HARNESSING PRIVATE SECTOR AND CIVIL SOCIETY FOR REVENUE COLLECTION TRANSPARENCY AND INTEGRITY

National Administrative Register [ OP LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 5, March 12, 2008 ]



I, GLORIA M.ARROYO. President of the Philippines, hereby instruct the Department of Finance, the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Bureau of Customs to propose a government-civil society body similar to the Procurement Transparency Group, to monitor collection efforts, gather lifestyle and corruption information, and follow-up major evasion or smuggling cases, the latter in close coordination with the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group.

Adopted: 12 March 2008

(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

BY THE PRESIDENT:

(SGD.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA
Executive Secretary