Romeo Lumagui Jr. named new BIR commissioner

Malacañang announced Tuesday, Nov. 15, that Atty. Romeo Lumagui Jr. has been appointed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. as commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).

The Office of the Press Secretary (OPS) said Lumagui took his oath of office on Tuesday.

The new commissioner is a tax lawyer and previously served as deputy commissioner for the BIR before his appointment. 

He has been assigned to various posts and functions including technical assistant to the commissioner, as well as tax fraud head for Revenue Region No. 6, Manila, Revenue Region No. 4, Pampanga, and Revenue Region No. 7B, East NCR.  

He has also been designated to the project management and implementation service, tasked to develop and oversee the implementation of BIR’s overall reform or modernization program.

The official also headed the Assets Recovery Task Force which collected a total of P833.69 million, and the Task Force on Direct Selling/Multi-Level Marketing and Investment Scams that has assessed a total of P792.56 million. AG – gb  

 

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