Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. led the agency in a series of raids on July 13 to 14, 2023.
All revenue regions and the Large Taxpayers Service participated in the two-day national enforcement activity.
“Comply with our regulations on excisable products. Cigarettes, vape, alcohol products, sweetened beverages, petroleum products, mineral products, automobiles and other excisable articles are being closely monitored. Pay your excise taxes. We will raid non-compliant businesses. We will close their operations,” Lumagui said.
The agency said a total of 747 stores, warehouses and different establishments were raided.
The total tax liability of these non-compliant businesses is still unclear as the BIR is still in the process of making an inventory of all the goods that were confiscated.
Lumagui committed to the filing of criminal cases against the traders and owners of the raided stores, and the destruction of the confiscated goods.
The BIR earlier filed criminal cases against illicit traders caught in its first series of raids in May 2023.