REVENUE MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 28-2022 issued on May 24, 2022 prescribes
the BIR’s Enhanced Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence
(Enhanced PRAISE).
The System shall now be called BIR Enhanced Program on Awards and
Incentives for Service Excellence (BIR Enhanced PRAISE), which shall cover all BIR
career and non-career employees. The Enhanced PRAISE is designed to encourage,
recognize and reward deserving employees of the Bureau for their exemplary behavior
and accomplishment in the performance of duty, in the delivery of public service and in
the attainment of organizational objectives.
The BIR Enhanced PRAISE shall adhere to the “Equal Opportunity Principle”
(EOP) of providing incentives and awards based on performance, innovative ideas and
exemplary behavior, and shall not discriminate based on gender identity, sexual
orientation, disabilities, religion and/or indigenous group membership in the
implementation of its rewards and incentive program.
The BIR Enhanced PRAISE shall provide both monetary and non-monetary
awards and incentives to recognize, acknowledge and reward productive, creative,
innovative and ethical behavior of employees through formal and informal mode. For this
purpose, the grant of non-monetary awards shall be encouraged. Except for agency
awards and incentives authorized under existing guidelines, monetary awards may be
granted only when the suggestions, inventions, superior accomplishments and other
personal efforts result in monetary savings which shall not exceed 20% of the savings
generated.
The BIR Enhanced PRAISE shall be institutionalized through the creation of
PRAISE Committees on the following levels: Executive Enhanced PRAISE Committee,
Service Enhanced PRAISE Committees and Regional Enhanced PRAISE Committees.
The composition of the said committees as well as their roles and responsibilities are
specified in Section IV of the Order.
The Executive Enhanced PRAISE Committee shall recommend or nominate
deserving BIR employees to National Awards such as Presidential Lingkod Bayan
Award, Outstanding Public Official/Employee or Dangal ng Bayan Award, PAGASA
Award, or to any other external award giving bodies. The Types of Awards (External –
National Awards and Internal – Agency Awards); Types of Incentives; and Forms of
Awards and Incentives are specified in the Order.
Issues relative to awards and incentives shall be brought before the respective
Service/Regional Enhanced PRAISE Committee which shall address the same within
fifteen (15) days from the date of receipt thereof. Otherwise, the same shall be elevated
to the Executive Enhanced PRAISE Committee for resolution within 15 days from date
of receipt.