BIR moves North District Office to new Mandaue Public market
STARTING this September, the public transacting with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) North District Office can go their new office the new Mandaue City Public Market rooftop.
The BIR North District Office and the Mandaue City government signed a memorandum of agreement last Friday for a one year lease of the Mandaue City Public Market rooftop as the BIR’s office starting September 2012.
The contract signing was led by Hermeno Palamine, acting BIR-7 regional director; lawyer Evangeline Abanilla, Mandaue City North Revenue district officer and lawyer Neri Yu, BIR legal officer, for the BIR side and Mayor Jonas Cortes for the Mandaue City government.
The BIR office will pay P250,000 monthly rent, the same amount it paid for its old office at barangay Subangdaku.
Palamine said the BIR prefers staying in the upper level of the new market which has bigger space, a bigger parking area, is accessible, and is closer to the Mandaue City Police Office.
Cortes said the transfer of the BIR office would increase foot traffic in the market.
The Registry of Deeds, which holds office at M.C. Briones Avenue in barangay Subangdaku would soon transfer to the new public market.
The mayor said he expects banks to follow suit for easy deposit of the collections of the revenue district office.
Palamine asked the Mandaue mayor for more police visibility in the public market since taxpayers would be bringing money there and for more jeepney routes passing the market.
The BIR North District Office covers the cities and 23 municipalities of northern Cebu including Bantayan Island, Mandaue City, Lapu-Lapu City, Danao City and Bogo City.
Other national government offices are locating in the city.
Aside from the BIR, the National Bureau of Investigation set up an office at the J Centre Mall in barangay Bakilid last month.
The Department of Foreign Affairs also moved its regional office from Cebu City early this year to the Pacific Mall in barangay Ibabao-Estancia./Correspondents Fe Marie Dumaboc and Norman V. Mendoza
