The BIR Commissioner was first referred as "Collector"

Did you know that the head of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) was first referred as "Collector"?

In 1904, the BIR was formally organized and made operational under the Secretary of Finance, Henry Ide (author of the Internal Revenue Law of 1904), with John S. Hord as the first Collector (Commissioner). The first Filipino Collector was Wenceslao Trinidad (1918-1922).

In 1957, the position title of the head of the Bureau was changed from Collector to Commissioner. The last Collector and the first Commissioner of the BIR was Jose Aranas.

The current Commissioner of the BIR is Mr. Caesar R. Dulay.

https://www.bir.gov.ph/inde.../transparency/bir-history.html

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