{"id":62824,"date":"2024-04-22T16:58:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T08:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=62824"},"modified":"2024-04-22T16:58:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T08:58:49","slug":"converge-fiber-powers-bir-district-offices-to-aid-taxpayers-during-tax-filing-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2024\/04\/22\/converge-fiber-powers-bir-district-offices-to-aid-taxpayers-during-tax-filing-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Converge fiber powers BIR district offices to aid taxpayers during tax filing season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Converge ICT Solutions Inc. extended FREE fiber\u00a0connectivity to more than 70 Revenue District Offices (RDO) nationwide of the Bureau of Internal\u00a0Revenue (BIR) to support the electronic filing of the Annual Income Tax Return (AITR) and payment of\u00a0taxes due thereon this tax filing season.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe at the Converge are happy to partner with the BIR and provide connectivity services to our&nbsp;taxpayers during this busy time of the year,\u201d Converge Co-Founder and CEO Dennis Anthony Uy said.&nbsp;\u201cThis is part of our commitment to serve the digital needs of our countrymen wherever they may be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui, Jr. and Finance Secretary Ralph C. Recto earlier urged the&nbsp;taxpayers to file their AITR on or before April 15, 2024 through the use of various BIR eServices and&nbsp;payment channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Converge EVP and Chief Commercial Officer Benjamin Azada, taxpayers&nbsp;can enjoy&nbsp;access to FREE fiber internet until April 30, 2024 for their BIR online filing and payment transactions&nbsp;and other frontline services in the Revenue District Offices across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs a fiber broadband company, Converge recognizes its role in nation-building by supporting the&nbsp;delivery of quality public services. We are always ready to support the government in facilitating their&nbsp;processes, such as the filing and payment of income taxes which fund critical government projects in&nbsp;healthcare and education,\u201d said Azada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe hope our taxpayers will have a seamless and hassle-free experience in our RDOs by staying&nbsp;connected through our provided free fiber internet,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commissioner Lumagui likewise appeals to other major telecommunication companies to extend&nbsp;available network connectivity thru provision of FREE WIFI to the public, especially to taxpayers&nbsp;complying with their tax obligations using various online channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThrough this partnership with Converge, we aim to make the experience of our taxpayers as\u00a0stress-free and efficient as possible this AITR filing and payment season through the use of free\u00a0internet connection available to them within our district offices nationwide,\u201d Commissioner Lumagui\u00a0said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe at the Converge are happy to partner with the BIR and provide connectivity services to our\u00a0taxpayers during this busy time of the year,\u201d Converge Co-Founder and CEO Dennis Anthony Uy said.\u00a0\u201cThis is part of our commitment to serve the digital needs of our countrymen wherever they may be.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":62833,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[4837,96,2727,1656],"class_list":["post-62824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-converge-ict-solutions","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}