RMC No. 75-2017 — Promulgates and implements the People's Freedom of Information Manual of the Bureau of Internal Revenue Digest | Full Text | FOI Manual | EO No. 2 | FOI Request Form

SUBJECT liLPI il]i.it Olr I'Fll: I)]-{li.ll)l']lll'.1l.S TO t )l:l)Alt l'ivl L,N"l' ( )i.' F I 1\l AI'l (-1.: BT]RE,,\T] OF INTEI{NAtr, RE\/EFJUE $[P ? 0 20i/ REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. :l:i - :i- {),!"! Fromuigation and lmplementation of the People's Freedorn of lnformation Manual of the Bureait of lnternal Revenue All lnternal RevenLre Cfticials and Employees and Other Concerned As a public service institutron, the Bureau of lnternal Revenue (BlR) is mandated to adopt and implement the constitutional policy of fLrll public disclosure of its transactions tnvoiving public interest. subject to reasorrable conditions prescribed by law. Tlre BIR recognizes furtlier the frrrrdamental role of the righi to a free and open exchange of information in democracy as a means to enhance transparency and accountability in government official acts, transactiorrs, or decisions. ln this regard, the BIR's Freedom of lnformation Manual ("Annex A') ts hereby promulgated in order to pronrote said constitutional right and conrply with the directive of Executive Orcier No 2 Series oi 2016 Henceforth, to ensure tne iaithiul cornpiiance ancj observarrce of tire BIR's Freedom of lnformatiorr Manual everyone is directed to read and be familiar wlth its provisions An electronic copy of this Manual shall be posted in the BIR website for reference All concerned are hereby enjoined to be guided accordingly and give this Circular as wide a publicity as possible Tnis Crrcular shall take effect immediateiy. , 'o*-"a -CAESAR R. DULAY V t0dfi83 Commissioner of lnternal Revenue i,r:, ij;il',ri i, iii.l'i;l-:.rl :j li.{..-i'r: [,::],Ir ,... ,1.- ;,.1 1.,: L. i.rx'..'.ni:.;.1.-.,, 1'l :{i# fi.fi_.l , P i j 2tli7 , t l.r +' i:l''", ,