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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Memorandum Order No. 433, June 2, 1997 ]

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 1997.1aшphi1

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

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