By Junex Doronio
MANILA — Amid rumors of a major shake-up and grumblings over “high duties and taxes,” Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio has claimed that the Bureau of Customs (BOC) exceeded its collection target last month by 1.5 percent or P1.09 billion.
Rubio on Wednesday (December 6) said that based on their initial report, the agency collected P75.338 billion in November, higher than the target P74.249 billion.
However, this is still subject to the validation of the Bureau of Treasury (BTr).
“Mga assessment… are really doing great in assessing the goods that are coming in. Ang pinakamalaking pinanggagalingan ng revenue ay fuel. Oil importations natin,” Rubio told the media.
He attributed the increase of collected revenues to the efficiency of tax collection and properly identifying the forfeited goods involved.
Rubio noted that from January to end-November 2023, BOC also surpassed its goal of P795.966 billion by 2.2 percent or around P17.685 billion, which means the agency hit P813.61 billion during the period of 11 months.
The BOC chief pointed out that compared to the same period last year, BOC’s revenue collection rose by 3.09 percent or about P24 billion.
Rubio expressed confidence that the BOC will attain its collection target for the year at P974.2 billion.
“Well, I think we are on track… habang tumatakbo ang buwan, medyo nakikita natin every month nagkakaroon tayo ng surplus. May isa lang tayo na medyo minimal ang, parang kinapos lang ng kaunti,” the BOC top honcho said
(AI/MNM)