RMC No. 40-2018 — Institutionalizes the BIR Social Media Fan Pages/Profiles Digest | Full Text

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE BUREAU OF INTERI\AL REVENUE February 02,2018 4o- xot8 REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. Subject lnstitutionalization of BIR Social Media Fan Pages/Profiles To All lnternal Revenue Officials and Employees and Others Concerned This is to announce the institutionalization of the BIR Social Media Fan Pages/Profiles effective immediately. The BIR Social Media Fan Pages/Profiles' lcons shall be visible at the bottom rightmost area of the BIR Website (https://www.bir.gov.ph) home page and shall be accessed using the Social Media Links: Site Link Facebook Twitter ) https://facebook. com/birgovPh Google + https://twitter. com/birgovPh YouTube https://plus. google.com/+birgovphl https//youtu be. com/+ birgovPh I These shall supplement the existing BIR Website as another channel for tax information dissemination. The contents shall focus on the following: . Daily Tax Reminders; . Monthly Tax Calendars; BIR lssuances (Revenue Regulations, Revenue Memorandum Circulars and selected . Revenue Memorandum Orders); BIR News; . Tax Campaign Videos; and . Job Openrngs. These shall not be used as an avenue of taxpayer requests for legal opinions and/or queries involving application/interpretation of tax laws and tax exemption rulings, same applies for legal matters falling under Section2TO of the National lnternal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended, regarding the unlawfut divulgence of trade secrets as well as information by Republic Act No. 1A173, otherwise known as the "Data Privacy Act of 2012", are excluded from this issuance. jr : i A.ll queries and clarifications, other'than those posted in the social media accounts, shall be enrailed to the Customer Assistance Division (CAD) at contact us@bir.qov.ph or by calling either of these telephone numbers: 981-7345 1981-7347 1981-7348 / 981-7366 / 98'1-7368. For your information and guidance ffu*a.-r$1 - cAESAR R. DULAY Commissioner of lnternal Revenue 016675