Policy on receipt-issuing meters deferred by LTFRB
Posted on May 31st, 2009
The implementation of the receipt-issuing meter policy has been deferred indefinitely by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) in order to give taxi operators ample time to acquire the devices.
It could be recalled that the taxi operators were being required by the LTFRB to install an electronic receipt-issuing meters on their taxi cab units for them to be able to provide passengers with receipts easily.
Alberto Suansing, chairman of LTFRB said he will be coming up with a memorandum circular regarding the postponed of the implementation of the policy.
Suansing however emphasized that only the installation of the required electronic receipt-issuing meters will be deferred. He reminded the officers and members of the Association of Taxi Operators in Metro Manila and the Philippine National Taxi Operators, during their dialogue, that they will still be issuing receipts manually to the commuters.
Just like any ordinary receipts from the any store, it would contain the basic information, aside from the name of the operator, name of the taxi driver, license plate number, date and place of the transaction and the amount of the fare. The riding is public is reminded that only receipts with approval of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) should be accepted.
The LTFRB warned that taxi drivers who will not issue, or refuse to issue receipts to their passengers will be penalized.
Suansing said that they are still having problems with the supply of the electronic receipt-issuing taxi meters. Each unit, he said, would cost between P12,000 and P18,000 each.
