BOC-MICP urges importers to voluntarily pay higher excise tax rates
The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Manila International Container Port (MICP) is encouraging importers, especially multinational companies, to voluntarily pay the higher excise tax on…
Smuggled luxe vehicles will be condemned, not auctioned: BOC
In compliance with the directive of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) will condemn rather than auction off seized smuggled luxury…
Lapeña to customs collectors: Mind your collection targets
Philippine Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña will issue a memorandum directing all district collectors and other officials of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to take…
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…
Customs chief bars gatekeepers, customs police from terminal gates
Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña on Monday ordered the immediate removal of some customs personnel assigned at the terminal gates to simplify customs processes. The policy…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has extended to the Manila International Container Port (MICP) the implementation of a queueing system for its Formal Entry…
Eighteen luxury cars worth more than P107 million were seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) due to undervaluation and incomplete documents. The shipments…
Manual untagging of red lane shipments with legit goods ordered
Philippine Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña has allowed the manual untagging of shipments at the Port of Manila and Manila International Container Port (MICP) that…
DOF to BOC: Form anti-smuggling task forces at regional level
Philippine Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has directed Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña to spearhead the creation of interagency task forces at the regional level…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Manila International Container Port (MICP) has agreed to longer work hours to facilitate trade and avoid port congestion at one…
Containers with P3M worth misdeclared items seized
Several containers with misdeclared contents worth more than P3 million were recently seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at the Manila International Container…
4 BOC orders aimed at jacking up revenues, closing collection loopholes
Philippine Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has laid down four directives designed to boost revenue collection and plug collection gaps, including scrutinizing documents to ensure…
Heads of BOC assessment units facing relief, says chief
Philippine Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña is set to relieve some heads of assessment offices in Philippine ports following reports they still continue to accept…
Rigodon at the BOC; MICP, POM collectors transferred
Philippine Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has ordered the reshuffle and re-assignment of several district collectors of big Bureau of Customs (BOC) ports. In Customs…
