Bureau of Local Government Finance(BLGF)

January 8, 2022 Dear Jenifer Castro, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jan 07, 2022 03:44:32 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Memorandum Circular No. 001-2020 on assessment of local business tax for newly started business. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. Attached for your reference is the requested BLGF Memorandum Circular 001-2020. We encourage you to rate our customer satisfaction survey via this link http://blgf.gov.ph/css/. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to the Bureau's Executive Director Niño Raymond B. Alvina. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). NOTE: FAIR USE POLICY OF BLGF DATA SET The data presented were based on the Statement of Receipts and Expenditures (SRE) reports submitted by the local government units (LGUs), through the local treasurers, using the electronic SRE (eSRE) system of the Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF). The BLGF takes reasonable measures to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of financial data available. However, the BLGF assumes no responsibility for consequences, including direct, indirect, special or consequential damages arising out of or in connection with the use or misuse of any information that is available. The user shall have the sole responsibility for assessing the relevance and accuracy of the data. The BLGF uses its official website as the main medium of disclosing official information to the public. Such information include, but not limited to, quarterly and annual financial and physical data sets and reports, annual reports, opinion and rulings, circulars, directives, and other information related to local assessment and treasury operations, statement of revenues and expenditures, and press/media releases, which are considered by the Bureau as material information. The data may be cited or reproduced in whole or in part provided that the BLGF is duly informed and/or recognized. Users are restricted from reselling, redistributing or creating plagiaristic works for viable purposes without the expressed or written permission of BLGF. Thank you. Respectfully, BRENDA L. MIRANDA FOI Decision Maker