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BIR request to block Facebook, Twitter over tax issues

In another surprise move by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, a request was sent to the NTC and ISPs to block several international websites for failure to remit proper taxes from operating within the Philippine internet domain.

A copy of the letter was sent to the National Telecommunications Commission to demand ISPs to block access to certain social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter for failure to submit tax declarations from their operations in the Philippines.

Facebook and Twitter are among the top destinations of Filipinos with the country being dubbed as the social media capital of the world.

BIR Commissioner Kim Henares estimates about Php350 million have been transacted thru Facebook and Twitter since 2009 when they became popular in the Philippines and started offering advertising.

The Bureau has been monitoring Facebook and Twitter for the last three fiscal years. It is within our authority to look into their operation and request the proper agencies like NTC to block them if they do not cooperate…“, Comm. Henares added.

The BIR has a target collection of Php1.46 Trillion for the year 2014 and it has already missed its targets in January. Seeking out new avenues to increase their collections has been a strategy of the bureau for the past couple of years.

The NTC has yet to act on the request of BIR. PLDT and Globe refused to comment on the matter.

{ Photo credit: ManilaTimes.net }

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

163 Responses

  1. Avatar for TANGAKO TANGAKO says:

    April’s FOOL TANGA

  2. Avatar for mark mark says:

    sasagutin kayo ni facebook at twitter..ide iblock niyo..pilipinas lang ba ang gumagamit ng facebook at twitter? ;)

  3. Avatar for federico Tabian federico Tabian says:

    Henares, dmo mo ba alam na kong gusto ninyong abutin ang target nyo ay talagang maa-abot nyo??? hwag mong sabihing hinde mo alam. Mayron akong kaibigang examiner e cya ang magpapafile ng tax sa mga negosyante. at mangyari,ang mapunta sa goberno ay 1/4 lang sa dapat mababayaran ng negosyante. Ang 3/4 ay hinahatihati ninyo. milyonaryo na ang kaibigan kong examiner. e, d pati kayo milionarya narin? kong dlang kayong mga BIR coruupt, our tax collection will be more than enough for our country. wala na yang evat, evat na yan kasi double taxing ang ginawa ninyo. Bakit? e yong sahod ko, taxed na yan, tapos kong bibili ako ng grocery items, ako pa ang babayad ng evat. Lalong yumaman yong mga negosyante.Dba, doble na ang tax na binayaran ko???

  4. Avatar for mamayang Inis na mamayang Inis na says:

    Ang susunod nyan kada flush mo ng kubeta may metro na tapos may selyo pa ng BIR para hindi ma tamper.

    Buwis sa pagtae

  5. Avatar for kiko machine kiko machine says:

    abay agosto na! lol! happy august fools day!

  6. Avatar for erap estrada erap estrada says:

    Tax every urination, defecation and fart. You will definitely overshoot your tax target.

  7. Avatar for BIRisBS BIRisBS says:

    BULLSHIT KAYO. Mang hahakot lang naman kyo eh. Kaya nga commissioner ang Tawag sa putanginang Kim hinares Yan. Hinayupak ang gago… Di ba Nya alam na… The Internet is a free place to anyone who accesses it. Garapal lng mga mukha Nyan sa BIR.

  8. Avatar for pinoyyane pinoyyane says:

    APRIL FOOLS DAY JOKE YAN MGA PUTANG INA NIYO,MGA BOBO KAYO LAHAT,NAKAKAHIYA MAGING PINOY DAHIL SA MGA BOBONG KATULAD NIYO,PUTANG INA

  9. Avatar for vatch vatch says:

    ay akala ko satire. Yugatech pla.. Grabe naman to. BIR??? walang hiya.

  10. Avatar for tambaloslos tambaloslos says:

    Puro kayo Putang-ina.. ang Tanga-tanga nyo hindi nyo lang binasa April pa yan. Tanga! kayo.. Magabasa bago magreact.

    TAGGED AS: april fools joke, bir facebook, bir twitter

  11. Avatar for Bitches Bitches says:

    Kakatawa kayo. tagal na nito eh.. Check nyo kasi article’s date. patapos na august eh. istock parin kayo sa April 1. Demn

  12. Avatar for Bitches Bitches says:

    Look at the date!

  13. Avatar for FapMan FapMan says:

    putangina mo henares hahahahahahahahahaha fapfap

  14. Avatar for dale dale says:

    haha alam mo Henares dapat sau pagtawanan nlng sa sobrang pagka gahaman mo sa pag meet ng objective mo para sa amo mo sa gobyerno. imbis na makakuha ka ng sympathy sa taong bayan mumurahin at kakainisan ka lalo. patanggal mo ba namn ang fb sa pinas? nag master ka pa nyan sa ibang bansa ha? kung tutuusin dapat manawagan pti ang taong bayan wag na magbayad ng tax kasi wala ka nmn pinakita kung san napupunta mga nakocollect mo. khit ung mga nasa gobyernong binibigyan mo walang mapakitang direktang resulta sa taong bayan. kaya nakakahiya na masyado ang pinas sa ibang bansa dahil sa gahaman na tulad mo.

  15. Avatar for mon mon says:

    sasusunod mga blogs and websites na tulad nito ang isusunod na i block kesyo sa tax evasion kuno. wala namang nakikitang pag babago. lahat nalang i tax sasusunod siguro pati hangin i tatax na din.

  16. Avatar for evan evan says:

    pag nag iinternet tayo angbabayad na ng tax pag nagcomputer gumagamit ng kuryente may tax din, habang nagcocomputer ka kumakain ka may tax din yun, HENARES kulang pa ba??punyeta kayo..ang kakapal ng mga mukha…

  17. Avatar for Mitch Mitch says:

    Ayan na naman, dyan kayo magaling!!, bakit hindi nyo singilin yung mga tao sa gobyerno na may matataas na posisyon para magbayad ng tax?!… FB na nga lg ang paraan ng tao ngayon para makapagpalinat ng mensahe sa mga pamilya nila na nasa ibang bansa, ipagbabawal nyo pa!!… Wala kayong puso!!…

  18. Avatar for jhen jhen says:

    letse naman oh! lahat na lang naman sayo may UTANG! mahahimik ka na sa paniningil mo !

  19. Avatar for StartupManila StartupManila says:

    Yes, i-block narin yan FB and Twitter parang sa China, para makagawa naman tayo ng sarili nating social network bahahaha!

  20. Avatar for tangina mo tangina mo says:

    tanginang to.. sa mga politikong demonyo lang naman mapupunta ang tax na to.

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