PBA SUPPORTS BIR TAX CAMPAIGN
AS testimony to its objective of being a model institution in Philippine society, the Philippine Basketball Association has tied-up with the Bureau of Internal Revenue in the holding of a special tax clinic on the proper filing of income tax returns.
League commissioner Chito Salud said the clinic is intended for all PBA players, whom he said should be emulated as role models both as players on court and law abiding citizens off the court.
At the same, the commissioner added the partnership is part of the 38-year-old league’s support for the bureau’s campaign for tax compliance awareness and payment of correct taxes.
“We want our players to be model citizens in so far as paying what is due to the government. This is PBA’s way of contributing to nation-building,” Salud said.
The special tax clinic will be held at the national training center of the BIR office on April 8 at 10 a.m.
Salud is urging all PBA players to attend the seminar.
“We are thankful to BIR commissioner Kim Henares and deputy commissioners Nelson Aspe and Estela Sales, for providing the venue and lecturers during the tax clinic. We trust that this relationship between the PBA and the BIR would go along way in helping the government collect higher revenues,” Salud said
Deadline for filing of income tax returns is on April 15.
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