Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III has instructed the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to set up a unit dedicated to track sales of goods done online and to coordinate with their counterparts in other countries to determine how to properly tax these digital transactions. BIR Commissioner...
The national government’s budget deficit breached the P1 trillion mark in the first three quarters of the year, but cuts in expenditures allowed the Duterte administration to keep the funding gap below the ceiling. The Bureau of the Treasury reported Monday, Oct. 25, that the national...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said it has filed separate tax evasion charges against three corporate and two individual taxpayers for allegedly ignoring notices to settle back accounts totalling to more than P146 million. Bureau of Internal Revenue In formal complaints submitted to the...
The Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (Cocopea) said that some regional offices of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) are still imposing a 30-percent income tax rate on proprietary education institutions despite the suspension of the order by the Department of Finance...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said Friday, Oct. 22, that it has padlocked 322 businesses nationwide during the first nine months of the year mostly for non-registration and non-issuance of receipts or invoices to their customers. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) However, BIR Deputy...
Collections of the government’s two main tax agencies surpassed the P2-trillion mark in the first nine months of the year, nearing the pre-pandemic level, the Department of Finance (DOF) reported Friday, Oct. 22. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said tax haul of the Bureau of Internal...
More than half of the initial list of tax-delinquent social media influencers have yet to begin the sign-up process with the Bureau of the Internal Revenue (BIR) despite crackdown, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Finance Assistant Secretary Dakila Elteen M. Napao said late Friday, Oct. 8,...
The Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) on Monday, Sept. 27, commended the Senate for passing on third and final reading the measure that seeks to clarify that all private schools are entitled to the one percent preferential tax rate under the Corporate Recovery and...
Some 250 famous social medial (socmed) personalities are now being investigated by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for possible tax evasion, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a statement, the DOF said on Thursday, Sept. 16, that the tax bureau is looking into an initial 250 top earning...
E-Cigarettes The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will start affixing tax stamps on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products (HTP) to ensure tax compliance among manufacturers of these alternatives to traditional smoking. Based on BIR Revenue Regulations No. 28 dated Sept. 10, 2021, the the...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday, August 31 unanimously approved on third and final reading the proposed Hidilyn Diaz Act that would exempt from taxes all bonuses, gifts and incentives received by national athletes for winning in international sports competitions. Hidilyn Diaz - Gold Medal...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and social media influencers and other digital workers have been asked to chill and give way to dialogue in addressing the taxation controversy that have put them at loggerheads. Axie Infinity Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles aired the appeal as he...
