The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) on Tuesday, September 30, exposed a massive network of illegal online gambling in the Philippines—revealing more than 1,000 unlicensed gambling websites and over 100 social media influencers promoting illicit operations. CICC’s Threat...
Regulating social media influencers from promoting online gambling must be studied carefully before the administration takes action about it, Malacañang said. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said it must be studied first as such move might violate the...
The House of Representatives’ Tri-Committee (Tri-Comm) should also invite pro-administration social media influencers and vloggers in their investigation on the prevalence of fake news, reelectionist Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said. As it is, Dela Rosa noted that the Tri-Comm’s...
The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) faction allied with former president Rodrigo Duterte has slammed the insistence of the House of Representatives’ Tri-Committee (Tri-Comm) to summon vloggers and other social media influencers perceived to be pro-Duterte to their...
(Unsplash) A House of Representatives joint panel on Wednesday, July 17, is urging the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) to compile a list of social media influencers who are promoting illegal gambling operators through Facebook, TikTok, and...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said it will intensify the search for unregistered online traders and social media influencer who earn huge income through the years but would not pay any tax to the government. BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui, Jr. has formed special task force (STF) in every...
Unfazed by calls to go after big-time tax evaders before vloggers and online sellers, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has asserted that the agency is really determined to collect taxes from prominent influencers. During the SGV Tax Symposium on Friday, Aug. 19, BIR Commissioner Lilia C....
More than half of the initial list of tax-delinquent social media influencers have yet to begin the sign-up process with the Bureau of the Internal Revenue (BIR) despite crackdown, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Finance Assistant Secretary Dakila Elteen M. Napao said late Friday, Oct. 8,...
Some 250 famous social medial (socmed) personalities are now being investigated by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for possible tax evasion, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a statement, the DOF said on Thursday, Sept. 16, that the tax bureau is looking into an initial 250 top earning...
A couple, who reportedly raked in multi-million pesos from video blogging (vlogging), abruptly deleted their social media channel in what the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) officials believe to be an attempt to avoid paying taxes. Based on the initial investigation of the BIR, the couple earned...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) would dig deep into the world of marketing to unearth social media influencers who are earning huge income without paying taxes, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. BIR LOGO Finance Undersecretary Antonette C. Tionko said Tuesday, August 17, that the issuance...
