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The Bureau of Customs ordered the implementation of the electronic payment portal system
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ePay is an app to be used by BOC to receive online payments using authorized digital payment platforms with payment instruments like credit card, debit card, and digital wallet
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Customs Memorandum Order No. 06-2024 covers the collection of duties and taxes on goods covered by goods declaration manually processed under the informal entry procedure and miscellaneous fees payable to BOC
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Excluded are all consumption entries filed using BOC’s Electronic-to-Mobile System, including additional assessments brought by post entry modification
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has ordered the implementation of the electronic payment portal system (ePay).
Under Customs Memorandum Order (CMO) No. 06-2024 dated April 15, ePay is to be used by BOC for online payments using authorized digital payment platforms with payment instruments like credit card, debit card, and digital wallet.
CMO 06-2024 covers the collection of duties and taxes on goods covered by goods declaration manually processed under the informal entry procedure and the miscellaneous fees payable to BOC using ePay.
The system complies with Executive Order No. 170 series of 2022, which orders the adoption of digital payments for government disbursements and collections.
CMO 06-2024 also aims to provide a centralized system for the online generation of order of payment (OP) and provide real-time confirmation of payment. OP refers to the instructions given through ePay for the external stakeholders to pay any duties, taxes, and/or miscellaneous fees due to the customs bureau.
All consumption entries filed using BOC’s Electronic-to-Mobile System, including additional assessments brought by post entry modification are, however, excluded from CMO 06-2024.
ePay will be maintained by BOC’s Management Information System and Technology Group (MISTG) and monitored by the collection division of ports, BOC’s Revenue Accounting Division, Statistical Analysis Division, and other concerned offices.
MISTG will issue a memo on the nationwide implementation of ePay, which is part of BOC’s initiatives to further digitalize its processes and facilitate trade through the use of technology.
Aside from ePay, BOC and the Land Bank of the Philippines last March signed a memorandum of agreement for the use of the bank’s electronic payment facility for digital payments of miscellaneous fees to the customs bureau. – Roumina Pablo
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