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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES phos
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE ~
BUREAU OF CUSTOMS
CUSTOMS SPECIAL ORDER
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Subject: DISSOLVING THE TAX CREDIT SECRETARIAT CREATED UNDER CSO
NO. 56-2013 AND REVOKING CSO NO. 10-2015 DATED JUNE 4, 2015.
In the interest of the service, the Tax Credit Secretariat created pursuant to
Customs Special Order No. 56-2013 is hereby abolished and the personnel thereof
ordered to return to their respective Mother Units immediately. All the duties and
responsibilities delegated to Deputy Commissioner Arturo M. Lachica under CSO 10-
2015 dated June 1, 2015 is likewise revoked and reverted to the Office of the
Commissioner.
To provide unhampered service in the processing of Duty Drawback and Value
Added Tax/Excise Tax Claims, the present TCC Secretariat is hereby directed within five
(6) days from issuance of this Order to conduct an inventory and tum-over to the Chief,
Revenue Accounting Division (RAD) to provide administrative and technical assistance
in the processing of all drawback, Value-Added Tax (VAT) and other refund claims,
including the keeping of a central recording system for the same.
Processing of all duty drawback and VAT/Excise Tax claims shall be streamlined
following the procedures below:
1. Claims for duty drawback indorsed by the One-Stop-Shop, Department of Finance
(OSS-DOF) or approved claims for refund of VAT and/or Excise Tax indorsed
either by the OSS-DOF or Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) shall be received at
the Office of the Commissioner for recording before being forwarded to the RAD
for payment verification and documents check;
2. The RAD shall issue a Certification attesting to the payment of the duties and taxes
on the shipments subject of the duty drawback or refund for VAT/Excise Tax and
their remittance to the Bureau of Treasury;
3. For VAT/Excise Tax refund, the RAD shall indorse the entire docket of the claim
to the Accounting Division, Financial Management Office (FMO) for confirmation
of the amount due as refund based on the Certification issued by the RAD;
4. The Accounting Division shall then prepare the Disposition Form and Tax Credit
Certificate, in the final amount due for refund, and forward the same to the Office
of the Commissioner for the Commissioner's signature, or any of his authorized
representatives;
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