MALACAÑANG
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 433

CREATING A TASK FORCE UNDER THE LEGISLATIVE-EXECUTIVE
DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL (LEDAC) TO CONDUCT A
THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE COLLECTION SYSTEMS OF THE
BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE (BIR) AND THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS (BOC)

In view of the Joint Resolutions filed in the Senate and the House of Representatives regarding the collection and payment of taxes in the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC), a Task Force on BIR and BOC collection systems is hereby created under the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) to be composed of the following:

Chairman Secretary Roberto F. de Ocampo
  Department of Finance
Vice-Chairman Victor C. Macalingcag, President Philippine Export and Foreign Loan Guarantee Corporation
Member Representative from the Senate of the Philippines
  Representative from the House of Representatives
  Commissioner Guillermo Parayno
  Bureau of Customs
  Commissioner Liwayway Vinzons-Chato
  Bureau of Internal Revenue
  Caridad Valdehuesa, Treasurer
  Bureau of the Treasury
  Representative from the Tax Management Association of the Philippines
  Representative from the Bankers Association of the Philippines

The Task Force is mandated to:

a. Undertake review of the collection systems of BIR and BOC;

b. Conduct meetings, consultations, and dialogues for the purpose of obtaining inputs on the collection systems of the aforesaid agencies; and

c. Submit reports and recommendations on how to make BIR and BOC collection systems efficient, convenient and secure.

The Task Force is hereby directed to convene immediately and submit its recommendations to the Office of the President, through the Office of the Executive Secretary, not later than 30 June 1997.

This Memorandum Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 2d day of June in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:
(Sgd.) LUIS C. LIWANAG II
Acting Executive Secretary