Deputy House Speaker Representative Rufus Rodriguez is pushing for a bill that would clarify an existing provision on tax perks granted to educational institutions under the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) law which the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) allegedly...
Senator Nancy Binay on Sunday urged the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to “have a heart” and spare private schools from a 150 percent increase in income tax. Binay said the BIR should withdraw its Revenue Regulation No. 5-2021 which seeks to impose higher income tax on so-called proprietary...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Saturday, June 5, called on the Senate to exercise its oversight function and look into the Bureau of Internal Revenue's (BIR) regulation seeking to increase the tax rate of private schools. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian during a special session in the Senate on March 23,...
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...
Various private education stakeholders have appealed to President Duterte to intervene as they seek to reverse the provisions in the revenue regulation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) which seeks to increase the tax rate of private schools. (PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN) A petition signed by...
Senators have called on the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to rescind its regulation that increasing the tax rate on schools to 25 percent. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto and Senator Joel Villanueva referred to the BIR's Revenue Regulation 5-2021...
The Federation of Associations of Private School and Administrators (FAPSA) sought the assistance of the Department of Education (DepEd) to mediate for the reclassification to a lower type of billing rate for private schools amid the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in the country....
Several schools in Oriental Mindoro have set up their own community pantries to help needy families and Mangyan communities. In a Facebook post, the Department of Education (DepEd) lauded the efforts of Managpi National High School (MNHS) and Nag-iba National High School (NNHS) for coming up with...
Critical thinking, analyzing data, and solving problems through creative solutions - these are just some of the advantages students can get if they learn STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) at an early age. (Photo from Pixabay) STEM is a curriculum based on the idea of...
The Department of Education (DepEd) sought the support of the local government in Baguio City to ensure that the ongoing repair and rehabilitation of the National Educators Academy of the Philippines (NEAP) facility in Baguio City will not be further interrupted due to the health situation in the...
The Department of Education (DepEd) clarified that the Aug. 23 school opening of classes remains a “proposal” of the agency and that the final decision will still be approved by President Duterte. DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN “Nung unang nabanggit iyan, malinawanag na ito ang proposal namin kasi...
To give parents and guardians more time to register, the Department of Education (DepEd) will be accepting learners who would want to participate in the Early Registration for the upcoming school year until the end of May 2021. DepEd/MB “We understand the situation right now,” DepEd...
