The Department of Finance (DOF) has ordered the suspension of the special audit task forces of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for causing uncertainty for some taxpayers. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said Revenue Special Orders (RSOs) and Operations Memoranda (OMs) have resulted...
Gov’t earns P46 B from rice reform bY Chino S. Leyco Forty-six billion pesos, that was the amount earned by the national government since the law liberalizing rice trading was implemented three-years ago, the Department of Finance (DOF) emphasized. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III...
The national government has paid in full its P300 billion loan with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), well ahead of the maturity date next month, the Department of Finance (DOF) announced. In a statement, Friday, May 20, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the repayment of the...
The Department of Finance has warned the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) as well as other government agencies to stop the practice of allowing foreign consultants to offer projects that only serve their personal interests rather than the interest of the government and Filipinos. During a...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will monitor the compliance of outsourcing companies in economic zones with the onsite work policy of the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB), the Department of Finance (DOF) said. A BIR task force has been created to ensure that registered business...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the Philippines is looking forward to future initiatives under the umbrella of the ASEAN Plus Three (China, Japan, Korea) cooperation to help accelerate the country’s shift from coal to sustainable energy sources. On behalf of the Philippine...
In the Philippines, many adult Filipinos still find it difficult to apply for loans. However, the heavy demand for digital transactions and experiences, accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, brought opportunities that led to revolutionizing lending to unbanked Filipinos towards a more...
BDO Unibank, Inc. (BDO) has raised $100 million from the issuance of its maiden Blue Bond through an investment from the International Finance Corporation (IFC). In a statement, the bank said this issuance will expand financing for projects that help prevent marine pollution and preserve clean...
High debt load and low revenue collection will become bottlenecks to the country’s return to a rapid and sustainable economic growth path, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. As the government transitions to the next administration, Finance Chief Economist Gil S. Beltran said that fiscal...
With the forthcoming change in leadership, the Department of Finance (DOF) said the government should continue its reforms in the military and uniformed personnel (MUP) pension scheme to ensure the county's fiscal stability. Finance Chief Economist Gil S. Beltran said the government is spending...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has defended the implementation of the rice tariffication law (RTL), which allows unrestricted importation of rice at 35 percent tariff, as presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. is poised to suspend the three-year law enacted by outgoing...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the administration of presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. needs to increase government revenues while eliminating wasteful expenditures to get ahead of the country’s debt problem. After the Bureau of the Treasury reported...
