A lawyer of one of the groups that asked for presumptive president Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s disqualification from the 2022 presidential race said that the former senator will be in power to decide on the myriad of issues that face his family, including reparation for the human rights victims during...
Exemption or reduction in payment of the motor vehicle user’s charge (MVUC) for electric vehicles (EVs) is among the set of incentives proposed to be incorporated in the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the new Electric Vehicles and Charging Stations Act. Energy Undersecretary Felix...
Beltran named first PTA president By CHINO S. LEYCO The Board of Trustees of the Philippine Tax Academy (PTA) has unanimously voted to elect Department of Finance (DOF) Chief Economist and retired Undersecretary Gil S. Beltran as the institution’s first president. Finance Secretary and PTA Board...
The Department of Finance (DOF) wants large foreign digital service providers (DSP) to remit to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) the value-added tax (VAT) in transactions that go through their platforms. Finance Director Euvimil Nina R. Asuncion said the DOF supports House Bill (HB) No. 7425...
To expedite the country’s economic recovery from a two-year Covid-19 pandemic, senatorial candidate Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero said the government should consider giving micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) more time to pay their taxes. Escudero, who is seeking a fresh...
Parañaque City's 1st District Rep. Eric Olivarez vowed that there will be no increase in business permit and real property tax in the next three years of his administration if he wins as mayor. Olivarez gave the assurance after local and foreign businessmen, as well as real property owners, asked...
Manila Mayor Isko Moreno might be having an “emotional meltdown” as he continues to attack Vice President Leni Robredo after realizing that his dream of becoming the country’s next president seems to be slipping away from him, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said on Sunday, April 24....
As the tax filing season ends, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) charged 14 Metro Manila corporations and four business owners with tax evasion worth more than P4 billion. BIR BIR Commissioner Caesar R. Dulay approved the filing of criminal complaints before the Department of Justice after the...
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...
The Antipolo City local government on Tuesday, April 19, was recognized by the Department of Finance (DOF) for its excellent Covid-19 economic recovery practices for its residents and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) adversely affected by the pandemic. Antipolo City Mayor Andeng Ynares...
"Work-from-home" or WFH is a term that gained popularity due to sheer necessity during the Covid-19 pandemic. But a former congressman in the current 18th Congress thinks that the proper term should be "work from anywhere" or WFA. (Simon Hattinga Verschure/ Unsplash) “Let us stop living in the...
Party-list group Bayan Muna has filed a resolution initiating a probe into the P203-billion alleged unpaid estate tax of Marcos heirs, to be led by the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability. Members of the group PRIMO ISKO staged a protest rally in front of the Bureau of...
