The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has reported that 1.43 million or 99.5 percent of all the income tax returns filed (ITRs) during the last tax filing season were filed online. In a report to the Secretary of Finance, the BIR said that only 7,139 returns were filed manually. This is clearly a...
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...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has filed another set of tax evasion cases against 16 corporate and individual taxpayers based in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao amounting to almost P1 billion. (Photo by Scott Graham / Unsplash) All in all, the tax evasion cases amounted to P959 million. Ten of...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has padlocked a Parañaque City grocery for alleged non-registration and non-payment of value-added tax (VAT) amounting to more than P21 million. (Photo by Roth Melinda / Unsplash) South National (NCR) Assistant Revenue Regional Director Saripuden Bantog...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has come out with an online business registration schedule for taxpayers' convenience and in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). 20210424_232019 The contactless transaction schedule can be accessed at the agency's newly developed...
As the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) ramps up digitalization initiatives, the Department of Finance (DOF) reported that nearly all income tax returns (ITRs) were filed online during the last tax filing season. In a statement released by the DOF on Thursday, June 3, it cited a BIR report stating...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said that almost 100 percent of individual and business taxpayers chose to file their 2020 income tax returns (ITRs) online this year. (Photo from Simon Hattinga / Unsplash) In a report to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, Revenue Deputy Commissioner for...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has set up a call center-like app that can respond to taxpayers' questions round the clock. (Photo from BIR Facebook page) BIR Commissioner Caesar R. Dulay said the chatbot app named "Revie" can answer basic questions related to registration, electronic...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) should collect the P40-billion in unpaid franchise taxes of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators or POGOs and they should leave the country once they’ve paid. Senator Risa Hontiveros made the call as she stressed that the social costs that came along with the...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has called on government agencies to follow the lead of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in reforming business processing. ARTA ARTA Secretary Jeremiah Belgica lauded the two agencies and urged others to follow...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said the exchange of information between the Department of Energy (DOE) and the government’s two main tax agencies will boost the implementation of the first-ever nationwide fuel marking program. Screen Shot 2021-05-28 at 10.31.20 AM Finance Secretary Carlos G....
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has filed tax evasion cases against 12 corporations and six store owners based in Metro Manila for alleged refusal to pay tax debts totalling to more than P410 million. (Photo from BIR Facebook page) Revenue Deputy Commissioner for Legal Marissa O. Cabreros said...
