THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will investigate an initial list of 250 social media "influencers" to see if they have been paying their taxes, according to the Department of Finance (DoF).

In a statement on Thursday, the DoF said the BIR informed Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd that letters of authority for the conduct of investigations had been issued to certain social media influencers identified as "top earners" in their fields.

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