Tax lawyer Romeo “Jun” Lumagui Jr. is the new commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue. (Photo courtesy of BIR).
MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has appointed tax lawyer Romeo “Jun” Lumagui Jr. as commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).
Lumagui took his oath before Marcos at Malacañan Palace on Tuesday, according to the Office of the Press Secretary.
Before his appointment, Lumagui served as BIR deputy commissioner.
He has been designated to various posts and functions, such as the technical assistant to the commissioner, and tax fraud head for Revenue Region No. 6, Manila, Revenue Region No. 4, Pampanga, and Revenue Region No. 7B, East NCR.
Lumagui was also designated to project management and implementation service, which develops and oversees the implementation of the overall reform or modernization program of the BIR.
He headed several task forces to boost collections, such as the Assets Recovery Task Force, where total collections amounted to PHP833.69 million, and the Task Force on Direct Selling/Multi-Level Marketing and Investment Scams, where assessments totaled PHP792.56 million in just around one year.
Lumagui obtained his law degree at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law.
He ranked 19th place at the Philippine Bar examinations.
After passing the Bar, he joined SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan Law Offices (SyCip Law) where he practiced taxation, among others.
He eventually established his own law firm together with former SyCip Law partners.
Lumagui is also professorial lecturer at the Lyceum of the Philippines University College of Law.
On Monday, Marcos also named lawyer and businessman Jose Arturo “Jay Art” Tugade as the new Assistant Secretary of the Land Transportation Office and former Anti-Red Tape Authority officer-in-charge Ernesto Perez as Director General of the anti-red tape body. (PNA)
