2.3 To

and

clarify the roles responsibilities of all the national government agencies involved in the implementation of this Circular.

2.4 To amend the provisions of DBMDOF-DENR-DOE Joint Circular No. 2006-1 dated February 13, 2006 relative to the guidelines and procedures on the release of the shares of LGUS from the development and utilization of national wealth, particularly collections of mining taxes.

3.0 Roles and Responsibilities

The following national government agencies shall endeavor to establish and share among themselves on a timely basis, information and an updated database to facilitate the exchange of information needed for the smooth and reliable processing and release of the shares of LGUs from mining taxes.

3.1 Department of Finance - Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), shall 3.1.1 Submit to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), in coordination with DOF, for budget preparation purposes, the estimated or projected mining tax to be collected for the current year and the corresponding forty percent (40%) share of the LGUS on or before March 15 of every year. The said estimated or projected mining tax collection shall be equivalent to the amount of excise tax from the mining industry allocated from the total revenue target of the BIR.

3.1.2 Prepare and approve a Joint Certification with the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr), for budget execution purposes, the actual collections from mining taxes during each calendar quarter and the

schedule of the corresponding shares of the beneficiary LGUS. The said certification shall be transmitted to the BTr, for validation and approval purposes, within seventy five (75) days immediately after the end of the calendar quarter.

In the preparation of the said schedule of shares of certain LGUS where the mining sites/ operations are located in two (2) or more provinces, or in two (2) or more component cities, or in two (2) or more barangays, the updated masterlist of land area officially issued by the Land Management Bureau (LMB) and the updated census of population officially issued by the National Statistics Office shall be adopted as basis in computing the allocable share of the affected LGUS.

3.1.3 Determine the correct mining

taxes paid and collected during the immediately preceding year based on the estimated and actual volumes and values of the mineral products submitted by the MGB.

3.2 Department of Finance - Bureau of the Treasury (BTr), shall

3.2.1 Validate and approve the Joint Certification transmitted by the BIR within thirty (30) days immediately after receipt thereof. The said certification shall be validated from the reports transmitted by the BTr Regional Offices and Authorized Agent/Government Depository Banks.

3.2.2 Transmit to the DBM the duly validated and approved Joint Certification within forty five (45) days immediately after

the actual receipt of said certification and schedule of LGU shares from the BIR. 3.2.3 Furnish the BIR a copy of the validated and approved Joint Certification accompanied by the summary of recorded mining tax deposits and/or collections and the Journal Entry Voucher issued representing total BIR collections, within fifteen (15) days from transmittal thereof to the DBM.

3.3 Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)

Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), shall

3.3.1 Furnish the BIR not later than the end of February, the estimated annual volumes and values of metallic mineral

production of mining companies for the current year.

3.3.2 In order to assist in the enhancement of the mining tax collections, furnish the BIR not later than the end of March, the actual volumes and values, on a per project basis, of metallic minerals produced during the immediately preceding year.

For non-metallic minerals, the actual volumes and values of production, on a per permittee/project basis during the immediately preceding year, shall be furnished to the BIR not later than the end of October of the ensuing year.

3.3.3 Provide the BIR, within 60 days after the end of each quarter, the list of new metallic permittees, actual volumes and values of their respective production and extraction sites.

3.5.1 Program,

Land Management Bureau (LMB), shall

3.3.4 Furnish the BIR an updated copy of the consolidated masterlist of land area not later than December 15 of every third year after CY 2001, after coordination with the DBM.

3.4 Department of the Interior and

Local Government (DILG)—
Bureau of Local Government
Supervision (BLGS), shall

3.4.1 Prepare and submit to the BIR not later than 15th day of May, the validated list of actual extraction sites of all nonmetallic mineral products with a summary of LGUS where such production/extraction originated.

3.4.2 Enjoin the Local Local Chief Executives (LCEs) to ensure submission by mining permittess of the quarterly production and sales report form to the MGB Regional Offices.

3.4.3 Furnish the DBM, BIR and updated

BTr with the
masterlist of LGUS during the
1st quarter of the year.

3.5 Department of Budget and Management (DBM)-Regional Operations and Coordination Service (ROCS) and Regional Offices (ROS), shall

for budget preparation purposes, the amount representing the LGUS' shares of the mining taxes in the budget of the following year, based on the estimated or projected mining taxes to be collected for the current year and the corresponding 40% share of the LGUS submitted by the BIR.

3.5.2 Release the shares of the LGUS in the mining taxes by issuing the allotment and the corresponding cash allocation based on the Joint Certification issued by the BIR and BTr of mining tax collections and the schedule of the corresponding shares of the beneficiary LGUs. The Funding Check shall be deposited to the Government Servicing Banks (GSBS) for direct credit to the account of the benefiary LGUS.

3.5.3 Release the LGUs' shares based on the Joint Certification issued by the BIR and BTr of mining tax collections during the first three (3) quarters of the calendar year in February of the ensuing year. Releases based on mining taxes collected during the fourth quarter shall be released in May of the ensuing year.