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Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Saturday, June 5, called on the Senate to exercise its oversight function and look into the Bureau of Internal Revenue's (BIR) regulation seeking to increase the tax rate of private schools. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian during a special session in the Senate on March 23,...

The Coordinating Council for Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) has appealed for President Duterte’s intervention to reverse a Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) regulation increasing their tax rate. In an open letter dated June 4, 2021 released by COCOPEA, about 600 private schools and...

Various private education stakeholders have appealed to President Duterte to intervene as they seek to reverse the provisions in the revenue regulation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) which seeks to increase the tax rate of private schools. (PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN) A petition signed by...

Senators have called on the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to rescind its regulation that increasing the tax rate on schools to 25 percent. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto and Senator Joel Villanueva referred to the BIR's Revenue Regulation 5-2021...

The Federation of Associations of Private School and Administrators (FAPSA) sought the assistance of the Department of Education (DepEd) to mediate for the reclassification to a lower type of billing rate for private schools amid the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in the country....