Question & AnswerQ&A (BOC CUSTOMS MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 2-2012)
The primary purpose of BOC Customs Memorandum Order No. 2-2012 is to amend the registration procedures of Tourist Enterprise Zone (TEZ) Operators and Registered Tourist Enterprises (RTEs) with the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) in the Client Profile Registration System (CPRS) of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) electronic-to-mobile (e2m) Customs System.
The Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA), formerly the Philippine Tourism Authority, is responsible for registering, monitoring, and regulating enterprises seeking to invest and operate within a Tourist Enterprise Zone (TEZ).
TEZ operators and Registered Tourist Enterprises (RTEs) are registered in the Client Profile Registration System (CPRS) through the Other Government Agency (OGA) gateway of the electronic-to-mobile (e2m) Customs System.
TIEZA provides the Management Information System and Technology Group (MISTG) of the Bureau of Customs with a list of TEZ operators and RTEs in good standing both in soft copy and hard copy signed by a TIEZA-authorized officer by January 31 of each year. Additionally, TIEZA informs MISTG in writing of the TINs of newly-registered TEZ operators and RTEs before their CPRS registration is approved.
Section 69(n) of Republic Act No. 9593, or the Tourism Act of 2009, mandates TIEZA to register, monitor, and regulate enterprises operating within TEZs and to approve and grant incentives to such registered enterprises.
The order takes effect immediately upon its publication and upon sending a copy to the University of the Philippines Law Center in compliance with the provisions of the Revised Administrative Code.
The order amended Section 2.4 of CMO 39-2008 to include TEZ operators and RTEs as stakeholders of the Bureau of Customs with TIEZA as the accrediting government agency for their registration in the CPRS system.
Commissioner Rozzano Rufino B. Biazon of the Bureau of Customs signed the Memorandum Order.
MISTG receives from TIEZA the list of TEZ operators and RTEs with updated Tax Identification Numbers (TINs) and registers these entities in the CPRS through the e2m Customs system.
Yes, TIEZA is designated as the accrediting government agency for the registration of TEZ operators and Registered Tourist Enterprises in the BOC Client Profile Registration System.