Tax News Archives

December 2016:

• YearEnder: Budget freebies come with revenue challenges in 2017 - Philippine Star

• BIR lowers charges on early PERA withdrawals - Philippine Star

• Nov. spending speeds past revenues - Business World

• Treats for tourism - Business World

• CTA overturns BIR’s P125-million tax assessment vs Jollibee subsidiary - Business World

• After a volatile 2016 comes another year of uncertainties - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Proposed changes to the tax landscape governing cigarettes - Business World

• Record P3.8-T budget for ’18 pushed - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Free tuition pressuring Congress to pass law - Business World

• Tariff scheme for rice high on agenda after quantitative restrictions expire - Business World

• QC taxpayers hornswoggled—again - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tobacco firm backs gov’t on tax issue - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Travel tax revenue up 12.4% to P4.27 B in Jan-Nov - Philippine Star

• DTI will not abandon auto makers on excise tax issue - Philippine Star

• Senate in no rush to tackle sin tax reform - Philippine Star

• Bank mergers, acquisitions get BSP perks - Philippine Star

• Binay: No tax hike for 2017 - Philippine Star

• Implementation and tax reform watched with 2017 budget now law - Business World

• On excise tax push: Honda warns of job losses - Philippine Star

• Year-end reminders: Meeting 2017 with confidence - Business World

• Tax reform the priority when Congress returns from break - Business World

• Excise on sugary drinks could hurt beverage industry -- DTI - Business World

• Tax reform package pushed - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Santa’s gifts – are they taxable or not? - Philippine Star

• BIR mulls scrapping of collection targets - Philippine Star

• Populism, the bad and the good - Business World

• Taxation of ‘passed-on’ GRT - Business World

• No real estate, business tax increase in Makati - Manila Bulletin

• It’s the politics, stupid! - Philippine Star

• Push needed to pass tax reform - Philippine Star

• ECOP airs concern over passage of 2-tier cigarette tax - Philippine Star

• BIR collections rise 15% in November - Philippine Star

• November BIR collection rises 15% - Business World

• Unitary tax on cigarettes to take effect Jan. 1, 2017 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Biz buzz: Businessmen unite vs ‘sin’ tax scheme - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Don’t mess with sin tax - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Groups hit House bill on ‘sin’ tax - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Business groups back full implementation of sin tax law - Philippine Star

• Should Trump impose tariffs on China and Mexico? - Philippine Star

• Business groups back full implementation of sin tax law - Philippine Star

• Divided perspectives on dividend income - Business World

• Inventor bats for tax breaks - Philippine Star

• Government urged to defer overhaul of fiscal incentives - Philippine Star

• Amnesty on estate taxes eyed - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• ADB approves $250-M loan for local government units’ service improvement - Business World

• Auto industry 2020 target in peril with planned tax hike - Philippine Star

• Analysis: Government revenues in peril - Philippine Star

• Easing tax compliance - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• ‘Balikbayan’ box tax-free up to P150,000 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• No truth to poor BIR collection – officials - Manila Bulletin

• 500k car sales target hinges on add’l taxes - Manila Bulletin

• Water districts tax bill clears House committee - Business World

• House OKs 2-tiered taxation on cigarettes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• QC folk face tax hike as council OKs higher land values - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• No cigarettes in tax reform plan, says DOF - Philippine Star

• The House bill on tobacco tax is dangerous -- for Duterte and for the country - Business World

• New guidelines in securing tax exemption ruling for separation pay - Business World

• Congressional oversight committee urged to review ‘sin’ tax law - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BAT wants review of existing sin tax - Philippine Star

• Don’t kill the goose - Philippine Star

• UP professor pushes two-tiered tax on cigarettes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• The impact of IFRS 15 on the telecom industry - Business World

• Isuzu warns higher tax to dampen PHL car sales - Business World

• BIR to expedite land transfers for government housing projects - Business World

• DOF: Allow ‘sin’ tax law to run its course - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF urges Congress to stick to Sin Tax Law - Philippine Star

• BIR upholds 2 controversial Henares-era orders - Philippine Star

• Higher taxes on cigarettes approved by House - Philippine Star

• Partners for real change: Cultivating a culture of accountability and integrity - Business World

• Railroaded cigarette tax bill slammed - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Politics of disunity - Philippine Star

• Tax reform program: social and economic implications - Philippine Star

• P40/pack tax on cigarettes eyed - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Galvanized opposition to 2-tier cigarette tax scheme - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Hefty realty tax hike to greet QC in 2017 - Business World

• Proposed two-tier tax on cigarettes hurdles House committee - Business World

• New mining revenue sharing scheme pushed – DOF - Philippine Star

• The BIR‘s take on reducing red tape - Philippine Star

• Solons back Mighty on tax bill - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• House prodded on income tax cut - Philippine Star

• Lawmakers rush to defend fresh two-tier tax on cigarettes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Think tank urges massive tax amnesty - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• NTRC study shows Philippine auto excise tax lowest in Asean - Philippine Star

• DOTr, DOF mull restructuring excise tax on automobiles - Philippine Star

• Tobacco farmers decry higher sin tax proposal - Philippine Star

• Customs tops Nov revenue goal - Philippine Star

• LGUs ordered to report revenue generated from extractive industries - Business World

• Hike in excise tax cuts number of Pinoy smokers - Philippine Star

• 35% import tariff better than QR on rice, says PIDS - Philippine Star

• Government sees room to raise excise taxes - Philippine Star

• Implementing rules of PWD law signed - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Absent but present - Business World

• Government wants car tax hike in 2018 - Business World

• Mindanao businesses back tax reform - Business World

• New tax reverses growth of auto industry - Business World

• BIR tasked to collect more - Philippine Star

• Car tax hike pushed to ease traffic mess - Philippine Daily Inquirer

November 2016:

• Boosting investment in tourism - Business World

• New mining revenue sharing scheme pushed – DOF - Philippine Star

• Think tank: Big-time increase in cigarette taxes to force smokers to quit - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Deficit spending off to muted start - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Defend the unitary excise tax for cigarettes - Business World

• Land tax hike seen adding P300M for QC yearly - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax restructuring 101 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Taxman, down - Philippine Star

• Under Duterte no marked gains in revenue collections yet - Philippine Star

• BIR sets guidelines on perks for TIEZA locators - Philippine Star

• BIR resumes all-out campaign vs tax cheats - Philippine Star

• Congress pressed on tax reform bill - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DA to close meat smuggling loophole by raising offal tariff - Business World

• Tax reform to free 6-M Filipinos from poverty – DOF - Philippine Star

• DMCI gets income tax break for Palawan power facility - Philippine Star

• Still more fun in the Phl? - Philippine Star

• Sustaining high growth, domestic push factors and external headwinds - Philippine Star

• DMCI Power’s Palawan plant gets tax break - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• New tax reverses growth of auto industry - Business World

• Stockholders’ rights in dissolved corporations - Business World

• Incentive rules out for tourism zones - Business World

• Government agents seize P1-B fake cigarettes - Philippine Star

• PAL cool on proposed hike in fuel excise tax - Philippine Star

• NEDA bats for competitive rice tariff after QR lifting - Philippine Star

• A call for cooperation from cooperatives - Philippine Star

• P1B in fake cigarettes, tax stamps seized in Luzon raids - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Gov’t seizes fake cigarettes, tax stamps - Manila Bulletin

• BIR men assured of legal assistance vs false charges - Manila Bulletin

• Vehicle makers gear up against higher excise tax - Philippine Star

• Wide budget space shields vs protectionism – DOF - Philippine Star

• The cost to the Philippines of driving away American business - Business World

• An ‘out with the old’ VAT exemption - Business World

• DOF: Cigarette, liquor imports worth less than P10,000 still not tax-free - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• No let-up in BIR audits during holidays - Philippine Star

• BPO sector could weather Trump’s protectionist policies, says NEDA - Philippine Star

• BIR ease rules on third audits - Business World

• New tax reverses auto industry growth - Business World

• Government keeping macro assumptions intact despite Trump win - Philippine Star

• BIR loses P347-million tax case at CTA due to technicality - Manila Bulletin

• Tax planners urge review of 10-year rule for records - Business World

• How to revolutionize doing business in the Philippines - Business World

• Readers’ suggestions on traffic woes - Philippine Star

• BIR probes online tax payment glitch - Philippine Star

• BIR asks online taxpayers now to file ITRs manually - Manila Bulletin

• Immediate implementation of higher tax exemption for balikbayan boxes sought - Philippine Star

• Insurance taxes hit P19.4 B in 2015 - Philippine Star

• Manila Water income up 6% in 9 months - Philippine Star

• BIR to issue clearances to taxpayers settling obligations - Business World

• PERA infrastructure in the works, to ‘take time’ - Business World

• DOH, BIR want compliance with graphic warning law - Philippine Star

• Taxing cars and managing traffic - Philippine Star

• Raising more revenues at the expense of nonemployed seniors - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PWDs as tax dependents - Business World

• Significance of the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program aka TRAIN - Business World

• BoC sets tax-exempt threshold for imports by returning OFWs - Business World

• Change is also significant in transfer pricing - Business World

• Investors in search of fresh catalysts - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOE nixes expansion of feed-in tariff scheme - Philippine Star

• Mining excise taxes decline 11% in July - Philippine Star

• BIR eases property transfer process - Philippine Star

• BIR to expedite tax exemptions for socialized-housing land transfers - Business World

• Poverty reduction to hinge on pace of reforms, Dominguez says - Business World

• Are we looking at the best tax options? - Business World

• Change is also significant in transfer pricing - Business World

• Duterte’s tax reform plan under review - Philippine Star

• Non-life insurers laud bill to lower 27.5% tax - Philippine Star

• PH eyes tax treaties with Asean peers - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BSP backs removal of QR on rice - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax-free exchange ruling not a legal requisite under the tax code - Business World

• Finance dep’t: fuel excise not ‘anti-poor’ - Business World

• Customs bureau plans to consult public on balikbayan box rules - Business World

• A dying tax? - Business World

• A treat for erring taxpayers - Philippine Star

• Cash transfer to soften tax blow on low earners - Business World

• Brace yourselves for more VAT audits - Business World

• Tax reforms to fund priority projects – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• COA: Pasay lost P500M because of tax write-off - Manila Bulletin

• BIR streamlines requirements for coop registration - Manila Bulletin

• 250,000 jobs from Japanese investments; yes to tax breaks; no to double taxation - Manila Bulletin

• BIR reviews VAT rule as PH woos Japan business - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Fiscal policy and inclusive growth - Business World

• Reforms to offset foregone taxes–DOF - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• VAT exemption leakage costs gov’t P105B a year, Finance dep’t says - Business World

• Taxes, inequality and the election - Philippine Star

• A BAT deal with Reynolds adds to Big Tobacco's e-cig advantage - Reuters

• SNAP, Benguet settle real property tax dispute - Philippine Star

• Philippines boosts global ranking in ease of doing business - Philippine Star

• First tax reform plan: Restructuring personal tax rates - Business World

• Tax cuts: for better or for worse - Business World

• Higher taxes could derail auto industry’s resurgence - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Fuel excise tax increase not that inflationary - Business World

• Reforms to trigger hike in taxes, says lawmaker - Philippine Star

• More taxes could stall Phl growth - Philippine Star

• Power of the TRO - Philippine Star

• Simpler VAT targets more MSME compliance - Business World

• Customs mulls revival of fuel marking scheme - Philippine Star

• Don’t die rich or you’ll get taxed! - Business World

• Tax reform proposal for individuals - Philippine Star

• Poor to be shielded from price hikes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Budget surplus widens in Aug - Philippine Star

• Revenue increase pushes budget balance to surplus - Business World

• Workers’ fuel excise, VAT far outweighed by savings from tax reform, DoF says - Business World

• BOI studying car excise tax hike proposal - Philippine Star

• Growth promise intact despite ‘noise’ - Business World

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