Manila, Feb. 20 -- Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. said the agency's personnel visited more than 200,000 establishments nationwide as part of the agency's Friendly Tax Compliance Verification Drive (TCVD).

"The BIR educated over 200,000 establishments during its Friendly TCVD last week. Revenue officers were deployed all over the Philippines to visit and educate businesses on their tax compliance requirements," Lumagui said in a statement Thursday.

"This nationwide taxpayer education campaign marks the BIR's shift towards a taxpayer-centric agency, instead of the traditional goal-oriented government office," he added.

The TCVD held from Feb. 10 to 14 focused on helping taxpayers understand their tax obli...