Manila, Feb. 28 -- Tax collection of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in Eastern Visayas reached PHP15.78 billion in 2024, surpassing its PHP15.34 billion goal and exceeding year-ago collection, the agency reported Friday.

The BIR regional office here surpassed its PHP13.15 billion total collection in 2023, with all the region's six revenue district offices (RDOs) posting increases in collection, said BIR-Eastern Visayas Director Edith Yap in an interview.

Eastern Visayas ranks fourth among the 22 revenue regional offices in terms of tax collection performance last year.

Yap told the Philippine News Agency higher revenue collection is buoyed by the implementation of several infrastructure projects in the region last year, noting th...