{"id":121687,"date":"2017-10-05T22:31:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T02:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=121687"},"modified":"2017-10-05T22:31:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T02:31:14","slug":"balikbayan-box-regulations-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/05\/balikbayan-box-regulations-suspended\/","title":{"rendered":"Balikbayan box regulations suspended"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_121689\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-121689\" style=\"width: 342px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/21370889_500717603624504_1473148806191528920_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-121689\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/21370889_500717603624504_1473148806191528920_n.jpg\" alt=\"Bureau of Customs Commissioner Isidro Lape\u00f1a (Photo: Commissioner Isidro Lapena\/Facebook)\" width=\"342\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/21370889_500717603624504_1473148806191528920_n.jpg 342w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/21370889_500717603624504_1473148806191528920_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/21370889_500717603624504_1473148806191528920_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-121689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bureau of Customs Commissioner Isidro Lape\u00f1a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/261903810839219\/photos\/a.261903834172550.1073741825.261903810839219\/500717603624504\/?type=1&amp;theater\">(Photo:<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Commissioner-Isidro-Lapena-261903810839219\/\">Commissioner Isidro Lapena\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Thursday announced the temporary\u00a0suspension of\u00a0the guidelines in the\u00a0implementation of the duty and tax-free policy for consolidated balikbayan boxes, due to the numerous criticisms among overseas Filipino workers (OFW) on the rules in availing of tax-exempt privilege.<\/p>\n<p>In a memorandum, Customs Commissioner Isidro Lape\u00f1a has ordered the deferment of Customs Administrative Order (CAO) 05-2016, Customs Memorandum Order (CMO) 04-2017, and the registration requirements of deconsolidators.<\/p>\n<p>CAO 05-2016 and CMO 04-2017 provides guidelines on the implementation of duty and tax-free privilege of balikbayan boxes.<\/p>\n<p>Under said order, qualified Filipinos while abroad (QFWA) must accomplish the Information Sheet,\u00a0 submit a photocopy of the Philippine passport, a copy of invoice, and proof of purchase of the goods contained in the box to be qualified for the PHP150,000 tax exemption.<\/p>\n<p>The BOC chief noted that the suspension was issued after continuously receiving numerous complaints from Filipinos overseas on the tedious requirements before granted duty and tax exemption.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Although it is our duty to facilitate customs clearance of balikbayan boxes, we cannot set aside the sentiments of our fellow Filipinos abroad,&#8221; the Customs chief said.<\/p>\n<p>Lape\u00f1a said the drafting team of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act will meet with the stakeholders for consultation to make the necessary amendments on the CAO and CMO.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With the suspension of the current procedure on balikbayan box, the previous regulation will be enforced,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The said BOC memorandum circular allows deconsolidators which complied with the registration requirements to be given priority in the release of shipments.<\/p>\n<p>The suspension of CAO 5-2016 and CMO 14-2017 will take effect until March 31, 2018.<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Thursday announced the temporary\u00a0suspension of\u00a0the guidelines in the\u00a0implementation of the duty and tax-free &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":121689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[26199,4665,26198,19289,971],"class_list":["post-121687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-balikbayan-box","tag-bureau-of-customs","tag-customs-administrative-order","tag-isidro-lapena","tag-ofw","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}