25 gasoline stations flagged after large scale fuel marking drive in Luzon

MANILA: A total of 25 fuel stations were flagged in the initial scale fuel marking enforcement drive across Luzon.

In line with this, the  Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) inventoried the affected fuel and sealed the corresponding dispensing pumps while waiting for confirmatory testing and further action under existing rules.

Further, the bureau shared that the operations, which started last August 17, is set to continue for several weeks—with enforcement teams deployed across the region. They are being conducted in coordination with the Bureau of Customs. 

“We are making fuller use of fuel marking and our other enforcement tools to identify revenue leakages, act on them quickly, and protect compliant businesses from unfair competition in the petroleum sector,” Commissioner Charlito Martin Mendoza said.

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In a statement, the BIR explained that the fuel marking serves as one of the agency’s enforcement tools for detecting possible tax non-compliance involving gasoline, diesel, and kerosene.

Products that failed field-test results need to undergo the prescribed inventory, sealing or padlocking, and confirmatory testing procedures, BIR added.

If proven to be non-compliant, the BIR will determine the applicable taxes, penalties, and other amounts due.

Upon settling the applicable tax liabilities and other amounts due, taxpayers may request corrective marking of affected petroleum products for the unsealing of their pumps and inventories. 

Meanwhile, the BIR said that the initiative will soon be expanded to other parts of the country as it boosts its enforcement presence in the petroleum sector and makes fuller use of existing mechanisms to protect government revenues.

“This is not a one-time operation. We will continue using Fuel Marking and our other enforcement tools wherever the risk of tax leakage is high, and we will expand these operations to other parts of the country,” Mendoza added.

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