BOC order limits officers with authority to issue alerts
Only the chief of the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC), his authorized representative, and district collectors are now authorized to issue alert orders. Customs…
BOC order stipulates how to assess goods newly subject to higher excise tax
While waiting for implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Tax Reform for Inclusion and Acceleration (TRAIN), commodities with increased excise tax under the…
The Philippine Bureau of Customs is limiting to three the number of authorized representatives or processors transacting with the customs agency on behalf of…
BOC turns over P129M worth of dangerous drugs to PDEA
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has turned over to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) its biggest seizure of dangerous drugs to date, intercepted…
DBM to assist BOC in finding a fuel marking service provider
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has tapped the Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Service (DBM-PS) to procure a service provider that will implement…
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) highlighted its several achievements in 2017, which included record monthly revenue collections and measures to stop corruption. In…
BOC ends 2017 with P457.5B revenue; Lapeña upbeat about 2018
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) collected P457.533 billion in revenues for 2017, 2.2% lower than the P467.896 billion target but 15% higher than…
With TRAIN passage, fuel marking in PH now mandatory
Marking of petroleum products, whether imported or manufactured locally in the Philippines, will now be mandatory under the recently signed Tax Reform for Acceleration…
List of customs officers able to issue alert orders amended
Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña has issued a new list of Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials authorized to issue alert orders. Lapeña, in Customs Memorandum…
BOC intel group may pore over export declarations with tax refunds
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has authorized its Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) to have access to export information to “maximize the anti-smuggling…
Key PH port stakeholders extend operations to ease cargo backlog
For the next 15 days starting March 8, Philippine importers, exporters, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and government banks Land Bank and Development Bank…
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Feb 2014 A Milestone Month
Based on the latest indicators, the total number of e2m AEDS electronic export declarations lodged during February 2014 remain at the 12,000 to 13,000…
BOC operations affected by Manila expanded truck ban
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) said operations in two of its largest collection districts have been affected by the expanded Manila truck ban,…
