The Bureau of Internal Revenue was created by the law of December 10, 2012 voted unanimously by the representatives of the people. It integrates the General Directorates of Customs and Taxes within a single structure. It is a public establishment of an administrative nature, endowed with administrative and financial management autonomy. It is responsible for recovering taxes and customs duties on behalf of the State and local authorities. He is also responsible for:
1) advise or represent the government in tax and customs matters;
2) promote voluntary consent to tax;
3) combat fraud, tax evasion and corruption;
4) produce statistics on collected revenue..

WHAT INNOVATIONS WITH BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE (BIR)?

The BIR is also a model of innovation and modernization of procedures and working tools in the collection of taxes. It has implemented several innovative tools since its start-up:.

The collection of taxes by banks, a guarantee of time savings for economic operators, transparency and security for State revenue.
Online declarations, thanks to ICT WORLD , a guarantee of modernity and ease for economic operators; The fight against corruption and tax evasion with innovative tools such as the toll-free number 8280, an email address "@.com" to report any questionable attitude; Improving the selectivity procedure to speed up goods exit procedures; Taxpayer education for tax consent through educational TV and radio broadcasts, taxpayer forums and other field actions..