DESPITE its well-publicized attempt to collect P2.2 billion from boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has not been successful in meeting its collection target for the year.

Some critics attributed the failure to the bureau’s “selective” way of chasing after big taxpayers.

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