RMO No. 12-2021 — Announces the conduct of "Sama-sama sa Hamon ng Panahon: Buwis Ko, Para sa Pilipino" music video contest Digest | Full Text

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE BUREAU oF IN,HBt{thflE\TENUE Februory 22,2021 REVENUE MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. IA-. 2-D 2-! SU BJ ECT : Conduci of "Somo-Somo so Homon ng Ponohon: TO Buwis Ko, Poro so Pilipino" MUSIC VIDEO CONTEST : All Internol Revenue Officiols, Employees ond Others Concerned I. BACKGROUND: Following the 2021 BIR Tox Compoign Kick-off held on Februory 17,2021, o Music Video Conlest sholl be conducted to further promote this yeor's tox compoign theme of "Somo-Somo so Homon ng Ponohon: Buwis Ko, Poro so Pilipino". The Contest generolly oims to encouroge more revenue officiols ond employees to pull together, colloborote ond leveroge their collective knowledge ond skills to produce inspiring music videos thot con be used os tools to encouroge toxpoyers to give their foir shore in helping the government meet the chollenges of the COVID-.I9 pondemic. Specificolly, the Contest oims to: . Roise the oworeness of the toxpoying public obout the importonce of poying the correct toxes on time;ond r Bring more people to reolizotion lhoi the country foces enormous ond unprecedented chollenges broughl obout by the COVID-'I9 pondemic, ond thot Filipinos con overcome them if oll toxpoyers willjoin honds with the BIR ond fully comply with the requirements of the lows ond regulotions. II. CONTESI MECHANICS I. PARTICIPATION l.l The competition is open to BIR employees in the Revenue District Offices (RDOs) regordless of oge. gender, position ond employment stotus. 1.2 There is no limii in the number of teoms per RDO for os long os eoch teom sholl be comprised only of up to three (3) members who wili conceptuolize ond do the octuol music video. The teom moy, however, enlist the porticipotion of other ernployees in the shooiing/production of .l.3 their music video. ln cose there ore severol teoms in on RDO, the Revenue District Officer sholl select their Best Entry to be submitted to their Revenue Region os their officiol entry to the qontest. tru$ , I t. s R E C t., ry-li na i; r, rpmr# fr/ ll" ,i; !, /

z. brrarLS oF ENTRIES 2.1 The porticipoting ieoms sholl submit o music video using the 2021 Iox Compoign Jingle "Poro So Pilipino". 2.2 Porticiponts hove the option to use the officiol oudio of the jingle or the instrumentol only, provided thot they will provide singer/s coming from their office. 2.3 The entry must be originol ond hove not been published. 2.4 The durotion of the music video should exoctly be 2 minutes ond 40 seconds (durotion of tox compoign jingle). 2.5 Porticipoting teoms ore encouroged to be creotive in ierms of presentotion ond interpretotion, use of props or costumes, ond video editing styles ond techniques (speciol porticipotion ond minor oppeoronces of non-BlR employees ore ollowed). 2.6 The type of devices ond video editing softwore moy olso vory depending on the teom's preference but the file should be i'n .mp4. .mov, or .ovi formot. 2.7 The video must be in high definition or in 4kl,l0801720 pixels. 2.8 Adherence to the heolth protocols set forth by the lnter-Agency Tosk Force (IATF) must be sirictly observed in the preporoiion/shooting of the video. 3. SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES 3.1 Eoch Revenue District Office (RDO) shollsubmit only one (l ) entry to their respective Revenue Region. The Revenue Region sholl select one (i ) Best Entry from the entries submitted by their respective RDOs. The deodline for the RDOs to submil their entries to their respeciive Revenue Region is on Morch 26,2021. 3.2 The Revenue Regions sholl submit their region's Best Entry to the Public lnformotion ond Educotion Division not loter thon Morch 30, 2021 vio birpied@gmoil.com (for files lorger thon 25mb, you moy use wetronsfer.com focility). Lote entries sholl no longer be occepted. 3.3 Any entry submitted beyond ihe deodline sholl no longer be occepted. 4. CRITERIA FOR JUDGING - 3s% - 2s% Creotivity & Originolity - 30% Relevonce Execution x, a7" Technicolity 5. WINNING ENTRIES 5.1 The winners of the Music Video Contest sholl be onnounced ond oworded on Morch 31, 2021 . 5.2 AII winning entries sholl bepome the property of the BIR and sholl be published in vorious chonnels, including sociol medio pages of the BIR (Focebook & YouTube), ond will be shown/ployed in TV, kiosks and electronic billboords ovoiloble in BIR offices. REatHr )s r,r,-) r, Qtrl9l(I

bs All entries submitted by the Revenue District Offices sholl be submitted by their Revenue Region to the Public lnformotion ond Educotion Division (PIED) in o flosh drive. Soid entries sholl olso become the property of the BlR, for possible publicotion through vorious medio. 6. PRTZES 6.] There sholl be three (3) winners in the Music Video Contest - First Prize, Second Prize ond Third Prize. A Speciol Aword sholl be given to the entry 6.2 6.3 thot hos gornered the highest overoge of combined views ond likes in BIR's officiol Focebook poge oncJ YouTube poge. the while oll winners sholl receive o Ceriificote of Recogniiion All porticipoting teoms sholl receive o Certificote of Porticipotion. The three (3) winning entries sholl be published in vorious chonnels, including sociol medio poges of the BIR (Focebook & YouTube), ond will be shown/ployed in TV. kiosks ond electronic billboords ovoiloble in BIR offices. 6.4 The Revenue District Offices of the teoms thot produced the three winning entries, including the SpeciolAword, shollbe given BONUS Points in the-Toxpoyer Aworeness Progrom (TAP) over ond obove their computed Totol Points for the lst Semester of 2021, to wit: First Prize l0 Points Second Prize - 7 Points Third Prize - 5 Points Speciol Aword - 5 Points lll. IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER Activity Morch 26, 2021 (Fri,Coy) Submission of Entries from RDOs to respective Morch 30, 2021 (Tuesdoy) April 5,2021 (Tuesday) Eeveng I April 8,2021 (Wednesdo j Submission of entries from Revenue Regions to i the Public lnformoiion ond Educotion Division I Uplooding ond posting of the twenty-two (22) officiol entries to the BIR's officiol YouTube ooe Judqerlent and Onnouncement of Winners IV. FROHIBITIONS AND OTHER MATTERS 1. The Public Informoiion ond Educotion Division sholl hove the right to disquolify ony porticiponts who violote ony of the provisions specified under the Contest Mechonics. 2. Dishonesty. cheoting, copyright infringement, ond the like sholl not be toleroted. Any porticipont who is cought commitiing the soid octs of ony stoge ,\: +D P :HUr ITTh Tqan lY !r1y11,1 ON

of the competition sholl be outomoticolly eliminoted or deemed to hove lost the chonce of winning from the competition. 3. The results of the Music Video Contest is finol ond not oppeoloble. This order tokes effect immediotely. Mq CAESAR R. DULAY Commissioner of lnternol Revenue hn' Csi.i,nB l-1tsict*"= *'u t' D'V's'ON H-t