Maasin City (21 March) --- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) here announced the taxpaying public the implementation of "Oplan Kandado" strategy to strengthen the bureau's imposition of penalty against those non-compliant taxpayers.

In a press release received from the Office of the Revenue District Officer Ma. Teresa Noemi A. Pizon, it stated that "Oplan Kandado" is the BIR's latest scheme to impose the prescribed administrative sanctions to the violators.

The scheme will be based through surveillance, immediate imposition of penalties upon discovery of blatant violations which will lead to the suspension or temporary closure of business.

The report said that a non-compliant taxpayer, is specifically those who has been found to have violated the existing revenue laws and regulations that are properly notified of such wrong-doings and still continued to refuse to comply with the prescribed requirements.

It was also noted that the exclusive grounds for the suspension or temporary closure of the business, among others are mentioned as follows: Failure to issue receipts or invoices of VAT-registered or registrable taxpayer; the failure to file a VAT return; understatment of taxable sales or receipts by 30% or more, and the failure to register.

When "Oplan Kandado" will have its full implementation, the BIR Enforcement and Special Investigation Officers who are duly authorized by the mission orders will condcut a surveillance and apprehension of the target taxpayers, it was learned.

The "Oplan Kandado" strategy is expected to boost revenue collections, improve voluntary compliance, enhance tax awareness and prevent further commission of tax violations or tax evasion.