The Department of Finance (DOF) expects to generate P102.12 billion over the next five years from a new law that imposes a 12-percent value-added tax (VAT) on both local and foreign digital service providers (DSPs). According to the DOF, the estimated revenues to be collected from 2025 to 2029 will...
The 2.2-hectare Mile Long property in Makati City will likely be up for grabs among three interested developers from the private sector, whose deep pockets would help fill government coffers sans new taxes during the Marcos Jr. administration, as promised by Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto. The...
The Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) vowed to enforce the new law designed to combat smuggling and hoarding of agricultural products, ensuring a stable food supply for Filipinos. Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto said that the recently signed Republic Act No. 12022,...
President Marcos' chief economic manager expects further appreciation of the peso against the US dollar, driven by increased remittance inflows during the upcoming holiday season. In a briefing on Tuesday, Sept. 24, Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto explained that the local currency typically...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has assured Singaporean investors that the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises to Maximize Opportunities for Reinvigorating the Economy (CREATE MORE) law will simplify doing business in the Philippines, streamline processes and reduce red tape....
In the first five years of its implementation, fuel marking added to government coffers a total of P988.8 billion in tax revenues, inching closer to the P1-trillion mark with one more year before the program's contract ends. The latest data obtained by Manila Bulletin on Tuesday, Sept. 17, showed...
The plenary hall of the House of Representatives (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has terminated the 2025 budget debates for the Department of Finance (DOF), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), and the...
San Miguel Corp.’s New NAIA Infra Corp. (NNIC) has remitted its upfront payment for the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) public-private partnership (PPP) project, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a statement, Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto said the P30 billion payment, made...
The Asian Development Bank's (ADB) new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) to help support the Philippines in its goal to lift an additional eight million Filipinos out of poverty by the end of President Marcos Jr.'s term, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. “It was the Marcos, Jr....
The Department of Finance (DOF) expects that the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (MAAC) will enhance tax administration in the country. This was after the Senate had recently approved the Philippines' participation in the MAAC, a global agreement for tax cooperation,...
The Bangsamoro Government is poised to take over the Development Bank of the Philippines' (DBP) shares in the Al-Amanah Islamic Investment Bank of the Philippines (AAIIBP), a move that aims to strengthen its economic autonomy and support development initiatives in the region. Finance Secretary...
The Department of Finance (DOF) vowed to tackle systemic issues impacting the implementation of projects funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This was after the ADB’s 2024 Philippine Portfolio Review evaluated the performance of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and...