The Department of Finance (DOF) announced that the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act has already attracted over a trillion pesos in investment capital. According to a Facebook post by the DOF, projects approved under the CREATE Act, which aims to address...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has reported that the application for tax incentives for 45 projects, with a combined investment capital of P721.3 billion, has been approved by the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB). In a statement on Wednesday, Oct. 25, the DOF said these projects are...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has reported that the government’s recent changes to its corporate tax system have attracted $16.7 billion in investments. At the Philippine Economic Briefing in Dubai, Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said these investments include 45 major projects and 740...
CEBU CITY – Cash incentives were given to two Boholanos who landed in the Top 10 in the occupational therapist and civil engineering licensure examinations. Bohol Gov. Aris Aumentado and Vice Gov. Victor Balite recognized the recent achievements of Crisnico Peligrino and Judy Marie Samson....
The Department of Finance (DOF) has reported that the implementation of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Law has spurred investment worth over P720 billion. Under the CREATE law, the government has provided tax incentives to major projects amounting to a total...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental has awarded P677,000 to Palarong Pambansa medalists from the province. GOV. Eugenio Jose Lacson meets Palaro medalists at the provincial capitol in Bacolod City during the turnover of cash incentives amounting to P677,000 on Thursday,...
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) expects a softening up by the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) on its position on the work-from-home (WFH) policy for IT-business process management (IT-BPMs) firms registered with the agency. PEZA Director General Tereso O. Panga said that its plea...
Over a thousand companies inside special export processing zones (EPZs) will undergo a fiscal incentives review after the Department of Finance (DOF) found the incentives system being abused, Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said on Tuesday, May 30. Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno at the Palace...
Mass housing developers have asked the Board of Investments (BOI) to raise to P4 million from the current P2 million threshold price per housing unit that would be eligible for government tax incentives, and extend the income tax holiday (ITH) availment period to six years from four years. In its...
A total of 1,370 IT business process management (ITBPM) firms with combined investments of P8.185 billion have transferred their registration to the Board of Investments (BOI) from other investment promotion agencies (IPAs) to continue enjoying fiscal perks even if they operate under the...
CEBU CITY -- Board passers in Lapu-Lapu City received cash incentives from the city government. Lapu-Lapu Mayor Junard Chan on Thursday, April 20, led the distribution of cash rewards to 150 board passers from Lapu-Lapu. Each board passer got P5,000 while a topnotcher received a whopping P100,000....
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through Board of Investment (BOI) shall recommend for approval to the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) an EV incentive strategy (EVIS), similar tax incentives driven to the Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy (CARS) Program, to ensure the...
