Senator Imee Marcos on Friday, April 1 questioned the timing of the revival of her family’s estate tax issue and blamed dirty politics for it. The eldest daughter of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos, however, emphasized that any debt owed to the government must be paid. Imee said her family...
Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodirguez of Cagayan de Oro remains optimistic of things: first, that Vice President Leni Robredo will be the next president of the country. Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez And second, that a Robredo presidency might pave the way for the suspension of excise taxes on fuel which...
The Bureau of the Internal Revenue (BIR) is planning to auction off some of the properties of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos as his heirs continue to refuse in paying the estate tax. In a report to Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III on Wednesday, March 30, the BIR disclosed that the...
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said President Duterte was only reminding the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to do its job and collect taxes following reports of a certain presidential candidate having unpaid estate taxes. File photos Andanar made this statement after Duterte said in his...
LAMBAYONG, Sultan Kudarat–Presidential bet Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. says that micro, small, and medium enterprises should be given financial aid (ayuda), a “tax holiday” to cushion the economic burdens of the Covid-19 pandemic, and microfinancing from private investors to help...
Senatorial candidate and incumbent Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero has urged the government to channel all collections from taxes on fuel to a more substantial aid package for struggling households. Instead of the measly P200 monthly allowance, Escudero said Congress should pass a...
“Worst kind of black propaganda.” This was how retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio described the statement by former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s spokesman Vic Rodriguez, who said that the P203-billion estate tax debt by the Marcoses is still “pending in...
Presidential candidate Panfilo "Ping" Lacson expressed his willingness to go after unsettled taxes in order tp finance crucial projects of his government, including a national broadband plan (NBP) designed to significantly improve Internet connection services across the country. Speaking from the...
Former senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Friday renewed his call for the government to suspend the excise tax on fuel to mitigate the ongoing global crisis on petroleum products brought about by the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. Ejercito said it’s imperative for the government to...
Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Thursday, March 24, called for the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to file a criminal case against former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for failing to pay his family’s P203-billion estate tax debt. 1Sambayan lead convenor Antonio...
With the increase in the tax imposition on teachers’ election service honoraria and allowances, a group on Wednesday, March 23, called on Senators anew to legislate a measure to tax-exempt the pay of teacher-poll workers. Public school teachers undergo training for the May 2022 elections. (ALI...
Heirs of former President Fernando Marcos cannot walkaway from paying the family's P203.8 billion estate tax even if one of them becomes the next President of the country, former Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim S. Jacinto-Henares said. Jacinto-Henares explained that “if we follow the law,”...
