The House of Representatives on Monday, August 23 passed on third and final reading the bill that proposes to define tax rates for proprietary schools in order to allow them to avail of the 10-percent preferential rate on taxable income. STUDENTS With all 203 members present voting in the...
The Department of Science and Technology–Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) has partnered with Gokongwei Brothers Foundation (GBF) for the imake.wemake: create. innovate. collaborate. competition. (Photo from DOST-SEI) The DOST-SEI, which serves as the S&T human resources development arm...
Senator Pia Cayetano on Tuesday, August 3 vowed to expedite the passage of the bill that seeks to clarify the controversy regarding the preferential tax rates of private schools. Cayetano, who chairs the Senate Ways and Means Committee, said she is now waiting for the transmittal of the House of...
The House Ways and Means Committee on Monday, August 2, approved the draft measure that aims to define the tax rates for propriety educational institutions (PEIs) and allow them to avail of preferential rates on taxable income. House of Representatives4 House ways and means chairperson and Albay...
The Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA), which counts over 2,500 private educational institutions as members, called on Congress to immediately support the enactment of two bills to permanently rescind the imposition of 150-percent tax hike on private schools. COCOPEA...
Senators on Thurday, July 29, again called for an amendment of the country's tax code to provide a "permanent" solution to the erroneous interpretation of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto (Senate PRIB) Senate President...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said President Duterte has now accomplished eight tenths of his economic reform program that provided income tax cuts for individuals and corporations. In a statement, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said Wednesday, July 28, that 85 percent of the Duterte...
The government incurred hefty foregone revenues due to fiscal incentives enjoyed by favored enterprises one year before the landmark congressional approval of the corporate recovery and tax incentives for enterprises (CREATE) law. According to the report submitted by the Department of Finance -...
Spooked by VAT issue At least P33-billion worth of potential investments from expanding major electronics manufacturers in the country, and a steel producer project are at risk of getting shifted to other countries following unmet expectations from the CREATE Law, particularly the imposition...
Private schools that have been hard-hit by the economic impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic received support from business groups as they now face a 150-percent increase in income tax rate. (Pixabay) The Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA), in a...
Should economic zone-based business process outsourcing (BPO) companies implementing a work-from-home (WFH) scheme get tax incentives? The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) thinks so. (Photo from DOLE Facebook page) According to DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III, Information Technology and...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday proposed that another resolution be crafted to complement the approval of a Senate bill that seeks to amend tax regulations governing private schools and institutions. Drilon, during the Senate Ways and Means Committee hearing on Senate Bill No....