BIR Commissioner Joel L. Tan-Torres will speak in the business meeting of the Chamber of Real Estate and Builders’ Associations (CREBA), on March 25. This was announced by Florentino S. Dulalia, Jr., who took over as CREBA National President in January. The meeting starts at 12 noon at the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Intercontinental, Makati City.

Mr. Dulalia invited Mr. Tan-Torres to address the 3rd CREBA Meet when he led other officers to a courtesy call. During the meeting, Dulalia submitted a number of concerns of the housing and real estate industry which the commissioner promised to address. Among the said concerns are the rationalization of the zonal valuation system.

Mr. Tan-Torres was appointed BIR chief in Nov. 27, 2009. Prior to this, he was the Senior Deputy Commissioner, having been appointed to this position last August 2009.

Previously, he was a partner of Tax Services of Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co (SGV) where he was connected for over 12 years before his departure last March 2009. Before joining SGV in 1996, he was with the BIR for over 16 years.