Structure and Roles

 

The authority and responsibility for the exercise of the mandate of the Department and for the discharge of its power and functions shall be vested in the Secretary of Finance, who shall have supervision and control of the Department and shall be appointed by the President.

Cesar V. Purisima
SECRETARY
Email: cpurisima@dof.gov.ph

Luis Razon-Abad
CHIEF OF STAFF
6th Floor, DOF Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila 1004, Philippines
Telephone No. : (632) 523-9215
Email : LAbad@dof.gov.ph

The CAG monitors the cash flows of the government corporate sector; provides technical support in the privatization of transferred accounts and government corporations; formulates and implements policies affecting government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs).

 

John Phillip  P. Sevilla
UNDERSECRETARY
5th Floor, DOF Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila 1004, Philippines
(632) 525-5727
jsevilla@dof.gov.ph

Soledad Emilia J. Cruz
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Address : 5th Floor, BSP Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila 1004, Philippines
(632) 525-1313
sejcruz@dof.gov.ph

Charissa Hipolito
Designation : Director IV
Address : 5th Floor, BSP Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila 1004, Philippines
Telephone No. : (632) 527-9938
Fax No. : (632) 523-1313
Email : chipolito@dof.gov.ph

Corporate Operations Office
COO initiatives are: 1) to increase the net contributions of GOCCs to the National Treasury, 2) to make the government corporate sector responsive to financial and fiscal reforms, and 3) to instill public accountability and financial discipline in GOCCs.

Contact Info
Name : Soledad Emilia J. Cruz
Designation : Assistant Secretary
Address : 5th Floor, DOF Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila 1004, Philippines
Telephone No. : (632) 525-7427
Fax No. : (632) 525-1313
Email : sejcruz@dof.gov.ph

The DFG is primarily responsible for forecasting and programming revenues of the national government (NG); cash programming and monitoring of NG finances; undertaking studies on capital market development, debt management, resource mobilization, fiscal reforms, etc.

Jeremias N. Paul, Jr.
UNDERSECRETARY
4th Floor., DOF Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila 1004, Philippines
(632) 523-9222

(TL) 523-9911 to 14 loc. 107

jpaul@dof.gov.ph

Ma. Teresa S. Habitan
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
4th Floor, DOF Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila, 1004, Philippines
(632) 523-5678
(632) 523-3825
mhabitan@dof.gov.ph

Ma. Lourdes B. Recente
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
4th Floor, DOF Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila, 1004 Philippines
(632) 526-6968
(632) 526-8462
mrecente@dof.gov.ph

Fiscal Policy And Planning Office
Formulates long-range and annual projections of revenue needs, cash position and borrowing capacity of the Government as basis for policy decisions of the Department; Supervise policy research and development on fiscal and tax measures undertaken by the operating bureaus and offices of the Department; Coordinate with other government agencies on policy research as it impacts on fiscal and tax measures.

• Assists in the overall macroeconomic planning process in coordination with the DBCC by providing inputs to the National Government’s Annual and Medium-Term Fiscal Program
• Prepares/Forecasts/assesses the revenue program/projections
• Consolidates the Public Sector Financial Position and Public Sector Debt from reports provided by the Corporate Affairs Group, Bureau of the Treasury, GFIs and BSP.
• Prepares studies on Excise taxation, VAT and Tariffs – formulates/drafts tax reform measures/bills; prepares position papers; provides technical assistance to Congress; reviews implementing rules and regulations
• Collects, monitors, reviews, consolidates and analyzes economic reports and data required for fiscal planning and policy formulation activities

Contact Info
Name : Stela B. Montejo
Designation : Director IV
Address : 4th Floor, DOF Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila, 1004, Philippines
Telephone No. : (632)523-5678
Fax No. : (632)523-3825
Email : smontejo@dof.gov.ph

 

Reseach And Information Office
The research and Information Office (RIO) is primarily responsible for tax policy formulation, legislative liaison work on tax, financial and economic proposals, and information dissemination activity. Specifically, these involve the

1. Conduct of studies and simulations, and preparations of DOF position papers/comments on various tax and fiscal-related bills, or on the tax aspects of other bills initiated by other agencies or legislators;
2. Drafting of tax reform bills and the submission and shepherding of the same in both Houses of Congress;
3. Extending technical assistance to both Houses of Congress and individual legislators in the drafting and analysis of tax bills;
4. Participation in the preparation or review of implementing rules and regulations of various tax laws or laws with tax provisions; and
5. Conduct of briefings/lectures on the mandate, functions, activities and accomplishments of the DOF to visiting students from various colleges and universities, as well as other government functionaries.

Contact Info
Name : Ma. Lourdes B. Recente
Designation : Assistant Secretary
Address : 4th Floor, DOF Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila, 1004 Philippines
Telephone No. : (632) 526-6968
Fax No. : (632) 526-8462
Email : mrecente@dof.gov.ph

Executive Order no. 41 created the Municipal Development Fund office (MDFO) to assume the administration of the Special Revolving Fund that aims to establish an effective mechanism that would enable local government units (LGUs) to avail funds local and international assistance for the implementation of various social and economic development projects. The MDFO through its various programs, projects and activities provides assistance to LGUs in financing development projects, help establish LGUs credit worthiness, and promote fiscal discipline.

Contact Info
Helen B. Habulan
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Podium Level, DOF Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Manila
(632) 523-9935
(632) 527-9937
hhabulan@dof.gov.ph

The IFG secures foreign grants and loans; initiates and negotiates foreign borrowing and debt restructuring; participates in policy formulation regarding external resource mobilization; coordinates with other government agencies regarding international agreement on trade, investment, tax treaties and other international arrangements.

 Ma. Edita Tan
Assistant Secretary
5th Floor, DOF Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila 1004, Philippines
(632) 523-9221 (TL) 523-9911 TO 14 Loc 101
(632) 523-9221
ldeleon@dof.gov.ph

International Finance Operations Office
IFOO provides advisory and technical support services in the formulation, evaluation and execution of Philippine negotiating positions and options with respect to the restructuring of external debt, as well as new loans and grants, from bilateral and multilateral financial institutions.

Contact Info
Name : Ma. Edita Tan
Designation : ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Address : 5th Floor, DOF Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila, 1004, Philippines
Telephone No. : (632) 526-9990 (632) 523-9911 to 14 loc. 125
Fax No. : (632) 523-9216
Email : mtan@dof.gov.ph

Contact Info
Name : Rommel Herrera
Designation : Director III
Address : 4th Floor, DOF Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila, 1004, Philippines
Telephone No. : (632)523-9911
Fax No. : (632)523-3825
Email : rherrera@dof.gov.ph

International Finance Policy Office
IFPO provides advisory and technical supports services with respect to international economic, financial and trade developments and their implications for the Philippine economy. IFPO also provides inputs into the formulation of fiscal, monetary, financial, foreign trade, budgetary, balance of payments and exchange rate policies.

 

The PDMSG provides administrative and financial management support to the Groups in DOF OSEC; designs and manages the human resource development program of the Department; coordinates activities of the bureaus, agencies and corporations under the DOF and with other institutions on matter of national importance and in ensuring that directives and colloborative undertakings for executive offices on common concerns are promptly considered; and attends to public relations and related concerns

Gil S. Beltran
UNDERSECRETARY
5th Floor, DOF Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila 1004, Philippines Philippines
(632) 523-5671
(632) 524-0607
gbeltran@dof.gov.ph

Ma. Eleanor F. Dela Cruz
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
7th Floor., EDPC Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila 1004, Philippines
(632) 526-8459
(632) 526-8459
mdelacruz@dof.gov.ph

Central Adminstration Office
The CAO supervises services relating to personnel human resource development and general service administration, property and supplies procurement and custody, and maintenance of central files, and corresponding reporting system.

Contact Info
Name : Lourdes Z. Santiago
Designation : Director IV
Address : 7th Floor, EDPC Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila, 1004, Philippines
Telephone No. : (632) 526-1265
Fax No. : (632) 526-7604
Email : lsantiago@dof.gov.ph

Central Financial Management Office
The CFMO supervises activities relating to budget preparation and management, accounting and internal audit.

Contact Info
Name : Ma. Lourdes V. Dedal
Designation : Director IV
Address : 7th Floor, EDPC Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila 1004, Philippines
Telephone No. : (632) 526-8166
Fax No. : (632) 526-6941
Email : mdedal@dof.gov.ph

CMIO Information Systems Development Operations Division
The CMIO monitors and evaluates programs and projects, including those that are executed by operating Bureaus and Offices; Formulates policies, plans and procedures for data control and systems management; act as the central repository of existing and future computer files.

Contact Info
Name : Angelica Sarmiento
Designation : Director IV
Address : 4th Floor, DOF Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila 1004, Philippines Philippines
Telephone No. : (632) 526-5035
Email : asarmiento@dof.gov.ph

The Privatization Council (PrC) is a cabinet-level and inter-agency policy making body tasked to oversee the Philippine Privatization Program. It formulates privatization guidelines, approves privatization transactions as to price and buyer, designates disposition entities and monitors post-privatization activities.

John Phillip P. Sevilla
UNDERSECRETARY
5th Floor, DOF Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila 1004, Philippines
(632) 523-5727 (632) 525-1321
(632) 523-5143
jsevilla@dof.gov.ph

Privatization Office
The Privatization Office provides technical and administrative assistance to the Secretary of Finance in the exercise of his function as Chairman of the Committee on Privatization. It evaluates and reviews issues involved in the prospective privatization or disposal of government corporation assets, monitors the implementation of dispositive actions for transferred assets and GOCCs approved by the President including the introduction of necessary legislation thereon, and assesses the aggregative and sectoral financial and socio-economic impact of the privatization or disposal of specific transferred or corporate assets in coordination with other appropriate and concerned entities.

Contact Info
John Philip P. Sevilla
Designation : UNDERSECRETARY
Address : 5th Floor, BSP Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila 1004, Philippines
Telephone No. : (632) 524-1633
Fax No. : (632) 523-5143
Email : jsevilla@dof.gov.ph

The ROG processes requests for tax exemptions, reviews tax rulings, revenue and customs regulations for issuance; reviews protest cases; general supervision and coordination of internal revenue and customs operations.

Carlo A. Carag
UNDERSECRETARY
6th Floor., DOF Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila, 1004, Philippines

(632)404-1776

(632) 523-4955

ccarag@dof.gov.ph

Revenue Office

The Revenue Office is responsible for processing of applications for exemption from payment of duties or taxes on importations of qualified applicants and chartered entities; Reviews discussions of the BOC in seizure, forfeiture, dumping, auction, abatement and refunds, protest and other tariff and customs related cases.

Contact Info
Name : Thelma A. Mariano
Designation : Director IV
Address : Podium, DOF Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila 1004, Philippines
Telephone No. : (632) 526-7490
Fax No. : (632) 526-8458
Email : tmariano@dof.gov.ph

Mabuhay Lane
On May 13, 1994, the DOF issued Department Order No. 29-94 creating the OPLAN: “The Mabuhay Lane”, which is tasked to expeditiously process applications for tax and duty exemption of six (6) sectors of importers, namely: Export-Oriented firms (BOI), etc.; Returning residents; Non-Profit, Non-stock educational institutions; Books and Periodicals; DOE Contractor, etc.; 105(r) Livestocks.

Contact Info
Address : Podium, DOF Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila, 1004, Philippines
Telephone No. : (632) 526-8458

One-stop-shop Tax Credit And Duty Drawback Center
The CENTER was established as the governments response to the mounting complaints being aired by the private sector over the countrys highly chaotic and inefficient tax credit and duty drawback system. The CENTER was formed primarily to serve as one of the governments pillars in its export promotion and investment generation drive by making the various tax credit and duty drawback incentive programs readily accessible to legitimate exporters.

Contact Info
Name : Atty. Villamor Ventura S. Plan
Designation : Executive Director
Address : 3th Floor, DOF Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila 1004, Philippines
Telephone No. : (632) 526-1781
Fax No. : (632) 526-8178
Email : vplan@dof.gov.ph

Legal Affairs Office
Provides legal services and opinions to and conducts legal research on the domestic and international aspect of taxes, customs, and tariff, as appropriate within the Department as well as bureaus and offices under it.

Contact Info

Name : Atty. Joanne Lim
Designation : Director IV
Address : 4th Floor, DOF Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila 1004, Philippines
Telephone No. :
Email : jlim@dof.gov.ph

Name : Atty. Fidel G. Condrada
Designation : Director III
Address : 4th Floor, DOF Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila 1004, Philippines
Telephone No. : (632) 526-8449
Email : fcondrada@dof.gov.ph

RIPS is the anti-corruption arm of the Department of Finance created by Executive Order 259 (December 17, 2003).

RIPS investigates allegations of corruption in the Department of Finance and its attached agencies such as the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Bureau of Customs, the Bureau of Local Government Finance, Bureau of Treasury, Central Board of Assessment Appeals, the Insurance Commission, the National Tax Research Center, the Fiscal Incentives Review Board, and the Privatization and Management Office. RIPS then files the necessary charges against erring officials and employees with the proper government agencies (e.g., Office of the Ombudsman).

RIPS encourages active citizens participation in eradicating corruption in Government.

Contact Info

Name : Ma. Bianca Ofelia E. Sison
Designation : Director III
Address : 4th Floor, DOF Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Manila 1004, Philippines
Telephone No. : (632) 404-1775
Email : msison@dof.gov.ph