BIR told to hit collection target By Chino S. Leyco The new administration expects the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), the government’s main tax agency, to attain its collection target this year despite weaker than expected performance in the six-semester. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has approved the reshuffle of several regional district collectors of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), the government’s main tax agency. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno’s approval follows BIR Commissioner Lilia C. Guillermo’s order that relieved six...
Filipinos are getting entrepreneurial as the Bureau of the Internal Revenue (BIR) reported an increase in the number of new businesses last year despite the prolonged pandemic, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. BIR Commissioner Caesar R. Dulay reported to the DOF that the agency registered 4.64...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) recorded a decline in tax collection from Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) last year following their exodus at the height of the pandemic. BIR Commissioner Caesar R. Dulay reported to the Department of Finance (DOF) that the bureau collected P3.91...
Heirs of former President Fernando Marcos cannot walkaway from paying the family's P203.8 billion estate tax even if one of them becomes the next President of the country, former Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim S. Jacinto-Henares said. Jacinto-Henares explained that “if we follow the law,”...
President Duterte’s chief economic manager said the country’s recovery efforts from pandemic has no room for the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), the government’s main tax agency, to fail in raising much-needed revenues. After the bureau addressed the tax issues involving the prizes given to...
