Senator Francis Tolentino on Monday, March 21 chided the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) for allegedly failing to withhold the 20 percent tax from the winning profits of online cockfighting ("e-sabong") operations. "So ang lumalabas...
Partido Reporma standard bearer Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said the government, through the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), should collect the P203-billion worth of estate taxes owed by former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. and his family. Lacson expressed his position on the...
Too small, but better than nothing. This was House Deputy Speaker and Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera's take on the P200 monthly fuel subsidy that Malacañang plans to distribute to poor Filipino families amid the fuel price crisis. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) "We...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo ‘Ping’ M. Lacson on Monday, March 14 said a Lacson presidency would rather focus on improving revenue collections by eliminating corruption to avoid encumbering Filipinos with more expenses than they could shoulder rather than raising taxes. “New tax...
Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor insisted on Thursday, March 3 that suspending taxes on fuel is the best way to provide instant relief to Filipino consumers amid runaway pump fuel prices. (Photo from Mike Defensor's Facebook) “I am for revisiting the law that deregulated the oil...
House Deputy Speaker Mikee Romero claimed that the Department of Finance (DOF) can't block the proposed suspension of oil taxes, which he said would give Filipino consumers much-needed relief by way of fuel price cuts. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Romero, in a statement Wednesday, Feb. 23,...
Senatorial aspirant and Sorsogon Governor Francis "Chiz" Escudero on Wednesday urged the government not to resort to imposing new taxes to pay for the Philippines’ burgeoning debts. Escudero, a former Senate finance committee chief, made the call in light of the Department of Finance's (DoF)...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) ordered on Friday, Jan. 28, all its regional directors and other field officials to utilize video conferencing as an alternative mode to face-to-face investigation of administrative cases. (Photo from Pixabay) BIR Commissioner Caesar R. Dulay issued Revenue...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano told businesses and real property owners in the city to avail of the tax amnesty that the city government is offering up to Dec. 29. Rubiano said the City Council passed and approved an ordinance granting amnesty in surcharges, penalties and interest incurred...
The San Juan City local government received another achievement after being recognized by the Department of Finance - Bureau of Local Government Finance (DOF - BLGF) as one of the top performing local government units (LGUs) in locally sourced revenue collection in the Philippines for Fiscal Year...
The Antipolo City local government announced on Monday that all business taxes and other regulatory fees of some small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are still waived amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. "Bilang patuloy na pagtulong sa mga small & medium enterprises (SMEs) tulad ng mga sari-sari...
The Duterte administration will go after Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. if it has indeed cheated the government of the taxes it should pay. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque gave this guarantee during a virtual press conference Friday, Oct. 29,...
