Governor Claude Bautista of Davao Occidental attributed the local government’s revenue collection efficiency award to the relentless support of his constituents.
The provincial government was recently bestowed of the recognition as having the highest local revenue collection efficiency from the real property tax, fees and charges, business tax, and economic enterprises among the local government units in the region.
The Department of Finance-Bureau of Local Government Finance (DOF-BLGF) Region XI handed over the plaques of recognitions and renewed the Roving Trophy to Vice-Governor Franklin Bautista on behalf of the governor.
In a press release posted on Davao Occidental Facebook page, the DOF-BLGF XI congratulated the leadership of Governor Bautista.
Vice-Governor Bautista, on his part, expressed his gratitude to the DOF for the recognition, as he offered the award to the employees of the Provincial Treasurer’s Office, Provincial Assessor’s Office, and its offices in the five municipalities of Malita, Sta. Maria, Don Marcelino, Jose Abad Santos, and Sarangani.
He said this would enhance the collaborative efforts and confidence of the said offices and employees of the provincial government and its municipal governments.
Apollo A. Ebdalin of DOF-BLGF XI said that the Davao Occidental provincial LGU was recognized for its exemplary performance by exceeding the total revenue target in all four major revenue sources on fiscal year 2019 Revenue Generation Program of DOF-BLGF.
He said the total collection was ₱ 504.397 million or a whopping 224.34 per cent collection efficiency rate from the total revenue target of ₱ 224.838 million.
The Real Property Tax (RPT) Collection Efficiency was 270.00%; Fees and Charges’ Collection Efficiency – 108.65%; Business Tax’ Collection Efficiency – 138.99%; and the Economic Enterprises’ Collection Efficiency – 267.51%.
(Carina L. Cayo, Davao Occidental LGU | Michael Manguhig, RPN DXKT Davao OIC)