PERMANENT campuses of the Philippine Tax Academy (PTA) are being planned in Tagaytay City and New Clark City, the Department of Finance (DoF) announced Sunday. In a statement, Finance Undersecretary Gil S. Beltran said that for the Tagaytay campus, the PTA will be located in a complex with other government-run professional learning institutions such as the Development Academy of the Philippines, Philippine Judicial Academy, and the Commission on Audit International Training Center. In Clark, the campus will be within the new smart metropolis under development. Mr. Beltran also said that a benchmarking study for the PTA was conducted recently by the DoF with the National Tax College, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Institute, the Japan Personnel Authority and the Doshisha University in Kyoto. The PTA, as provided under Republic Act 10143, is intended “as a learning institution for tax collectors and administrators of the government and selected applicants from the private sector.” PTA courses are also being prepared for online offering.

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