Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, May 28 said he is keen on proposing a provision in the estate tax amnesty extension bill that would allow an installment payment feature to help more taxpayers avail of a tax reprieve. The suggestion, he said, stemmed from comments made by Tax Management...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda knows a way to expedite the enactment of the proposed law extending the availment period of estate tax amnesty: skipping the bicam procedure. Salceda says he will recommend the adoption by the House...
Senators on Friday, May 19 urged the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to clarify if the various bills seeking to extend the availment of estate tax amnesty will benefit the family of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. From left to right: Vincent Marcos, Simon Marcos, Iloilo 1st...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a bill seeking to simplify and extend the government’s estate tax amnesty program for two more years in response to the clamor of taxpayers to avail of a tax reprieve. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, filed Senate Bill No. 2197...
Don’t blame us. Senate President Juan Miguel F. Zubiri on Tuesday, May 16, issued this statement after stressing that passage of a bill requires the reglamentary legislative process. Zubiri was apparently piqued at Congressman Joey Salceda who has called on the Senate to pass quickly a bill that...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda of the House of Representatives has challenged the Senate to "match their speed" when it comes to legislation. “I urge the Senate, for this and in general, try to match the speed with which the House...
House of Representatives (PPAB) An estimated one million families are expected to benefit from the bill extending the availment period of estate tax amnesty--the same bill that was passed on third and final reading by the House of Representatives on Monday afternoon, May 15. Given final nod by the...
The House plenary. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The bill seeking to extend by another two years the availment of estate tax amnesty breezed through House plenary Tuesday afternoon, May 8, en route to its second reading passage. Declared approved on second reading was House Bill (HB) No.7909,...
House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto (Facebook) House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto has a simple request for his former colleagues in the Senate: pass a counterpart bill extending the availment of estate tax amnesty for an extra two years....
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Ways and Means has approved with amendments the bill seeking to extend by another two years the availment of the estate tax amnesty, as provided for under Republic Act (RA) No.11213 or the "Tax Amnesty Act". Chaired...
House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto (Facebook) Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto is asking President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to certify as urgent the House measure extending the deadline of the estate tax amnesty for another two years. Recto, a deputy...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee has echoed calls from the House leadership to extend the availment period of estate tax amnesty for another two years. For this purpose, Lee penned and filed House Bill (HB) No.7842, or the proposed Act...
