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==[[Marinduque News]]==
==[[Marinduque News]]==
'''Marinduque targets P183M tax collection for 2012'''
'''Church org aids gov’t efforts on housing and education'''
*Source: http://www.philstar.com/nation/article.aspx?publicationsubcategoryid=200&articleid=787403
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R04B&article=1851332135731
*March 15, 2012 08:17 AM
*Monday 19th of March 2012
:by Juancho Mahusay
:by Mayda N. Lagran and Lanie Bolina-Ronquillo




MARINDUQUE, Philippines – The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) District Office here aimed at collecting a total of P183 million from local taxes for 2012.
BOAC, Marinduque, March 19 (PIA) -- Couples for Christ (CFC) Marinduque, a Catholic lay organization, has been sustaining a mission program called Answering the Cry of the Poor (ANCOP), which supports government programs on poverty alleviation.
 
Announcing their tax campaign this year, BIR Assistant Regional Director Marina De Guzman said tax payers should pay the correct amount of taxes, using the tagline “I Love the Philippines so I pay taxes.”
Bro. Momay Mayo, representing CFC-ANCOP in Marinduque, said that housing may not mean just constructing a house but more “building a home” for the poor members of society.
 
Aside from this, De Guzman said BIR planned to implement related various programs to able to meet their goal in the entire MIMAROPA Region, such as ‘Oplan Kandado,’ Late Case Program and Third Party Information Campaign.
“Our focus or priority is building a home and not just a house by giving training on value formation to parents and scholars and giving education to members who cannot afford to send their children to school”, Mayo said. That is why ANCOP has integrated two priority programs such as housing and educaiton for the less fortunate communities in Marinduque.
 
According to the BIR official, the programs are not made to scare people, especially businessmen and taxpayers.  It only aims to remind everyone that if they pay the correct amount of taxes.
Duplex houses are now being constructed in Baranggays Biga and Sta.Cruz where CFC members who either do not own a house and lot or need help for the repair and improvement of existing houses.
 
She said a total of P146.86 million worth of taxes were collected in 2010, and P167.37 million in 2011.  
There were actually seven housing sites identified for the project, but only three sites were sustained. These are found in Barangays Isok, Pawa and Biga, Sta.Cruz. The project is being monitored by the provincial government.
 
The 2011 figure was about P2.5 million short or 1.47 percent deficit from the 2011 goal collection of P169.88 million target.
ANCOP’s education assistance, the “Child Sponsorship Program” will start before the next school year. Allotted to the province are 30 slots for elementary, high school and college levels. Beneficiaries of the program will receive full scholarship on tuition fees, with a budget of P30,000 for a two-year course. High school scholars will get P15,000 and elementary scholars will receive P6,000, all inclusive of school uniforms and supplies.
 
The BIR official also emphasized the benefit of paying the correct taxes returns as additional funding to local government programs and projects in the form of an Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA). 
An international fund-raising event of the CFC dubbed “2nd Global Walk” intends to solicit more funds to accommodate more beneficiaries for education and housing projects. (LBR/MNL-PIA4B)
 


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