Senators are throwing their support on proposals seeking to exempt from income tax all election honoraria and allowances of persons rendering services during elections. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, author of Senate Bill No. 1193, said public school teachers who are required to render poll duties during...
Reelectionist Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, April 12 vowed to pursue the enactment of his bill that would grant tax exemption on the honoraria, travel allowance, and other benefits of poll workers, including teachers, officials, and personnel of the Department of Education (DepEd). The...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo ‘Ping’ M. Lacson on Monday, March 14 said a Lacson presidency would rather focus on improving revenue collections by eliminating corruption to avoid encumbering Filipinos with more expenses than they could shoulder rather than raising taxes. “New tax...
Makabayan coalition senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares praised the removal of value-added tax (VAT) from water bills of the Manila Water Company and Maynilad Water Services, but at the same time stressed the need for the same relief when it comes to fuel and electricity. Makabayan coalition...
Malacañang said the government will not be issuing COVID-19 vaccination exemption cards that will supposedly allow those unvaccinated against the coronavirus to go out amid the ongoing surge of cases. Regional Highway Patrol Unit (RHPU) - National Capital Region (NCR) led by Chief PLt. Col. Joel...
What exemption cards? An official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) informed the public on Tuesday, Jan. 18, that there is no such thing as exemption card that excuses unvaccinated individuals from stay at home orders. DILG spokesperson Usec. Jonathan Malaya issued the...
The Marikina City local government passed on Tuesday, Dec. 28, an ordinance which exempts all local footwear and leather goods manufacturers in the city from paying tax as the country continues to grapple with the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a set of photos posted on the city's...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said Friday, Oct. 15, that only medicines and medical devices directly used for the treatment of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are exempted from the 12 percent value-added tax (VAT) implemented last June. Bureau of Internal Revenue The BIR issued the...
The House Special Committee on Senior Citizens on Tuesday, Sept. 21, approved in principle a bill that would grant senior citizens an exemption from income taxes. (Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) House Bill No. 8832, filed by Senior Citizens' Party List Representative Rodolfo Ordanes,...
The government of Brunei is again seeking an exemption from the Philippines' existing deployment cap on healthcare workers due to the current demand of medical frontliners there amid the pandemic, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. (Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The proposed Hidilyn Diaz Act easily hurdled second reading passage in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, August 24. Hidilyn Diaz 2 House Bill 9990 seeks to clarify all laws on the imposition of taxes for bonuses, rewards, donations, gifts and other forms of emoluments granted to national...
The House of Representatives voted unanimously for the third and final reading approval of a bill that will exempt from income tax the honoraria, allowances and other financial benefits received by election workers. Poll workers Authored by members of the Makabayan bloc and Nueva Vizcaya Rep. Luisa...
