REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 48-2012 issued on August 24, 2012 enjoins participation to the celebration of the 23rd National Statistics Month (NSM) in October 2012.
        The theme for this year’s celebration is “Monitoring Progress on Decent Work Through Statistics: Pathway to Inclusive Growth”, with the objectives of promoting, enhancing and instilling nationwide awareness and appreciation of the importance and value of statistics to the different sectors of the society and eliciting the cooperation and the support of the general public in upgrading the quality and standards of statistics in the country.
          All agencies of the government and their respective regions/field offices are enjoined to participate and support the celebration through various activities such as symposia, workshops, orientation seminars, exhibits, slide shows and publication of statistical reports, indicators and other relevant information with particular emphasis on the theme.
         Each Revenue  Regional and  District  Office is requested  to provide  their  own  NSM streamer to be displayed at their building façade throughout the month of October. BIR employees may coordinate with the participating agencies in their respective areas for their specific activity that they may want to get involved in.