THE Bureau of fire Protection (BFP) reported a big leap in its income from fire code fees after it successfully performed its first month implementation of collections, City Fire Marshal Christopher Morales said.
In a visit inside his office, Morales disclosed that for Jan. 1 to Feb. 5 alone, they collected a total of P441,535.98, more than double their collections for the same period, as compared to last year’s P290.573.24.
This total collection was taken from the four common coverage charges of the fire code fees, which is composed of a tenth in Safety Inspection Fee taken from the total charges of the local government, 0.1% Fire Code Construction Tax from building cost, another .01% Fire Code Realty Tax of the assessed value of commercial buildings and Storage Clearance fee from gasoline stations.
Morales explained that gasoline tanks with a capacity of 12,000 to 14,000 liters are collected P240, while diesel tanks with the capacity of 4,000 to 20,000 litters are collected P90, and kerosene tanks with capacity of 20,000 to 40,000 liters will pay P120.
This initial collection performance is a good indication of taxpayers’ support and understanding to the new policies and process of securing fire safety permits and conducting fire inspection to establishments, Morales noted.
He added that their collection will be remitted to the National Treasury after which 20% will go back to the local government to be used in the maintenance operation and programs for the implementation of fire safety.
This 20% share from total collections is mandated under RA 9514, the Comprehensive Fire Code of the Philippines, which now provides wider scope on fire safety measures to residential, commercial and industrial buildings.
Of the remaining 80%, about 18 percent will be coursed through the Department of Budget and Management in the acquisition of fire trucks, fire fighting equipments and accessories, and construction of more buildings.
In the old fire code, which is Presidential Decree 1185, any collection pertaining to fire code fees goes directly to the National Treasury without retention percentage for local government concerned.
REPORT BY JONG CADION
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In a visit inside his office, Morales disclosed that for Jan. 1 to Feb. 5 alone, they collected a total of P441,535.98, more than double their collections for the same period, as compared to last year’s P290.573.24.
This total collection was taken from the four common coverage charges of the fire code fees, which is composed of a tenth in Safety Inspection Fee taken from the total charges of the local government, 0.1% Fire Code Construction Tax from building cost, another .01% Fire Code Realty Tax of the assessed value of commercial buildings and Storage Clearance fee from gasoline stations.
Morales explained that gasoline tanks with a capacity of 12,000 to 14,000 liters are collected P240, while diesel tanks with the capacity of 4,000 to 20,000 litters are collected P90, and kerosene tanks with capacity of 20,000 to 40,000 liters will pay P120.
This initial collection performance is a good indication of taxpayers’ support and understanding to the new policies and process of securing fire safety permits and conducting fire inspection to establishments, Morales noted.
He added that their collection will be remitted to the National Treasury after which 20% will go back to the local government to be used in the maintenance operation and programs for the implementation of fire safety.
This 20% share from total collections is mandated under RA 9514, the Comprehensive Fire Code of the Philippines, which now provides wider scope on fire safety measures to residential, commercial and industrial buildings.
Of the remaining 80%, about 18 percent will be coursed through the Department of Budget and Management in the acquisition of fire trucks, fire fighting equipments and accessories, and construction of more buildings.
In the old fire code, which is Presidential Decree 1185, any collection pertaining to fire code fees goes directly to the National Treasury without retention percentage for local government concerned.
REPORT BY JONG CADION
www.micmedina.tk
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