Section 22Sec./Art. 22

Information Management System. - For purposes of enhancing revenue administration, revenue collection and policy formulation, the Department of Finance, in coordination with the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Land Registration Authority, Department of Trade and Industry, Securities and Exchange Commission, Land Transportation Office, and other agencies concerned, shall institute an Information Management Program for the effective use of information declared or obtained from the Tax Amnesty Returns and Statements of Total Assets or Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Networth, as the case may be, required to be filed under this Act.

All the statements and returns required under this Act shall be filed and processed separately from all other records of the Bureau of Internal Revenue in accordance with the Implementing Rules and Regulations of this Act.

If the data requirements consist of information found in the income tax return of taxpayers, the requirements under Section 71 of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended, shall still be complied with. The Information Management System shall also comply with the provisions of Republic Act No. 10173, otherwise known as the "Data Privacy Act" and such other laws relating to confidentiality of information.