The Bureau of Internal Revenue Region 12 will hold a Tax Amnesty Roadshow on October 17, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Garden Royale Main Hall at Goldenfield Commercial Complex.

Rep. Danilo Suarez of Quezon Province, chairman of the House oversight committee, will be the guest speaker. The roadshow will be a comprehensive tax information drive on Republic Act 9480 or the Tax Amnesty Act of 2007. RA 9480, which took effect last May and implemented in September, covers all national internal revenue taxes imposed by the national government for the taxable year 2005 and prior years, with or without assessments duly issued therefore, that have remained unpaid as of Dec. 31, 2005.

Under the amnesty program, those who can avail are individuals, whether resident or non-resident citizens, or resident or non-resident aliens; partnerships; estates and trusts; corporations; cooperatives and tax exempt entities that have become taxable as of Dec. 31, 2005; and other juridical entities.

DAR installs 53
ARBs in Isabela

The Department of Agrarian Reform Municipal Office of Isabela headed by MARO Jose Renato Defiño, installed 53 agrarian reform beneficiaries recently in a 43-hectare lot in Hacienda Emma, Brgy. Camang-camang, Isabela, Negros Occidental.

Formerly owned by Norberto and Victoria Gemotea Gayotin, the land was placed under the Comprehensive of Agrarian Reform Program coverage and processed under the Voluntary Offer to Sell scheme. The ARBs will take over the cultivation of the land after this year's harvest season.

Evelyn Colimbo of the DAR provincial office said the ARBs and their families were happy that their long wait is over. She added the installation went on without any resistance.

SHDA confab set
Oct. 24 to 26 in Manila 3

The Subdivision and Housing Developers Association in partnership with the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council will jointly organize the 2007 SHDA-HUDCC National Developers' Convention and Exhibition at the World Trade Center in Manila on October 24 to 26, SHDA first vice president Ed Alunan said yesterday.

The event aims to promote the welfare of member developers, deliver quality and affordable housing, unite the developers and practitioners in the housing sector and work in partnership with the government in addressing the country's housing needs, he said.

Among the speakers during the event is Vice President Noli de Castro. Willie Uy, chairman of SHDA's Board of Governors, said their organization is committed to address the housing needs of the country.

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