The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has affirmed the authority of the commissioner of Bureau of Internal Revenue (BR) and duly-authorized representatives to issue letter of authority (LA) to examine the financial statements of taxpayers. The court's Special Second Division dismissed the separate...
The Department of Finance (DOF) vowed to modernize the government’s main tax agencies following the swift approval of its proposed budget for next year. In a statement, Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said on Monday, Oct. 3, that the DOF is planning to spend P30.57 billion in 2023, higher by...
As part of the Marcos administration’s digitalization shift, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) plans to right-size its workforce and hire scientists and cybersecurity experts to improve collections. BIR Commissioner Lilia C. Guillermo said she wants to strengthen the bureau’s organization,...
Unfazed by calls to go after big-time tax evaders before vloggers and online sellers, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has asserted that the agency is really determined to collect taxes from prominent influencers. During the SGV Tax Symposium on Friday, Aug. 19, BIR Commissioner Lilia C....
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) was commended anew by Malacanang for swiftly solving all 176 citizen complaints and queries that the latter referred to it back in June. BIR Commissioner Lilia C. Guillermo (File photo) It was the second citation received by the bureau from the Office of the...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has filed a tax evasion case against a Cavite general merchandising store over allegedly unpaid tax debts amounting to P18 million. (File photo) In a formal criminal complaint submitted to the Department of Justice, BIR Deputy Commissioner for Legal Group...
Senator Rafael ‘’Raffy’’ Tulfo said Tuesday, Aug. 16 that government must focus on the "big fish", like big-time oil smugglers, and not on some small fry if it really wants to collect serious money through taxation. This, after Tulfo slammed the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) following...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is setting its sights on seven major business sectors that registered negative growth in collections following the government’s main tax agency’s weak performance in the first semester. During a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Aug. 16, BIR Commissioner Lilia C....
The recent deal between ABS-CBN and TV5 "left a bad taste in the mouth", said SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta, who still sounded very upset over the supposed misdeeds of the shuttered "Kapamilya" network. SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (Screenshot from Facebook live) "Last week,...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will extensively use the so-called net worth method of investigation to unearth the untaxed wealth of individual taxpayers once the ban on audit is lifted. Money/File (Manila Bulletin article) According to BIR, this was disclosed by some Metro Manila revenue...
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta warned officials of three agencies that they would be summoned by the House of Representatives "in proper time" if they fail to address the issue on the deal between shuttered media giant ABS-CBN and TV5. SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (Ellison...
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta is prodding the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) to look into the potential deal between the shuttered media giant ABS-CBN and TV5. SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (Facebook) This, as Marcoleta described the venture as a possible "circumvention...
