Romeo Lumagui Jr. /PHOTO FROM BIR WEBSITE
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has named tax lawyer and Bureau of Inside Income (BIR) Deputy Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. as the brand new head of the company, the Workplace of the Press Secretary (OPS) mentioned.
In response to the OPS, Lumagui took his oath on Tuesday, relinquishing his previous submit on the BIR.
Previous to his appointment, OPS mentioned that Lumagui was designated to totally different roles like technical assistant to the Commissioner’s Workplace and tax fraud head for Income Area No. 6 in Manila, Income Area No. 4 in Pampanga, and Income Area No. 7B for East Nationwide Capital Area.
“The tax lawyer has additionally been designated to the venture administration and implementation service, which develops and oversees the implementation of the general reform or modernization program of the BIR,” OPS mentioned.
“Lumagui headed a number of process forces to spice up collections, such because the Property Restoration Job Drive, the place whole collections amounted to PHP833.69 million, and the Job Drive on Direct Promoting/Multi-Degree Advertising and marketing and Funding Scams, the place assessments totaled PHP792.56 million each in only a span of round one 12 months,” it added.
Lumagui is changing former Deputy Commissioner Lilia Guillermo on the helm of the BIR, which is tasked to gather taxes for the federal government. Guillermo was nominated by Marcos when he was still President-elect final June 18.
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