The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR-11), which covers the provinces of Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras and Iloilo, surpassed its 2022 tax collection target by 9.63 percent.
According to BIR-11 regional director Joseph M. Catapia, they collected around P13.726 billion in taxes last year.
The figure was was higher by around P1.2 billion compared to its of P12.5 billion.
BIR-11 also performed well in 2021 and 2020 despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to businesses.
In 2021, it collected around P11 billion, higher than the P10.8-billion target by around P220 million.
The total collection in 2020 was P10.353 billion, higher by around P1.8 billion than the P8.5-billion target.IMT
