Sarangani, a province with over 475,000 inhabitants in Southern Philippines, has released an automated real property tax assessment system covering the province’s seven municipalities.
The Sarangani Automated Real Property Tax Assessment System (SARPTAS), costing P2.437 million (US$56,200), was built by the Sarangani government’s own solution developers, under the administration of Governor Miguel Dominguez, to promote efficiency and transparency within the body through the use of modern technology.
“Revenue generation is focal in local governance and its modernisation through automation is very imperative in promoting efficiency and transparency,” said, Norbert Feria, the province’s ICT Unit Head.
The system cost the provincial government P2.437 million (US$56,200). Feria said the system could cost upwards of P89 million if outsourced from private contractors.
Sarangani distributed one computer set to each municipality, through the Provincial Assessor’s Office, to be used for the system in a turnover ceremony on June 14.
The ICT Unit will provide technical assistance to help municipalities in maintaining the system.
The provincial government has also spearheaded the creation of a tax mapping software, and the preparation of relevant data, between March to December this year.
“What is most important about the electronic real property tax collection system is that the province can now have a clear layout of the taxable and the non-taxable lands in the province through its tax mapping software,” said Feria.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Johanna Morden
Quelle/Source: futureGov, 23.06.2011
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