Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday called on the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to launch a massive crackdown on mulcting officials and personnel, victimizing not just large corporations, but even small businesses. “Marami sa ating mga maliliit na negosyante ay kinikikilan ng ilang hindi...
Megaworld Corp. said the impending issuance of a closure notice against the property company has been clarified and resolved with the Bureau of the Internal Revenue (BIR). Francisco C. Canuto, Megaworld compliance and corporate information officer said in a statement that the company has reached...
The Department of Finance (DOF) on Thursday said it does not support the measures that seek to provide a tax exemption for teachers and other personnel who would render services during elections. The DOF made their position known at the Senate Committee on Ways and Means hearing on the various...
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) has filed tax evasion charges against seven corporate and nine individual taxpayers based in Luzon and Cebu worth more than P368 million. Bureau of Internal Revenue In separate criminal complaints submitted to the Department of Justice, BIR Commissioner Caesar...
The Philippine government is losing about P26 billion in taxes every year due to illicit cigarettes, a House lawmaker said. During the Combating Illicit Tobacco Trade webinar on Thursday, April 7, PBA Party-list Rep. Jericho Jonas B. Nograles said that based on the Euromonitor International report,...
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...
The Bureau of the Internal Revenue (BIR) is planning to auction off some of the properties of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos as his heirs continue to refuse in paying the estate tax. In a report to Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III on Wednesday, March 30, the BIR disclosed that the...
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said President Duterte was only reminding the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to do its job and collect taxes following reports of a certain presidential candidate having unpaid estate taxes. File photos Andanar made this statement after Duterte said in his...
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,”...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs have exceeded their combined collection target, the Department of Finance (DOF) said on Thursday, March 17. In a statement, the DOF’s Revenue Operations Group (ROG) said the government’s two main tax agencies collected P2.732...
The Department of Finance (DOF) vowed the government’s quick return to fiscal consolidation following the massive spike in budget deficit and debt ratios due to the pandemic-induced recession. At the 2022 Bureau of the Internal Revenue (BIR) National Tax Campaign Kickoff on Thursday, March 3,...
