Attention, Pinoy travelers: Here's how you can pay travel tax online via TIEZA's website
Standing in snaking queues in Philippine airports may be exhausting, but there are ways to outsmart the impossible. Specifically, doing everything that you can online, including paying travel tax.
Now you can pay your travel tax sans the long queues at the airport through the Department of Tourism's Online Travel Tax Services Systems (OTTS) launched on Fab. 28.
The new online platform was developed by the agency's Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) in partnership with the Travel Tax Department and government payment service provider MyEG Philippines Inc.
TIEZA chief operating officer Mark Lapid said during the website's launch that its main objective is "to provide an easy and convenient way for everyone to pay their travel tax online, without the hassles of going through heavy traffic and long lines."
"In the near future, the OTTSS will become the central online hub for all travel tax services, including reduced payments, exemptions and refund," he added.
TIEZA said that the online process will. only take a minute to complete. It can also be done any time, with the website's services being available 24/7.
Here's how you can pay for your travel tax online:
1. Visit TIEZA's website at http://tieza.gov.ph.
2. Click "Menu" on the upper right corner of its homepage then select "Pay Travel Tax Online."
3. Choose your payment method from the options provided by the website. After which, you will be redirected to an online form.
Here, you would have to provide the following information:
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- Full name
- Passport number
- Ticket number
- Airplane seat class
- Mobile number
- E-mail address
- Destination
- Departure date
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There is also a field for the amount you would have to pay, but that will be automatically filled out by the system after you have provided your destination.
4. Select your preferred payment option.
5. Send your payment.
OTTSS accepts digital payments via e-wallets such as GCash, Maya, GrabPay, and ShopeePay, as well as bank transfers from BDO, BPI, RCBC, Unionbanl, and Maybank. You can also pay using your debit card or VISA, Mastercard, and JCB credit card.
If you prefer to transact in cash, you can do so in any branch of 7-Eleven, Bayad Center, SM Malls, or Robinsons Department Store, among many others.