CEBU, Philippines — The Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) has inked a deal with electronic solutions provider MyEg Philippines Inc., (MyEg Ph) to implement the Online Travel Tax Services System (OTTSS).
OTTSS is an online payment portal designed to provide a more convenient, faster and hassle-free way of paying for travel taxes.
This as travel restriction eases and borders have started to open, more and more citizens are now traveling outside the country.
Through this partnership with MyEG Philippines, citizens will have multiple options to pay for travel tax online anytime while they remain safe in the comfort of their homes using their E-Wallets (GCash, Maya, ShopeePay, and GrabPay), Credit/Debit Cards, Online Bank Transfer from various banks such as BPI, BDO, UnionBank, RCBC, and Maybank, while also making cash payment options still available from 7-Eleven, Robinsons Department Store, SM Department Store, SM Supermarket, Cebuana Lhuillier, Palawan Pawnshop, USSC, RD Pawnshop, Posible, DA5, and many others.
According to TIEZA, this move is an answer to President Duterte’s Executive Order 170 that orders all government departments and agencies to adopt digital payments for government disbursements and collections to promote efficient delivery of services, expedite transactions, boost revenue and reduce the risk of graft and corruption, TIEZA remains to be at the forefront of digital developments in providing ease of doing business that can benefit citizens nationwide.
MyEg Ph, is one of the market leaders in electronic solutions providers championing government services online automation both in the Philippines and in Malaysia and a leading e-payment processing provider will be activating its 90,000 payment channels to TIEZA’s OTTSS.
A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed recently held close the joint venture project deal, represented by Rodolfo E. Ancheta, TIEZA’s Assistant Chief Operating Officer for the Administration and Finance Sector, Cristeto G. Ocampo, TIEZA’s Travel Tax Department Manager, Atty. Bumbo S. Cruz, TIEZA’s Privilege Administration Division Manager, Raquel S. Dela Cruz, TIEZA’s Management Information Systems Department Manager, Michelle V. Magsakay, MyEG PH’s Business Development Manager, Elmer B. Dequilla, MyEG PH’s Business Project Manager, Ester Rebecca F. Del Fierro, MyEG PH’s Digital Marketing Manager, and Israelita Q. Choa, MyEG PH’s Accounts and E-Gov Operations Manager.
MyEG KL is a publicly-listed company in the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE), and is the pioneer in eGovernment services in Malaysia.
MyEG PH partners include the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Land Bank of the Philippines, Development Bank of the Philippines, PhilHealth, PEZA, BIR, DICT, TIEZA and different Local Government Units in the country.
It currently provides e-payment and e-government services for major government agencies in the Philippines and handles over 50,000 daily transactions servicing Filipinos all across the country. It also has more than 90,000 payment channels and points of sale location across the Philippines.