As you can see, our colleagues are hardworking.

08:01They are still here in Bagong, Philippines.

08:03Thank you very much for your updates to us, Commissioner June.

08:07And congratulations again to you, Jaan in the BIR.

08:12And of course, thank you very much, Asek Arnel in the Department of Agriculture.

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