 BIR Oplan Kandado: Operatives of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) temporary padlock business establishments in Cagayan de Oro for violation of Value-Added Tax law pursuant to Section 115 of the National Internal Revenue Code. Atty. Paulo Bidanes, Chief of Staff, is accompanied by Director Esmeralda M. Tabule, CESO VI, Revenue District Office 16, and Noel B. Gonzales, Revenue District Office (RDO)-98, to implement the closure as part of its "Oplan Kandado," program which shuts down firms evading payment of taxes or issue invoices and those understate their revenues. (Rodolfo D. Mendoza / PIA-10) |