Doctors should come clean of their professional fee rates by January 2014

In the name of professionalism, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has stood pat in its decision to require doctors to post their professional fee rates in their respective clinics by January 2014 to improve tax collection.

BIR Commissioner Kim Henares made the announcement during the briefing of the Department of Finance and its attached agencies such as the Bureau of Customs and the BIR before the House Committee on Ways and Means chaired by Rep. Romero Quimbo of Marikina City.