The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has formally reactivated its Post Clearance Audit Group (PCAG) to scrutinize and validate the customs records of importers…
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…
The Office of the President has again defended the appointment of former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon as deputy administrator to the Office of Civil…
Customs collectors’ group releases manifesto of support for BOC chief
The Collectors Association of the Philippines (CAP), a group of customs collectors of the Bureau of Customs (BOC), has expressed its support for customs…
BOC-MICP adopts new system for handling import entries
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is now implementing at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) the Goods Declaration Verification System (GDVS), a new…
PH customs chief revives tax credit body to speed up release of TCCs
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has reconstituted its Tax Credit Committee (TCC) and Tax Credit Secretariat (TCS) to facilitate the release of tax…
Quick handling of PH alert orders given renewed emphasis
Philippine Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña has reiterated that priority must be placed on the examination and disposition of shipments covered by alert orders. The…
P57.5M worth of shabu declared as toys found at NAIA
Two shipments containing 11.5 kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) worth P57.5 million were seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on separate occasions at…
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…
Reforms geared towards eradicating corruption and increasing revenues marked the first 100 days in office of Philippine Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña, a Bureau of…
Changes in Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) personnel have begun as Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña earlier declared. At a December 5 press conference,…
