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January 2021

• DOF asks India to participate in shared cyber-defense tack - Business Mirror

• BIR field officials seek passage of tax amnesty law - Manila Bulletin

• DTI says success of pitch to investors hinges on CREATE passage - Business World

• Sin tax collection target set at P297.8 billion in 2021, DOF says - Business World

• Tax on e-bets, ‘sabong’ may generate P1.25B on first year - Daily Tribune

• ‘Sin products’ slapped with higher excise taxes - Philippine Star

• Gov’t-owned firms remit P160.62B to Treasury – DOF - GMA News

• BOC revenue from fuel up 54.1% in November – DOF - GMA News

December 2020

• Excise tax revenues down 7% in 8 months - Philippine Star

• Nonlife insurers seek tax remedies amid virus burden - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• QC extends relief for real property, business taxpayers - Business World

• Japanese investors welcome CREATE bill says DOF - ABS-CBN News

• PH eyes $200-M World Bank loan for financial sector reform plans - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DBP vows continued support to LGUs - Manila Times

• Gov’t borrowings swell to P3 trillion - Business World

• Tax perks, money laundering bills top Senate agenda in ‘21 - Business Mirror

• Lawmakers: E-sabong bill to help revive economy - Philippine Star

• BIR urges taxpayers to transact online - Manila Bulletin

• COVID-19 vaccines would have already been VAT-free if not for House delay - GMA News

• Congress moves to free vaccines from taxes - Daily Tribune

• Duterte set to veto items in ’21 budget - Philippine Star

• More investment perks eyed outside Metro Manila - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PEZA gets P88-B investments in Nov - Manila Times

• NGCP seeks tax-free importation of COVID vaccine for employees - Manila Bulletin

• BOI to miss P1-T investment pledge goal - Business World

• IFC OKs P750 million loan support to microfinancing institutions - Philippine Star

• Govt targets to generate P140B in Jan - Manila Times

• Philippine seeks $325 million from ADB for vaccines - Philippine Star

• DOF extends VAPP deadline up to June 30, 2021 - Manila Bulletin

• DOF moves deadline for filing of tax amnesty for delinquents - Manila Bulletin

• DTI: Passage of CREATE Bill to boost PHL copper industry - Business Mirror

• PHL lost 2.1 million jobs this year – ADB - Business World

• ‘Manageable’ inflation seen in next four years - Business World

• Budget, Bayanihan II extension bills now with Palace for signing - Business World

• DOF: Stock market steadily recovering - Philippine Star

• Government bags P9.52 billion worth of seized smuggled goods - Business Mirror

• Covid-19 response financing rises to over $13B - Manila Times

• Filinvest power firm hailed as ‘top taxpayer’ in Misamis Oriental - Manila Bulletin

• ADB to extend $9.4-B loans to PHL in next 3 years - Business World

• BIR collects nearly P583 million from shuttered shops - Business Mirror

• Senators question Malacañang’s ‘conditions’ to certify anti-money laundering law amendments bill as urgent - ABS-CBN News

• House OKs bill imposing taxes on e-sabong - ABS-CBN News

• Senate ratifies bicam report on FIST bill - ABS-CBN News

• House OK’s extending validity of 2020 budget - Business World

• Government attains fuel marking program goals - Philippine Star

• Navotas LGU grants tax refund - Manila Bulletin

• Customs goes after erring rice importers - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Trade deficit shrinks over 50% in October - Manila Times

• ADB launches $9-B financing facility to help member-countries access, distribute COVID-19 vaccines - GMA News

• Bicam OKs proposed 2021 nat’l budget - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DoF-attached agencies to require PTA courses - Manila Times

• ‘Sin’ tax collection exceeds revised target in October - Business World

• Gov’t think tank backs extension of tax amnesty - Business World

• BIR puts tax audits on hold for holidays - Philippine Star

• CREBA supports passage of CREATE bill - Manila Times

• Senate OKs use of excess rice tariffs as cash aid to farmers - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BSP urges Congress to pass key reforms to boost post-pandemic PH economy - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• House panel OKs 25% tax discount for frontliners - Manila Bulletin

• Landbank, DBP release guidelines for interest rate subsidy - Philippine Star

• Bicameral panel approves FIST bill - Business World

• CREATE to cost P250B in foregone revenues - Business World

• House leaders urged: Adopt Senate version of CREATE - Business Mirror

• Tax-exemption for makers of organic fertilizers sought - Manila Bulletin

• Foreign groups set $50 billion FDI, 3 million job targets - Philippine Star

• Unemployment rate eases in Oct. as economy reopens - Business World

• DBCC sees deeper economic slump - Business World

• BIR raises P548 million from enforcement activities - Philippine Star

• House OKs bill amending anti-money laundering law - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Foreign loans, grants for PH COVID-19 response now over P509B - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Customs exceeds reduced target in November - Business World

• CREATE may dim prospects for electronics industry - Business World

• Revenue losses from CREATE seen at P158 billion until 2021 - Philippine Star

• Higher FIRB approval threshold seen weakening CREATE reforms - Business World

• Dominguez points to rebound next year in pitch to potential Japanese investors - Business World

November 2020

• DOF to PITC: Return P1 billion in interest on ‘idle’ funds - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Sin tax collections further up in Sept - Manila Times

• Solon backs tax imposition on PH online cockfighting - Manila Bulletin

• Simplified tax base for wines seen to reduce govt revenue - Business Mirror

• With P26B collection in 11 months, BIR in C. Luzon already tops target for 2020 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR implements another reshuffle to hit 2021 tax goal - Manila Bulletin

• CREATE’s lower corporate tax rate to be applied retroactively - Business World

• NEDA, think tank laud CREATE’s passage - Manila Times

• Muntinlupa waives tax penalties until Dec. 29 - Manila Bulletin

• House panel to probe BIR, FDA failure to implement tax on sweetened beverages - Manila Bulletin

• BIR files tax evasion raps vs 19 firms, gas station owner - Manila Bulletin

• Dominguez orders BIR, BOC to probe coops fronting for rice traders - GMA News

• Government set to borrow P120 billion - Philippine Star

• Senate OKs P4.5-T natl budget on 3rd reading - Manila Times

• CREATE bill finally hurdles Senate - Business World

• ‘I have tears!’ Gordon emotional as he opposed freeport zones in CREATE bill - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF: Annual fund to combat climate change underutilized - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• 10-month budget gap swells to P940.6B - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PAL eyes court protection from creditors, says DoF - Business World

• Senate earmarks P83B for COVID-19 vaccine purchase, distribution in 2021 budget - ABS-CBN News

• Government releases P92.35 billion for COVID-19 measures - Philippine Star

• Senate bill seeks to monitor POGOs, penalize ‘tech giants’ in bid to stop sex trafficking - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• House OKs on 2nd reading bill amending anti-money laundering law - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Senate settles deadlock on CREATE bill with separate tax rules for exporters, domestic players - ABS-CBN News

• PEZA investments may breach P100 billion - Philippine Star

• House panel OKs tax on online sabong - Philippine Star

• Gov’t eyes use of P73.2 billion in loans to buy COVID-19 vaccines for 60 million people - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BOI confident to achieve P1T investment goal in 2020 - Manila Bulletin

• Pia Cayetano accepts progressive tax on local firms in CREATE bill - GMA News

• DOF-Neda nix Megaworld airport proposal but firm says it met financing norms - Business Mirror

• South Korea eyes more investments in PHL but flags ‘high’ corporate tax - Business World

• Landbank finalizing guidelines for interest rate subsidy - Philippine Star

• Digital tax payment may boost revenues - Malaya Business Insight

• Dominguez lauds SEC amid pandemic - Manila Bulletin

• Exercise power to tax fairly, uniformly, SC reminds govt - Business Mirror

• 9 charged with tax evasion by BIR for non-payment of P692 M - Manila Bulletin

• PEZA approves new projects worth P14.6 billion - Business World

• DoF’s Dominguez calls for ‘aggressive’ action to mitigate climate change - Business World

• Gov’t rejects tax credits for erring textile firms - Business World

• Economy lost P90B due to typhoons - Malaya Business Insight

• ADB provides $20.3 million grant for vaccine deployment - Philippine Star

• ‘Big bounce back’ in GDP growth seen in 2021 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• ‘Bayanihan 3 bill still premature’ - Manila Standard

• BIR announces availability of 3 electronic tax returns - Manila Bulletin

• Taxes on off-site betting, ‘sabong’ near approval - Business Mirror

• DOF on Bayanihan 3: Evaluating damage caused by typhoons if current budget ‘sufficient’ - ABS-CBN News

• PH economy in for a big comeback in 2021, Morgan Stanley bets - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Velasco hopes Congress can ratify 2021 budget before holiday break - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Extension of tax perk for homebuyers pushed - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PH tax effort slips amid weak economy - Manila Bulletin

• PEZA repeats call to exempt locators from disincentives - Business Mirror

• Business groups warn about loss of incentives under CREATE measure - Business World

• Hontiveros eyes incentives for LGUs to help raise funds for local programs - ABS-CBN News

• House leadership commits to passing AMLA amendment - Business World

• Palace commends BIR’s fast action on taxpayers’ concerns - Manila Bulletin

• BIR reshuffles execs for 2021 tax collection drive - Manila Bulletin

• DBM releases P82.5 billion in Bayanihan 2 funds - Philippine Star

• House to prioritize 12 measures - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Economy contracts by 11.5% in Q3 - Business World

• Senate approves FIST bill on final reading - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DBM Covid-19 fund releases soar to P476B - Manila Times

• BIR clarifies tax exemption of private sector employees retiring early - Manila Bulletin

• Defer VAT on low-cost housing, solon asks DOF - Business Mirror

• Debt payments breach P1 trillion - Philippine Star

• Taxation not driving oil refiners out – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Idle land tax exemption to boost urban farming - Daily Tribune

• LGUs get P18-billion share from tobacco excise tax collection - Philippine Star

• Senate to pass 2 economic stimulus bills, too - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Inflation picks up to 2.5% in October - Philippine Star

• Dominguez: Fuel marking in PH showing success vs oil smuggling - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Senate eyes CREATE, FIST approval before yearend - Business World

• Muntinlupa LGU waives business tax penalties, surcharges until Nov. 20 - Manila Bulletin

October 2020

• Tax court OKs P127-M tax refund claim of Ayala Corp. - Manila Bulletin

• BIR adopts electronic appointment, virtual meeting for taxpayers and revenue officers - Manila Bulletin

• Legal issues hinder privatization of state mining assets – DoF - Business World

• Pacquiao seeks probe into Rice Tariffication law, P10-B fund for farmers - ABS-CBN News

• Budget deficit widens three-fold to P879.2 billion - Philippine Star

• Dominguez: Climate crisis urgent like Covid-19 - Manila Times

• Govt collects P13-B duties from rice imports - Manila Times

• Jobs at risk at Philippines’ garment exports slump - Business World

• Implement progressive tax law, government told - Manila Times

• Customs to audit 60 rice importers on possible tax payment deficiencies - Manila Bulletin

• ADB pushes tech-based growth - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Palace sets mid-December timeline for budget signing - Business World

• Economy to shrink 6% this year - Malaya Business Insight

• For shipment not exceeding P150,000: Balikbayan boxes free from duties, taxes – BOC - Philippine Star

• US grants third aid in 2 months to Philippines, this time for calamities - Philippine Star

• Government eyes P3 billion from premyo bonds - Philippine Star

• BOC issues rules on negotiated sale of goods - Philippine Star

• Senate to speed up passage of FIST bill - Philippine Star

• Marked tax-paid fuel breached 14-B liter mark - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF bullish on long-term investment prospects - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Farmers oppose proposed cash aid for farmers - Manila Times

• Duque backs transfer of PhilHealth chairmanship to Finance chief - Business World

• JTI eyes hiking local tobacco buying to aid farmers: DOF - ABS-CBN News

• BIR grants tax breaks to frontliners - Philippine Star

• Manufacturers urged to avail of Bayanihan 2 perks - Philippine Star

• BIR allow tax perks for imports, manufacture of COVID-19 essentials - Philippine Star

• Senate moves on Create dangerous - Manila Times

• Philippines may tap support from ADB, World Bank to finance free vaccine program for 20M people - Business World

• Businesses need to boost consumer confidence - Manila Bulletin

• Senate committee issues resolution directing excess RCEF tariffs to farmer aid - Business World

• Gov’t expects lower taxes amid pandemic - Business World

• Corporate bonds issuance more than double since 2016 - Philippine Star

• House set to approve 2021 budget tomorrow - Philippine Star

• DoF: New taxes, sale of assets not needed - Manila Times

• Rules on tax-free imports of medical, learning kits OKd - Philippine Star

• PIDS urges unfunding some national projects - Philippine Star

• Gov’t may continue borrowing from BSP - Manila Standard

• IMF slashes PHL economy forecast - Business World

• Senate OK’s bill allowing Duterte to fast-track permits - Business World

• Can next Congress rescind tax perks under franchise for Bulacan airport? Drilon says no - GMA News

• Electronics industry backs retention of current tax perks for exporters - Business World

• Philippines secures $213 million grant from US - Philippine Star

• Airlines seek more gov’t financial assistance - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• ‘PH needs two separate tax incentive regimes’ - Manila Times

• San Miguel gets Senate OK on airport franchise - Business World

• Debt payments surge to P152 billion in August - Philippine Star

• Gov’t awaits airlines financing proposal – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• BIR wants barangay officials to assist field officers in serving notifications to taxpayers - Manila Bulletin

• Court of Tax Appeals approves BIR, Zest-O deal on tax settlement - Business World

• Imee Marcos seeks to ‘defer’ removal of tax incentives under CREATE bill - ABS-CBN News

• Financial resilience plan in ASEAN pushed - Malaya Business Insight

• PEZA firms receive P50-B tax perks annually – NEDA study - Manila Bulletin

• NEDA expects rice tariffication to reduce poverty, boost growth - Business World

• Cayetano apologizes to Senate for remark on possible budget delay - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Rice tariff collection in excess of P10B to be used for productivity programs – DOF - GMA News

• Palace to open to calling special session of Congress for 2021 nat’l budget - GMA News

• Lacson flags potential conflict between CREATE and San Miguel airport franchise bills - GMA News

• ADB urges SEA economies: Tap green financing for recovery - Philippine Star

• Sale of state-owned mining assets eyed - Philippine Star

• ‘Create, FIST to help Covid-hit companies’ - Manila Times

• 2021 budget hold-up to block pandemic recovery - Philippine Star

• DOF orders formulation of cyber defense strategy - Philippine Star

• Inflation falls to 2.3% in September - Philippine Star

• Senate bill seeks VAT exemption for educational tools, gadgets for virtual learning - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Dominguez: Gov’t not interested to take over skidding airlines - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR grants tax deduction privileges to computer donors - Manila Bulletin

• Parañaque City extends deadline for payment of real property tax until Dec. 31 - Manila Bulletin

• BIR, BOC exceed target in 9 months - Philippine Star

• LGUs must prepare for new responsibilities – Dominguez - Manila Times

• Duterte: Philippines got $9.91B in loans, grants for COVID-19 response - GMA News

• BIR chief apologizes for skipping budget hearing - Philippine Star

• ‘Sin’ tax collections down 13% in 8 months - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PH shows sustained economic recovery – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Finance chief as PhilHealth chair? Okay with me, says Duque - GMA News

• Fellow senators’ push for Bulacan airport bill irks Pia Cayetano - ABS-CBN News

• Senate set to OK Bulacan airport franchise - Philippine Star

• Lawmaker wants excess rice tax as cash aid - Philippine Star

• Russian love affair to bring vaccines, energy tie-ups to PH - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Firms get longer tax relief for pandemic losses - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Passage of measure exempting frontliners treating COVID patients from tax seen this year - Manila Bulletin

• Dominguez confident Congress will ‘do its duty’ and pass budget - Business World

• Go backs immediate passage of CREATE bill - Manila Bulletin

• Marcos urges P3M in minimum transactions before online sellers must register, be taxed - GMA News

• Government online ex-im hub processed 78,000 deals - Business Mirror

• Group urges Senate to scrap tax incentives for San Miguel Aerocity’s airport franchise - Manila Bulletin

• Review of rice tariff law sought as palay prices plummet - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR starts crackdown on unregistered online businesses - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Inflation likely settled at 1.8-2.6% in Sept. – BSP - Business World

• Gov’t seeks P540B advance from BSP - Business World

• NG’s outstanding debt hits P9.6T as of end-Aug. - Business World

September 2020

• World Bank expects PH economy to shrink 6.9% - Manila Standard

• New Philippine tax adds more pain to pandemic-hit online casinos - Business World

• Government to borrow P140 billion in October - Business World

• Drilon rejects plan to impose new taxes in coming years - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• NEDA urges caution on creation of ecozones - Philippine Star

• GSIS reopens COVID-19 emergency loan facility - Philippine Star

• Recovery only seen by Q2 2021 as stimulus lags - Business World

• BIR begins tax watch of 7k online firms even as deadline extension mulled - Philippine Star

• US grants $213-M aid to Philippines economy amid pandemic - Philippine Star

• Senate begins plenary discussions on bill to allow banks, financial institutions to dispose of bad loans - Manila Bulletin

• Dominguez supports e-governance proposal - Manila Bulletin

• Salceda: No new taxes until end of Duterte’s term, but… - GMA News

• House opens plenary debates for 2021 budget - CNN

• NG borrowings hit P2.5 trillion in 8 months - Business World

• Reopening economy guaranteed to address hunger, claims Malacañang - ABS-CBN News

• P6.5M worth of smuggled cigarettes seized in Malabon warehouse - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF urges ‘Premyo’ bond winners to reinvest, open own businesses - Manila Bulletin

• Finance dep’t sticks with policy of keeping budget deficit at bay - Business World

• House bill proposes major push to attract fintech firms - Business World

• ‘Premyo’ bonds sale set in November - Philippine Star

• House panel approves 2021 national budget - Business World

• Security Bank sees PHL economy contracting by 7.7% in 2020, rebounding in 3 years - Business World

• Palace: No ‘exodus’, just fewer POGOs around - Philippine Star

• Budget gap swells - Philippine Star

• PH GDP seen shrinking by over 7% in 2020 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• CTA approves the amicable settlement of PBA tax debts with BIR - Manila Bulletin

• POGO exodus hurts tax revenues – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Tax targets will be met - Daily Tribune

• Airport perks seen opening door for legislated tax breaks - Business World

• NGO opposes Bulacan airport franchise prior to completion of environmental impact study - Business World

• DoF cool to extending estate tax amnesty - Business World

• Trade dep’t confident of retaining GSP+, EU concerns being addressed - Business World

• Government audits POGOs to ensure tax payment - Business World

• PAGCOR says online gaming revenues drop 50 percent as pandemic shrinks POGO income - ABS-CBN News

• House passes bill creating Disaster Resilience Department - Philippine Star

• Removal of GSP+ to affect PH economy - Manila Times

• BoC steps up drive vs rice smuggling - Manila Times

• Foreign funds to fight COVID-19 hit $9.41B - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PHL GDP contraction seen at 6.5% in 2020 - Business World

• Tax take down as POGO workers flee COVID-19 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PH foreign debt rose in H1 to $87.5B - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Govt collects P131B through fuel marking - Manila Times

• BSP net income down 54% - Manila Bulletin

• Govt seeks P152-B fund for environment projects - Business Mirror

• BIR’s notice of discrepancy reinstated - Business World

• DoF releases additional list of rejected tax credits - Business World

• PEZA to develop ecozones in Lanao del Sur amid countryside push - Business World

• Small-business closure rate dwindles to 6% in Aug., Sept. - Business World

• Philippine external debt ratio lowest among ASEAN peers - Business World

• 200K Filipinos may lose jobs with EU dare to revoke PH’s tariff perks - Robredo - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• ADB vows to partner for Covid-19 recovery - Manila Times

• BSP orders banks to provide 60-day grace period on loans - Manila Standard

• Camarines Sur solon seeks tax incentives for doctors rendering pro bono healthcare services - Manila Bulletin

• DBM: LGUs’ P1.5B Bayanihan 2 fund not for cash dole outs - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• 26 of 62 licensed POGOs share same address with their service providers – AMLC - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• ADB to set up hub for resource mobilization - Manila Times

• BIR assures full support for FIST bill - Manila Bulletin

• TIEZA sees P730-M drop in travel tax collections for 2021 - Manila Bulletin

• Customs intercepts P6.5M worth of luxury bags, shoes at NAIA - GMA News

• PHL economy’s recovery prospects improving - Business World

• BSP fully awards P20-B bills at maiden auction - Business World

• Dominguez cool to proposal for DOF to chair graft-ridden PhilHealth - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tourism industry seen to be back to normal in 2024-TIEZA - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• NEDA seeking to reduce PHL reliance on ODA - Business World

• Bill widens entry to Tesda skills and development programs - Business Mirror

• Who are identified rich, poor? Gov’t shows income class brackets in PH - ABS-CBN News

• DoF chief pushes for faster BOL implementation - Manila Times

• Infrastructure spending falls in July - Business World

• Gov’t may reduce borrowings once tax collections improve - Business World

• Virus-induced foreign borrowing bloats to $8.96 billion - Philippine Star

• BIR gives taxpayers more time to report related deals - Philippine Star

• House opens debate on digital transactions’ value added tax - Manila Bulletin

• Sotto: Duterte ‘agrees’ to assign finance as chief as PhilHealth board chair - ABS-CBN News

• Japan provides P24 billion post-COVID-19 loan to Philippines - Philippine Star

• World Bank extending 2 loans worth $770M to PH - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• COA flags Muntinlupa’s P2.931-B real property tax delinquency - Manila Bulletin

• June FDI inflows highest in 3 months - Business World

• House pitches estate tax amnesty deadline extension to Senate - Business Mirror

• DBM hit for P422 million overpriced medical supplies - Philippine Star

• Lapid urges BIR to act on ‘Lapid law’ - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• CEOs see economic recovery in 1-3 years – NEDA - Manila Times

• CTA to Taguig LGU: Refund Serendra unit owners P5.7-M in illegally collected taxes - Manila Bulletin

• BSP can lend more to gov’t under Bayanihan II - Business World

• PH economy likely to see ‘deeper decline’ in 2020 before recovery next year: ADB - ABS-CBN News

• Bayanihan 2 has non-monetary provisions for aid - Philippine Star

• Fuel marking scheme yields P130B in gov’t tax take - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Govt debt payments hit P60B in July - Manila Times

• Tax appeals court cancels P286-million Robinsons Toys assessment - Business World

• Senate Committee on Finance urged to look for excess funds in 2021 nat’l budget to bankroll SAP - Manila Bulletin

• SB Corp. to stretch out loan fund for MSMEs with bank financing - Business World

• House Oks Bulacan airport ecozone - Philippine Star

• Bayanihan 2 to yield P17.5B revenues from Pogos – Drilon - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Zamboanga port disposes over P1-B fake tax stamps, smuggled cigarettes, tobacco-making items - Manila Bulletin

• Lockdown sink FDI pledges deeper into 2-year low in second quarter - Philippine Star

• More poor Filipinos seen in 2021 – NEDA - Manila Times

• Banks’ soured loans highest in 6 years - Business World

• PHL economy won’t be worse in next 12 months – Diokno - Business World

• DBM releases 95.6% of budget at end-August - Business World

• Metro Manila-based manufacturers of critical goods to get tax breaks - Business World

• Duterte signs Bayanihan 2 into law -Philippine Daily Inquirer

• ADB lends fresh $500-M to Philippines disaster response - Philippine Star

• Mindanao remains a priority under BBB, says Dominguez - Philippine Star

• Judiciary bats for P6.58-B additional budget for 2021 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Defensor: DOF should give details on P1.86-T borrowing frenzy - Manila Bulletin

• Gov’t debt seen rising to 14-year high by year’s end - Business World

• NEDA to work with stakeholders more closely to hit sustainable dev’t goals - Business World

• Finance department expects P2.71T tax collection in 2021 as economy reopens further - ABS-CBN News

• Senators question 2021 budget's priorities amid coronavirus crisis - Business World

• Long-drawn-out pandemic a key risk to PH economy - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Gov’t ramps up spending to fight COVID-19 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DA needs over P100-B budget to transform agriculture sector - Manila Bulletin

• BSP to issue own securities September 18 - Business Mirror

• Central bank willing to declare dividends to boost Covid funds - Business Mirror

• BIR, BOC collections exceed target in August - Philippine Star

• BSP targets to attract 5 million PERA investors in 5 years - Philippine Star

• Tobacco farmers hurt by corruption at Philhealth – Deputy Speaker Savellano - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• ‘Prone to abuse:’ Senators push for protection of freelancers - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Domestic tourism to offset slump in foreign visitors in PH - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PH to put up ‘fast lane’ for Chinese-funded BBB projects - Manila Times

• PH rises to 50th most innovative nation in the 2020 Global Innovation Index - Manila Times

• Dominguez teaches millennials how to ‘retire in style’ - Manila Bulletin

• Private sector asks gov’t to detail recovery plan - Business World

• PHL may see worst slump in ASEAN - Business World

• DOF chief pushes for 2021 budget’s ‘swift’ passage as Senate begins tackling P4.5T spending bill - ABS-CBN News

• Makati unveils P2.5 billion economic relief program - Philippine Star

• Digital divide, lack of infrastructure hamper e-government system - Philippine Star

• BIR defers plan to build new office - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Benchmark 91-day T-bill rate eases to 1.167% - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• House Ways and Means Committee OKs bill exempting donor’s tax to donations made to PNP - Manila Bulletin

• Duterte to sign proposed Bayanihan 2 ASAP - Palace - GMA News

• House clears San Miguel’s airport city plan in Bulacan - Business World

• Loans for COVID-19 hit small businesses hit over P1.3 billion - Philippine Star

• Peso to remain strong due to weak $, low imports - Philippine Star

• Taxpayers urged to settle arrears under BIR program - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Lopez assures corruption-free Bayanihan 2 - Manila Bulletin

• DOF assures funds for PhilHealth - Manila Bulletin

• Adoption of digital transactions pushed - Daily Tribune

• House bent on bigger stimulus package - Business Mirror

• BSP shifts to active gold trading - Business World

• Tax court grants Jollibee Worldwide’s P18-M refund - Business World

• Government borrowings hit P1.9 trillion as of July - Business World

• 396 workers lose jobs as 2 export firms stop operations - Manila Standard

• Bust NPA using FIST - Daily Tribune

• Fuel-marking program generates over P126 billion after first year - Business World

• Finance department hoping for CREATE bill passage this month - Business World

• Finance chief assures security intact among state-run banks after UCPB heist - Business World

• BIR files more tax evasion cases vs. 10 Manila businesses - Manila Bulletin

• San Juan City bid to raise more funds affected by tax collection irregularities - Manila Bulletin

• BOI investment pledges up 25% in 8 months - Business World

• Foreign borrowing for pandemic measures hits $8.83 billion - Business World

• AMLC, DOF renew ties, step up campaign vs terrorism - Philippine Star

• Inflation eases to 2.4 percent in August - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Amid recession, investment pledges hit P760B - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Bataan town secures P40-M loan from DBP - Manila Times

• Bong Go bats for e-commerce bureau - Manila Times

• Moody’s sees steeper Philippine economic contraction - Business World

• DBM says funding for creating jobs is in budget - Business Mirror

• ‘Economic benefits of FIST outweigh fiscal costs’ - Philippine Star

• BIR readies online taxpayer registration system - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PH jobless rate drops as economy reopens - Manila Bulletin

• Gov’t debt now at P9.16T - Daily Tribune

• FIST means firm fiscal reforms - Daily Tribune

• FDI net inflows bounce back in May - Business World

• Economist wants to tie tax cuts to solar investment - Business World

• ADB backs digital economy, carbon taxes to aid recovery - Business World

• Charge Duque, PhilHealth execs - Manila Times

• Philippines seeks $600-million loan for 4Ps program - Business World

• Landbank releases P583 million loans to ARBs - Philippine Star

• Ahead of pandemic, tax perks likely cost government more in 2019 - Philippine Star

• BIR extends anew deadline for online trade registration to Sept. 30 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Oil firms to shoulder fuel marking costs starting Sept. 4 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Infra to remain key part of ADB lending program for PH - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Digital PERA kickoff slated next week - Manila Times
  

• P319-M tax perks of Bulacan firm withheld - Manila Times

• T-bills fully awarded, 91-day fetches 1.180% - Manila Bulletin

• Strong peso shows confidence in PH – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• House panel vows to look into measure exempting frontliners from paying tax for 1 year - Manila Bulletin

• House OKs franchise for San Miguel’s Bulacan airport project on 2nd reading - GMA News

• House panel OKs bill limiting charges, giving discounts to OFW remittance fees - GMA News

• More firms may follow SMC’s lead in seeking tax perks for airport projects - Business World

August 2020

• Reforms in corporate taxation to boost economy - Philippine Star

• July unemployment rate seen worsening to 22.9% - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PH taps over $10-b worth of ODA loans so far - Manila Standard

• DOF expects lower sin tax collections - Manila Bulletin

• CTA turns down oil firm’s petition to recover from BIR more than P65M in excise tax - Manila Bulletin

• Inflation likely edged up in August - Business World

• Bill exempting frontliners from paying tax for 1 year referred to House panel - Manila Bulletin

• Tax perks for Bulacan airport project backed - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• ‘Don’t prolong agony, pass Create at once’ - Manila Times

• BIR: Deadline for online sellers to register moved to Sept. 1 - GMA News

• Agriculture to play major role in economic recovery – NEDA - Philippine Star

• House eyeing to pass P4.5 trillion budget in November - Philippine Star

• Gov’t tax take seen to drop by 22% in 2020 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• No Cha-cha hearings at House until year-end – Rep. Rufus Rodriguez - GMA News

• Gov’t plans to borrow P160B in September - Business World

• Rebound in excise tax collections seen starting 2021 - Business World

• ‘CREATE’ bill to cost govt P249B in revenue - Business Mirror

• Government debt to breach P10 trillion by year end - Philippine Star

• SMC gets tax breaks for airport - Philippine Star

• Budget deficit swells to P700 billion in end-July - Philippine Star

• Tax court maintains decision ordering BIR to pay back Consunji energy unit - Business World

• 2020 targets for BIR, BOC slashed anew - Business World

• Lagman questions government funding for COVID-19 measures - Philippine Star

• Poe calls out exec dep’t over ‘lack of cooperation’ in FIST bill hearing - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR files P1.1 B tax evasion cases vs. 10 Manila businesses - Manila Bulletin

• Drilon ‘disappointed’ by BIR’s opposition to FIST bill, unpreparedness at hearing - GMA News

• Treasury: P3.3B to P13.2B in foregone revenues seen from FIST bill - GMA News

• Rice tariffication alleged to have cost farmers P40 billion in lost income - Business World

• European Union grants P1.41 billion for Mindanao - Philippine Star

• Bayanihan 2 funds inadequate, Robredo says - Philippine Star

• ADB approves $125-M loan to boost Philippines’ COVID-19 testing capacity, improve health services - GMA News

• Dominguez urges digitalization of gov’t subsidy programs - GMA News

• Congress mulls breaking apart P1.3-T ARISE bill provisions - Philippine Star

• Bayanihan II, administration-backed stimulus, now up for Duterte’s signature - Philippine Star

• House panel approves tax exemption on grants, bequests, endowments, donations, contributions made to CHED - Manila Bulletin

• House panel approves new general tax amnesty proposal - Manila Bulletin

• Remulla pushes for delay in online taxation - Manila Bulletin

• DOF welcomes $300 million loan from ADB - Philippine Star

• Robredo urges Congress to pass ARISE bill - Philippine Star

• Reforms eyed in corporate pension system - Philippine Star

• Bayanihan 2 mandates purchase of local PPE – Angara - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF: PH debt burden remains manageable - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• House to ratify Bayanihan 2 bill – Romualdez - Manila Standard

• Tax court affirms Air Philippines’ P74-M refund - Business World

• NEDA revising goals under PHL dev’t plan - Business World

• Binay lauds bicam panel for tax-free benefits for retirees in Bayanihan 2 - Manila Bulletin

• New ADB loan to fast-track national ID rollout – DoF - Business World

• BIR amends fair market value of unlisted stocks - Philippine Star

• Pangilinan slams gov’t for procurement of imported PPEs - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• House bill wants PH EEZ, Sabah on passports - Manila Standard

• ADB OKs $300-M loan to support financial inclusion reforms in Philippines - Philippine Star

• COVID-19 releases hit P376 billion – DBM - Philippine Star

• House, Senate clash over P10B DOT fund - Manila Standard

• Bicam OKs P166.5 billion for Bayanihan 2 - Philippine Star

• Peso strengthens as imports slow down - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• After Bayanihan II, Senate to focus on CREATE bill - Business World

• De Lima backs tax exemption for gadgets, other devices used for e-learning - Manila Bulletin

• Tourism stakeholders push for P10-B credit facility in Bayanihan 2 for COVID-hit businesses - GMA News

• Senate backs separating measures for financial industry from Bayanihan II legislation - Business World

• BIR eases tax residency rules for foreign employees - Philippine Star

• House panel OKs bill extending tax amnesty - Philippine Star

• PH receives Japan’s first COVID-19 support loan - Manila Bulletin

• BIR sets unlisted shares’ fair market value - Business World

• BOC confiscates P2.2 billion in smuggled cigarettes - Philippine Star

• DOF, DSWD, DBM secretaries should attend PhilHealth Board meetings, says Sen. Pangilinan - Manila Bulletin

• P2.5B set aside for vaccine purchase in proposed 2021 nat’l budget – Budget chief - GMA News

• Lacson threatens raps vs PhilHealth execs over tax payment ‘misappropriation’ - ABS-CBN News

• TIEZA, tourism groups continue to seek financial support - Philippine Star

• GDP to fall 9.1% this year – ANZ - Business World

• House panel extends estate tax amnesty by two years - Business World

• BIR confiscates P1.2B worth of counterfeit cigarettes, tax stamps - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• OFWs invest in treasury bonds via mobile app - Manila Times

• Legislator presses for House okay of digital taxation bill - Manila Standard

• Tax exemption in proposed OFW Sovereign Fund OK’d by House panel - Manila Bulletin

• Low inflation keeps rates down - Philippine Star

• DTI says: Left-out sectors need Bayanihan 2 - Malaya Business Insight

• Lawmaker wants tax on gadgets removed - Philippine Star

• Government collects P97 billion from fuel marking - Philippine Star

• Dominguez calls out two online stockbrokers - Manila Bulletin

• Senate, House agree to set funding for Bayanihan 2 to P162B – Drilon - GMA News

• Rice tariff collections top P11 billion – BoC - Business World

• Philippines to get $1.9B more in World Bank loans - Business World

• Groups slam plan for one-year debt holiday - Business World

• Local PPE producers want tax exemptions - Philippine Star

• Nearly 5,000 online vendors now registered with BIR - Philippine Star

• ‘Allot P10 billion tourism bail out for businesses’ - Philippine Star

• External debt remains manageable: Diokno - Malaya Business Insight

• BSP warns vs 1-year debt moratorium - Business World

• PhilHealth may face additional tax cases – Lacson - Manila Bulletin

• Business activities picking up – DOF - Philippine Star

• Bayanihan 2 to include funds for COVID-19 vaccines - Philippine Star

• Outstanding Treasury debt issue swells to P5.95T - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• ADB okays $400-M loan for farm sector - Manila Times

• H1 ‘sin’ tax take down 25% to P109 billion - Business Mirror

• After entering recession, Philippines set for record collapse this year - Philippine Star

• PHL not investing enough in ‘green’ stimulus – ING - Business World

• Gov’t fully awards 10-year bonds - Business World

• BIR issues 59% less tax stamps - Philippine Star

• PEZA-approved investments fall 27% - Business World

• Dominguez cites multiplier effects of Bayanihan 2 - Philippine Star

• House forms panel in bicameral committee to draft Bayanihan II bill - Manila Bulletin

• PH can recover without virus containment – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• House approves Bayanihan II - Business World

• Evidence of ‘gradual’ recovery emerges in June – Finance dep’t - Business World

• House to give Bayanihan 2 final OK this week - Philippine Star

• NEDA-led task group prepares ‘Recharge PH’ - Manila Times

• Gov’t debt payments up 42% in first half - Business World

• BIR issues rules on tax treatment of Islamic banks - Business World

• Philippines needs $31.8 Billion Recovery Plan, lawmaker says - Bloomberg

• ‘Steady yet moderate phase’ for economic recovery – DOF - Philippine Star

• PCCI urges passage of economic stimulus - Manila Bulletin

• Government raises P516 B from Filipino retail investors - Manila Bulletin

• Tax reform to add P40-B: Philippines readies P180-B economic stimulus - GMA News

• Bayanihan 2 funding could’ve been higher if gov’t had more resources – Zubiri - GMA News

• Tax breaks for Filipino makers of PPEs sought - Philippine Star

• Economic recovery hinges on management of health risks – DOF - Philippine Star

• Credit rating downgrade ‘highly unlikely’ – Diokno - Philippine Star

• P140-B fund proposed in Bayanihan 2 bill ‘not enough’ – Drilon - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Muntinlupa extends deadline for 3rd quarter payment of taxes, fees - Manila Times

• P55-B rescue package for MSMEs pushed - Manila Bulletin

• DOF chief: Bayanihan 2 must be affordable - Philippine Star

• Start budgeting, planning for local recovery, LGUs told - Philippine Star

• BIR exceeds collection target in July - Philippine Star

• Government plans to borrow record P6 trillion until 2021 - Philippine Star

• DOF pushes agri reforms to ensure stable food supply - Philippine Star

• DBCC cuts GDP outlook on pandemic impact - Business World

• Palace concerned by sharper than expected drop in GDP - Philippine Star

• Dominguez promises enough funds to buy vaccines - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR advises taxpayers under MECQ to transact at nearest authorized banks - Manila Bulletin

• Dominguez: No budget for cash aid in unforeseen revert to MECQ - GMA News

• Inflation spikes to 6-month high of 2.7% in July - Philippine Star

• House OKs P162 billion Bayanihan 2 - Philippine Star

• PH entered recession as GDP sank 16.5% in the second quarter - Manila Standard

• Labor unions push to tax wealth - Business Mirror

• Taxpayers in Cebu told to pay taxes in nearest AABs - Manila Bulletin

• Rice tariffication deprived farmers of P27.1B in revenue but gave consumers cheaper rice – BSP - Business World

• Firms retaining workers to get extra tax holiday: DTI sees deeper GDP decline - Malaya Business Insight

• Gov’t fully awards 35-day T-bills as strong demand pulls rate down - Business World

• Customs seizes P15-M worth of misdeclared luxury bags, shoes at NAIA - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Return to MECQ risks reversing economic recovery path - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Govt collects P91.7B from fuel marking - Malaya Business Insight

• Aboitiz hydro firm settles property tax issue - Business World

• Shopee raises seller transaction fee to keep business ‘sustainable’ - ABS-CBN News

• Angara vows timely passage of P4.5T nat’l budget for 2021 - GMA News

• Philippines among top-growing trading economies in 2009-2019 - Business World

• Philippines likely slipped into recession in Q2 - Philippine Star

• Government borrowings surge to P1.7T in 1st half - Business World

• Industrial, office segments to lead real estate recovery - Philippine Star

• CREATE likely retroactive – DOF - Philippine Star

• Duterte OKs P4.5 trillion 2021 national budget - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Senator wants incentives for electric vehicle importers, manufacturers - GMA News

• Finance dep’t rules out luxury-goods tax, to focus on getting tax relief bill approved - Business World

• PSALM sees P900 million savings from RPT cut - Philippine Star

• Banking system grows despite pandemic – DOF - Philippine Star

• Foreign loans, grants for COVID-19 hit $8.2 billion - Philippine Star

July 2020

• Parañaque sets business tax payments via courier - Philippine Star

• 9,000 MSMEs granted loans under DTI’s CARES - Manila Bulletin

• Inflation seen at 2.2% to 3% in July - BSP - Business World

• ‘Hot money’ outflows continue amid uncertainty - Business World

• Government’s foreign loans reach $8 billion at end-June - Business World

• House panel wants 12% VAT on Netflix - Philippine Star

• The Philippines needs a bigger stimulus plan, Vice-President says - Business World

• BIR registers more than 3,000 online sellers - Business World

• Gov’t plans to borrow P170B in Aug. - Business World

• Worst is over for economy, says Diokno - Business World

• Duterte gives power producers real property tax break - Philippine Star

• BIR extends online trade registration to Aug. 31 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• NG debt tops P9 trillion in June - Manila Bulletin

• DOF meets local airlines seeking government aid - Manila Bulletin

• Robredo backs House-approved P1.3 trillion stimulus bill - ABS-CBN News

• Business group backs P1.3-trillion stimulus bill - ABS-CBN News

• DoF hopes Congress ‘finally’ okays Create - Manila Times

• Remittances seen to fall up to 10% - Business World

• Salceda pushes to include FIST, GUIDE, MSME amendments in Bayanihan II - Business Mirror

• Romualdez vows passage of priority bills, ‘thorough discussion’ on death penalty - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• 65% of businesses forced to shut down temporarily - Manila Times

• BIR files P381 million tax evasion charges vs 12 firms - Manila Bulletin

• Senate OKs Bayanihan Law 2 on 3rd reading - GMA News

• BIR tells Pagcor: 5% POGO franchise tax not a new rule - Business Mirror

• Provide MSMEs with loan payment extensions, Duterte tells BSP, Banks - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• No let-up in tax information dissemination – BIR - Manila Bulletin

• Duterte calls on lawmakers to fast-track passage of corporate tax reform bill - ABS-CBN News

• READ: President Duterte’s 5th State of the Nation Address (full transcript) - ABS-CBN News

• Franchising sector wants inclusion in stimulus program - Philippine Star

• Stronger penalties vs cigarette smuggling pushed - Philippine Star

• DBM to submit 2021 national budget to Congress in Aug - Business World

• Banks extend P71 billion loans to MSMEs during lockdown - Philippine Star

• House sets 3-step strategy for economic recovery - Philippine Star

• Senators expect ‘realistic, comprehensive’ plan to stop COVID-19 in Duterte’s SONA - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• No new tax next year – Dominguez - Manila Bulletin

• Poe seeks tax incentives for frontline, pro-bono doctors - Manila Bulletin

• VP Robredo expects Duterte plan for COVID-19 recovery in 5th SONA - ABS-CBN News

• World Bank eyes more loans to Philippines - Philippine Star

• Bayanihan 2 will be certified as urgent – Palace - Philippine Star

• Budget ceiling hiked - Philippine Star

• ‘Economic slump likely bottomed out in May’ - Philippine Star

• ADB puts on pipeline $4.2 billion for Philippine projects - Philippine Star

• Isko gives hotels, motels tax incentives - Philippine Star

• Government mulls subsidies for EV production… - Philippine Star

• Rice tariff collections exceed P10-B target - Business World

• Diokno: No need to sell assets to buy vaccines - Business Mirror

• BSP’s Diokno ready to endorse ARISE as multiyear fiscal plan - Business Mirror

• Ramped up production of PPEs thru tax exemption sought by Imee - Manila Bulletin

• DOF gets backing from manufacturers on easing lockdowns in NCR, other economic hubs - GMA News

• Ressa pleads not guilty in tax evasion case - Philippine Star

• Budget surplus posted in June despite rising pandemic costs - Philippine Star

• CTA turns down sugar trader’s P13.4M tax refund petition - Manila Bulletin

• Foreign direct investments plunge in April - Business World

• PHL foreign debt load half of Asian financial crisis levels - Business World

• Take ‘offensive’ strategies to boost economy, solon tells national government - Business Mirror

• Ban on unlisted online sale of ‘sin’ products backed - Manila Times

• PEZA announces plans for skills training institute as first university ecozone launches - Business World

• DOF: Cha-cha move interesting initiative, merits further study - Business Mirror

• Duterte: Gov’t ready to borrow money, sell properties to purchase anti-COVID vaccine - Manila Bulletin

• ‘How much is needed to jumpstart economy?’, Drilon asks DOF, House to reconcile figures - Manila Bulletin

• Court junks P3.7 billion tax case vs. Robinson’s Land Corp. - GMA News

• Finance dep’t says small businesses can also be aided by keeping credit cheap - Business World

• US COVID-19 aid to PH now worth P978-M - ABS-CBN News

• More than half of PHL firms uncertain of recovery: survey - Business World

• Philippines, World Bank sign agrarian reform loan agreement - Philippine Star

• Biz groups, foreign chambers support 27 reforms pending in Congress - Manila Times

• Salceda eyes tax incentives for local health innovators - Business Mirror

• House panel to convene after SONA to tackle mayors’ ‘Cha-cha’ proposals - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• T-bill rates continued to fall Monday - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• LGUs seek larger share from national taxes - Manila Bulletin

• Economic stimulus bills get top priority in Congress - Philippine Star

• Debt service payments drop by 10% in May - Business World

• Ecozone investments to shrink this year - Business World

• PSE approves Philippines’ first REIT IPO - GMA News

• EU to “reorient” €15 million in grants for PHL pandemic response - Business World

• Ayala Group head calls for stronger gov’t support for MSMEs amid pandemic - Business Mirror

• Palace won’t call for special session on stimulus package - Philippine Star

• Moody’s keeps investment-grade rating for PH despite pandemic - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Sotto pushes OK of medical scholarship bill, 4 other measures - Manila Bulletin

• ‘Sin’ tax collections bounce back in June - Business World

• BOI-approved foreign investments drop 73% in first half as virus spook investors - Philippine Star

• Gov’t borrowings swell to P1.51T - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Bank secrecy lifting pushed to avoid financial fraud - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• New law to boost gold purchases – BSP - Philippine Star

• DOF sees jump in cybercrime under new normal - Philippine Star

• Hotels, motels that lodged health workers for free to get P100-K tax credit from Manila city gov’t - Manila Bulletin

• House rejects ABS-CBN plea to extend franchise - Business World

• Infrastructure program to create 1-M jobs once construction regains momentum - Business World

• Stimulus package complete, but Palace undecided on special session - Philippine Star

• BIR to refund VAT on imported meds for diabetes, cholesterol, hypertension - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Economic managers: We will overcome this crisis - Philippine Star

• Senate ‘not keen’ on special session, says Sotto - Manila Bulletin

• Indonesia imposes 10% value-added tax on Amazon, Google, Netflix and Spotify - Business World

• Responding to COVID-19 from a transfer pricing perspective - Business World

• DOF assures: PH borrowings ‘manageable’ and ‘affordable’ - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PEZA fears some companies might leave because of global recession - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DoF warns vs incurring ‘unmanageable debt’ - Business World

• PEZA expecting to approve P2B in new investments - Business World

• More benefits for work-from-home employees sought - Philippine Star

• DTI backs sin products online sale ban if… - Philippine Star

• ‘Sin’ products sold online up for tax audit - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Online sellers of ‘sin’ products should check customers’ ages - Business World

• ‘Junk food’ tax eyed for COVID funds - Philippine Star

• Tolentino urges tax deductions for work-from-home employees - Manila Bulletin

• Gov't mulls ban on online sale of cigarettes, liquor - Business World

• COA rejects P377M worth of tax credits granted to four textile firms - Business World

• BIR tweaks requirements for POGOs securing tax clearance - Business World

• Government calls for special Bayanihan session - Philippine Star

• BIR, Customs collections rise in June - Business World

• Japan extends P23.5 billion loan to Philippines - Philippine Star

• Over 70% of PEZA firms enjoying tax perks back to business - Philippine Star

• Defensor wants Congress to check tax-related issues of other broadcast firms - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Globe mobile wallet to charge ‘convenience fee’ - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• ABS-CBN not tax delinquent, says BIR - Business World

• E-payments account for 77% of BIR’s H1 collections - Philippine Star

• Palace in no hurry to pass Bayanihan Act 2 - Philippine Star

June 2020

• Government debt nears P9 trillion in end-May - Philippine Star

• ADB OKs $26.5 million loan for Philippines - Philippine Star

• Good riddance, senators tell departing POGOs - Philippine Star

• Deadline extended for filing VAT refund claims - Philippine Star

• Businesses that donate online learning tools to get tax perks - Philippine Daily Inquirer
  

• POGOs can leave if unable to pay taxes, says Roque - Manila Bulletin

• ADB to assist LGUs boost revenues - Manila Bulletin

• LGUs’ share from tobacco tax can reach P21 billion - Business World

• CREATE: Tax reform response to COVID-19 - Business World

• ARTA: Taxpayers satisfied with BIR - Philippine Star

• Imported PPEs lose tax-free perk, but VAT refund claim deadlines extended - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• TIEZA dangles tax perks for tourism - Philippine Star

• No new tax bills - Philippine Star

• Moody’s: Policies not enough to offset recession risks - Philippine Star

• DOF flags fiscal loopholes in bills creating sole OFW agency - Philippine Star

• More POGOs are shutting down - Philippine Star

• Regulation of e-commerce industry pushed - Philippine Star

• DOF probing POGOs operating without paying taxes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Gov’t presses registration of all online sellers - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Hontiveros: Suspend online seller tax - Philippine Star

• POGOs should pay 5 percent franchise tax – Rep. Barbers - Manila Bulletin

• Dominguez lauds BIR’s digital tax reforms - Manila Bulletin

• P2.5B collected so far from tax amnesty – BIR - Business World

• Watsons’ P430-M tax assessment cancelled - Business World

• BIR mulls extension of online seller registration - Philippine Star

• CREATE: Tax reform response to COVID-19 - Business World

• Subsistence online entrepreneurs must register, pay taxes – BIR - Manila Bulletin

• Government in no hurry for new revenue sources – DOF - Philippine Star

• Foreign businessmen push economic bills in Congress - Philippine Star

• All POGOs subject to franchise tax - Philippine Star

• Bloggers, filmmakers earning from digital ads required to register - Manila Bulletin

• SC invalidates BIR circular levying taxes imposed on condo unit owners’ dues. charges - Manila Bulletin

• Lower sin tax yields to affect UHC funding only in 2022, DBM says - Business World

• Another oil price hike implemented this week - Philippine Star

• BIR to tax media streaming platforms, wholesale suppliers not small online sellers – official - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Palace wants a stimulus package that government can afford - Philippine Star

• BIR reports delay in reopening of POGOs - Manila Bulletin

• BIR collection target reduced a further 23% - Business World

• BIR, BOC collections down 50% - Philippine Star

• Ecozone investments drop 32% in 5 months - Philippine Star

• Online MSMEs ‘saviors of economy’ - Philippine Star

• Let pandemic pass before online sellers register businesses with BIR - Solon - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Jica to lend $2.35B to PH in 2020 for infra, COVID-19 response - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR registration of online sellers meant to protect consumers - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Delinquent taxpayers given Dec. 31 deadline - Manila Bulletin

• PEZA seeking P100 billion in stimulus money - Business World

• Online seller told: DTI registration only for regulation - Philippine Star

• Palace passes buck on taxing online sellers to Aquino admin - Philippine Star

• Give online sellers financial assistance - Robredo - Philippine Star

• BIR: Only 24.9 percent of large taxpayers paid ahead of June 15 deadline - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Pangilinan says taxing online sellers ‘unjust and heartless’ - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Taxing online business costlier, says Gatchalian - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax-wary online merchants reminded of perks that come with gov’t registration - Business World

• Exporters back stimulus plan to support investors, MSMEs - Philippine Star

• Philippines sees significant shift to e-commerce - Philippine Star

• Senators buck plan to tax online sellers - Business World

• Micro entrepreneurship in a pandemic - Philippine Star

• Chua: Economic recovery remains ‘very uncertain’ - Philippine Star

• BIR removes mayor’s permit in new business registration - Philippine Star

• Tax exemptions sought for micro online businesses - Philippine Star

• Rice tariff collections hit P7.96B in end-May - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Dominguez allays online sellers’ fears on BIR registration - Manila Bulletin

• Spare small online sellers, BIR urged - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR eyes higher tax take from online sellers - Business World

• PAGCOR hopes to reopen POGOs this month - Philippine Star

• Call special session to pass stimulus bill, Duterte urged - Philippine Star

• Renovation of tourism enterprises gets tax perks - Philippine Star

• Globe, Innove sustain increase in tax payments in 2019 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• No revenue sources, no stimulus package - Philippine Star

• ‘Economic stimulus bills fiscally unsustainable’ - Philippine Star

• Business recommends 10 economic recovery steps - Manila Bulletin

• GOCC eyed to invest in struggling firms - Business World

• DOF seeks DOJ help to resolve Congress deadlock on funding stimulus - Philippine Star

• Due to ECQ bans, tax collections from ‘sin’ products continue slide in May - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• High unemployment seen temporary - Manila Bulletin

• Ease of tax filing and payment during community quarantine - Business World

• DST collections expected to drop this year - Philippine Star

• Philippine economy to shrink by 4% - Business World

• DOF to consult private sector on COVID recovery plan - Philippine Star

• Special session sought for stimulus bills - Philippine Star

• Misconceptions about POGO - Philippine Star

• Don’t blame us for stalled COVID aid bill - Senate - Philippine Star

• House OKs P2.8-T stimulus package - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Inflation eased to 6-month low of 2.1% in May - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Chua: Gov’t can’t fund stimulus packages worth trillions of pesos - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Senate admits defeat on passing CREATE before break, promises approval by August - Business World

• Congress to go on break with stimulus in limbo, anti-terrorism bill prioritized - Philippine Star

• Former government officials push bill - Philippine Star

• House Oks proposed P1.3-T economic stimulus package in response to COVID-19 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PH stimulus package among lowest in Asia - Manila Bulletin

• Foreign investment pledges shrink - Manila Bulletin

• Government eyes VAT on digital services - Philippine Star

• Corporate tax cut by July unlikely - Business World

• Take 3 on Package 2 - Business World

• PEZA calls for status quo on incentives in CREATE bill - Business World

• Roque – Premature to link Chinese-staffed POGOs, unregistered clinics for Chinese patients - Philippine Star

• REIT rules revamped - Philippine Star

• Proposed tax reform in a time of pandemic - Business World

• Senate to pass Bayanihan, CITIRA bills this week - Philippine Star

• Real estate sector braces for POGO closures - Philippine Star

• P1 billion fake cigarettes, tax stamps seized - Philippine Star

• Foreign businesses seek five more years to keep tax perks - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Indonesia keeps palm oil - Business World

• Business groups, exporters want corporate income tax cut to 20% by 2025 - Business World

May 2020

• S&P recognizes PH’s sound economy - Manila Bulletin

• How to catch investment fallout from China - Philippine Star

• Create - Business World

• An appeal to Congress to pass CREATE - Business World

• Lopez firms among top taxpayers in 2019 - Philippine Star

• DTI, businesses push for passage of CREATE - Philippine Star

• Health crisis not the time to ‘experiment’ on tax perks – PEZA - Philippine Star

• Unused tax credit certificates to be converted to cash after a year - Business World

• Sin tax collections down in 4 months - Philippine Star

• P2.2 trillion in losses – Cost of COVID-19 impact on PH economy - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• 32 business groups call for urgent passage of CREATE - Manila Bulletin

• Bailouts tied to firms’ ability to raise bank financing- Business World

• Special session proposed to pass CREATE bill - Business World

• Company with foreign firms as clients says CREATE not in its ‘best form’ - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• FDI up 12% in January - Philippine Star

• Sotto files economic stimulus bill prioritizing mass testing - Philippine Star

• Cigarette smuggling - Philippine Star

• Budget swings to deficit in April - Business World

• Dollar reserves seen reaching $94 billion this year - Business World

• Are we ready for a tax on digital services - Business World

• Restarting - Philippine Star

• Bitter mix – Liquor bans, ECQ bring sin taxes down by nearly 100 percent - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• CREATE bill approval by June 3 seen possible - Business World

• Differing stimulus tack puts virus recovery plan into question - Philippine Star

• Special Congress session eyed to pass post-pandemic stimulus bills - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PCCI urges immediate passage of CREATE bill - Manila Bulletin

• Tax on snacks eyed anew - Philippine Star

• Philippines alcohol imports seen to rise despite higher tax - Philippine Star

• DOF studies proposal to tax digital economy - Philippine Star

• BIR allows paying taxes in banks outside RDO amid MECQ - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR – No POGOs can resume operations as not one has fully paid taxes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PH to abandon ‘one-size-fits-all’ incentives - Manila Bulletin

• Digital economy tax not new – Dominguez - Manila Bulletin

• DOF launching OF Bank, E-invoicing project in Q3 - Manila Bulletin

• BOI cites better tax perks in CREATE - Manila Bulletin

• BIR cites gov’t cash crunch in rejecting further extensions - Business World

• Catching up with digital economy - Philippine Star

• Bicam not needed for ‘fiscally sound’ Senate CITIRA - Philippine Star

• Philippines to use contact tracing tech from Google - Philippine Star

• DOF urges Senate to pass CREATE bill - Manila Bulletin

• On hold: Quarantine tax assessments - Business World

• Debt-to-GDP ratio eases to 41.8% in 1st quarter - Philippine Star

• Tax collections down 21.5% to P706.8 billion in Jan to April - Philippine Star

• LGUs to get higher IRA next year - Philippine Star

• No need for bicam if Senate passes ‘fiscally sound’ CITIRA - Business World

• Sec. Chua’s plan for recovery - Philippine Star

• April taxes plummet amid crisis - Business World

• Digital service tax could generate P29B in revenues - Business World

• ‘Kill Bill’ says Locsin on Salceda proposal to tax Netflix, digital services - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Ayala pays P9.9 billion in taxes to boost gov’t outbreak response - Philippine Star

• DOF payouts reach beneficiaries faster with data - Philippine Star

• Philexport supports cut in corporate income tax rate to 25% - Philippine Star

• Helping distressed firms - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• POGOs form task force vs NOGOS - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF wants 20% corporate tax by 2027 - Manila Bulletin

• 2020 Tax filing: A whole new level of extraordinary - Business World

• Higher pump prices seen - Philippine Star

• Travel, tourism sectors lead relief package list - Philippine Star

• CIT cut to give firms P625-B windfall - Manila Bulletin

• PEZA seeks status quo on ecozone incentives - Philippine Star

• DOF – Economic recovery depends on government capacity to manage - Philippine Star

• DBCC cuts revenue, disbursement program - Philippine Star

• Gov’t unveils COVID-19 recovery plan - Business World

• No more tax deadline extension as gov’t in dire need of funds - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF to finance training of badly needed contact tracers - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Economic team dangles 25 percent corporate tax in COVID-19 recovery package - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Biggest economic decline since waning years of Marcos regime seen - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF willing to drastically cut CIT - Manila Bulletin

• DoF proposes revisions to CITIRA bill - Business World

• Oil firms hike gas prices by P2 - Philippine Star

• Budget deficit inches up in March - Business World

• DOF: Undisrupted supply chain to further inflation easing - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Gov’t tax take under amnesty program hit P 3.68B as of March - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR issues guidelines for POGO resumption - Philippine Star

• Good and bad eggs - Philippine Star

• Declare now, pay later - Philippine Star

• For COVID, MVP Group advances tax payments - Philippine Star

• How many POGOs have unpaid taxes? ‘Marami, halos lahat’ says BIR chief - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Palace mulls supplemental budget to fund COVID plan - Philippine Star

• Government drafts plans for V-shape recovery - Philippine Star

• PH inflation eases to 5-month low in April - Manila Bulletin

• Duterte hikes tariff on imported oil, refined petroleum - Philippine Star

• ‘Billions in franchise tax lost if POGOs reclassified as BPOs’ - Philippine Star

• CITIRA faces ‘tweaks’ to maximize potential as stimulus measure - Business World

• Senate to pass CITIRA for business recovery - Philippine Star

• ITR payment deadline extended anew - Business World

March 2020

• Business supports Senate’s CITIRA - Manila Bulletin

• Bill proposing increases in road users tax passes 2nd reading in the House - Manila Bulletin

• PH mulls fiscal, monetary actions - Manila Bulletin

• WTO suspends dispute settlement meeting over PH-Thai cigarette tax row - Manila Bulletin

• DoF scrambles to save CITIRA with Senate determined to pass COVID-19 measures - Business World

• Waivers as bilateral agreements - Business World

• A corporate tax and incentive reform? - Manila Bulletin

• PH slams Thailand’s sly trick in tax case before WTO - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PEZA companies experiencing supply delays - Manila Bulletin

• Government spending to soften virus blow – analysts - Business World

• CITIRA: Are we there yet? - Business World

• Denial of Nokia’s tax refund claim affirmed - Business World

• Court sides with FPIC on tax liabilities - Business World

• CITIRA’s passage: Light at the end of the tunnel - Business World

• Foreign nationals and the taxman - Business World

February 2020

• DOF: Only registered imported vapes can enter PH - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax hikes increase price burden on the poor - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Keeping products but losing jobs - Philippine Star

• Pernia lauds new sin tax law enactment - Manila Bulletin

• CITIRA to bring in $12-B FDI on first year - Salceda - Manila Bulletin

• Tobacco tax collections rise 8% in 2019 to P147.5 billion - DoF - Business World

• CTA en banc upholds cancellation of P46.2 – M tax deficiency - Business World

• Tax court denies Deutsche Knowledge appeal over cancelled refund claim - Business World

• Ayala firm listing to boost REITs - Philippine Star

• BIR shuts down first tax-evading POGO firm - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Approved CITIRA addresses concerns of stakeholders - DOF - Philippine Star

• Excise tax collection to hit P332 billion - DOF - Philippine Star

• BIR exempts small-scale gold miners from taxes - Philippine Star

• Investment pledges hit record high - Business World

• PH braces for lower tax take, imports due to COVID-19 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR after big, but fake co-ops - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Taxpayer power: A road to ease of doing business - Business World

• Senate body approves CITIRA bill - Business World

• BIR exempts from income, excise taxes the sale of gold to BSP - Manila Bulletin

• Serves you right! - Philippine Star

• DOF urges passage of CITIRA bill before Congress adjourns - Philippine Star

• Second chance at tax amnesty on delinquency - Business World

• Tax paid fuel marked by gov’t breaches 3B liters - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Lower tax collection seen in Jan.-Feb. - Business World

• Abetting human trafficking - Philippine Star

• BIR’s e-payments nearly doubled in 2019 - Manila Bulletin

• Palace to run after erring POGOs - Manila Bulletin

• CITIRA unlikely to be passed in March - Business World

• Recalibrating the Framework for LGU Joint Ventures - Business World

• Concepcion Industrial after-tax profit up 27% - Business World

• IMF wants tax evasion covered by AMLA - Business World

• POGOs' unpaid taxes hit P50 billion - Philippine Star

• Senate panel wants online gaming halt over tax issues - Business World

• CTA allows inspection of Smart’s documents over tax deficiencies - Business World

• Who said that the world is unfair? - Philippine Star

• DOF justifies expansion of FIRB mandate - Philippine Star

• BIR gives Valentine’s gift amidst nCov - Business World

• Ayala Land to test local REIT market - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Gov’t to audit oil firms’ tax compliance - Manila Bulletin

• DoF eyes P20 billion in additional taxes from fuel marking program - Business World

• PAL’s P897-M tax refund over fuel imports affirmed - Business World

• BIR loses to Taganito in tax claim - Business World

• More fiscal reforms needed for ‘A’ rating - Business World

• A reform long overdue - Business World

• New investment vehicle - Philippine Star

• Gov’t hopeful on passage of 3 tax packages this year - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Cayetano asks Senate to pass CITIRA soon - Business World

• A closer look at IFRIC 23 and the challenges that lie ahead - Business World

• DOF asks Bureau of Custom to allow e-cigarette imports - Manila Bulletin

• Assessment and 2019 nCoV - Business World

• BIR pushes 8-percent income tax option to taxpayers - Manila Bulletin

• Juul seeks clarification on e-cigarette importation - Philippine Star

• Transfer pricing and tax avoidance: What does the CITIRA bill say? - Business World

• Sugar sector hopes to get TRAIN revenue share - Manila Bulletin

January 2020

• BIR issues tax rules on REIT - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax Effort rises to 22-year high - Philippine Star

• Tax effort best in two decades amid crackdown on tax evasion, smuggling - Business World

• Gaining certainty on uncertain tax positions for financial reporting - Business World

• Gov’t eyes P37B in sin taxes this year for health care - Business World

• Energy regulator approves reduction in feed-in tariff allowance - Business World

• Feeling gREITful - Business World

• Tax court sides with Lepanto in refund case - Business World

• BIR to file criminal charges vs. CPAs signing records of dubious taxpayers - Manila Bulletin

• DOE closely watching new excise tax implementation - Manila Bulletin

• JUUL PH to comply with new ‘sin’ tax law - Manila Bulletin

• Customs nets P20.58B in smuggled goods - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Sin tax law on e-cigarettes ‘will save youths’ - Philippine Star

• PEZA proposes CITIRA enhancements - Philippine Star

• Rising from the ashes: How to claim tax relief from Taal’s unrest - Business World

• DoE monitoring implementation of fuel excise tax hike - Business World

• POGO tax collections in 2019 rise nearly 170% to P6.42B - Business World

• LGU tax collections in 9 months to Sept. top P200B - Business World

• Higher FDI seen with CITIRA in place - Business World

• PEZA bucks creation of incentives review body - Manila Bulletin

• Tax issue hounds NAIA rehab talks - Philippine Star

• Will a taxpayer’s bill of rights help? (Part 2) - Philippine Star

• Budget delay pulled down PH growth in 2019 – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• 3 former DOF execs cleared in tax credit scam - Philippine Star

• Duterte vetoes provision of new sin tax law - Business World

• Mandatory disclosure: Is there really closure? - Business World

• Abolish the travel tax - Business World

• Oil firms hike excise taxes in 500 stations - Manila Bulletin

• Shell, PTT implement last tranche of fuel excise tax - Philippine Star

• Blessed with income tax incentives, it pays to know your compliance requirements - Business World

• DOF: REIT to spur investments - Manila Bulletin

• Will a taxpayer’s bill of rights help? - Philippine Star

• PEZA offers relief to ecozone firms - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR exempts BSP from income taxes - Philippine Star

• PEZA expects higher investments if ‘investor-friendly’ CITIRA is passed - Business World

• BIR sets goals for regional offices; Makati told to collect P129.5B - Business World

• Estate tax amnesty for non-resident Pinoys: Yay or nay? - Business World

• Copper miner’s P164-M tax refund claim dismissed - Business World

• Implementing rules on real estate investment trust ready for signing - Business World

• Tax appeals court cancels URC’s P2-B assessment - Business World

• DoF to seek lower DST, warns TIEZA could lose travel tax - Business World

• New sin tax law, CITIRA seen OK’d soon - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Can PAN be the new FAN? - Business World

• ‘World-class’ healthcare system seen with ‘sin’ tax - Manila Bulletin

• Gov’t on track to bring down poverty rate to 14% by 2022 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Valenzuela extends period for availing of tax relief - Business World

• Are you a top withholding agent? - Business World

• BIR, Customs miss collection targets in 2019 - Manila Bulletin

• DOF hikes LGUs’ 2020 collection goal to P307B - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Veto sought for part of sin tax bill - Business World

• Efficient oil tax credit for ecozones pushed - Manila Bulletin

• Dominguez: Tax perks only for investors - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Government collects P12.3 billion from rice tariffs - Philippine Star

• Philexport supports graduated corporate income tax - Philippine Star

• Bill to exempt overtime pay from income tax gains Senate support - Manila Bulletin

• A new year for us and for CITIRA - Business World

• 3rd tranche of TRAIN law to further jack up fishers’ costs - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Lack of clarity on corporate tax reform seen dampening foreign direct investments – HSBC - Business World

• DOE to check oil importation notices with new excise taxes - Manila Bulletin

• PEZA: Higher investments likely with CITIRA passage - Philippine Star

• Senate bill seeking to make overtime pay tax-exempt - Business World

• Gov’t monitoring oil prices as new round of fuel excise taxes take effect - Business World

• DoF expects double-taxation deal with Cambodia soon - Business World

• A clear 2020 vision: New Year requirements - Business World

• NGCP tariffs seen tracking continuous downtrend - Manila Bulletin

• BIR starts fuel marking rollout - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax reform waiting game - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• 'Suspend fuel excise tax amid Middle East tension' - Philippine Star

• Who said that the world is unfair? - Philippine Star

• Seminar on new year tax updates, remedies - Philippine Star

• REIT expected to finalize take off this year - Philippine Star

• FPH bucks order to pay P1.21B in back taxes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax appeals court sides with toll firm in P50-million case - Business World

• BIR sets P2.5 T tax collection goal this year - Manila Bulletin

• DOF prods Congress on other CTRP bills - Manila Bulletin

• SC ruling frees PSALM of P9.6-B VAT payments - Manila Bulletin

• Quezon City grants tax credit for real property owners - Philippine Star

December 2019

• Price control, fare control and tax decontrol - Business World

• BIR tops P2-trillion collection mark - Manila Bulletin

• Imported donations will still be taxed – BOC - Manila Bulletin

• Finance chief hopeful ‘sin’ taxes yield enough funds for projects - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Higher ‘sin’ tax closes in on enactment - Business World

• DENR opposes taxing plastic bags by weight - Business World

• Revisiting taxation of onshore and offshore POGOs - Philippine Star

• Flash Report: Revised BIR reportorial requirements - Business World

• Senate to rush ‘sin’ tax increases ahead of break - Business World

• Exporters back taxing firms based on their income tiers - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DTI program to give manufacturers extra push - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Australian firms awaiting resolution of CITIRA uncertainty - Business World

• FDCP can’t use taxes as incentives – SC - Business World

• Scrap business tax provision in water concession deal – senator - Manila Bulletin

• Game changers in the digital economy’s taxation landscape - Business World

• DOF still hopeful on Congress OK of ‘sin’ tax bill - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PECO settles Iloilo City property tax obligations - Business World

• House passes measure taxing single-use plastic - Philippine Star

• Is it the start of something new? - Philippine Star

• Gov't loses P7.4B annually due to NGCP tax exemptions – Hontiveros - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• What’s next for taxpayers? - Business World

• Changing perks could halve jobs – SEIPI - Business World

• Gov’t expects to beat anti-poverty target for 2022 - Business World

• Act fast before the FAST Act interferes with US Passports - Business World

• We reach a critical point in rice tariffication - Business World

• Senate to approve ‘sin tax’ hike bill next week - Philippine Star

• Pass the tax bill now - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Congress should impose heavy tax vs single-use plastic bags – DENR - Manila Bulletin

• Approval of tax package before year’s end dims - Philippine Daily Inquirer

November 2019

• It’s asin to tax salt food - Philippine Star

• Government crackdown on POGOs yields additional $25 M revenues - Philippine Star

• China says CO2 border tax will damage global climate change fight - Reuters

• CTA upholds South Luzon Tollway stamp tax ruling - Business World

• House body sees prompt action on POGO tax - Business World

• Thailand given ultimatum to align cigar tax - Manila Bulletin

• Tax bureau outlines 2020 priorities - Business World

• DOF: Rice tariff windfall to fund farmers’ subsidy program - Manila Bulletin

• Regulating and taxing POGOs - Philippine Star

• House approves real property valuation bill on third reading - Business World

• Accounting and tax perspectives for financial instruments – Part 2 - Business World

• The case for CITIRA’s lowering the Corporate Income Tax - Business World

• CTA orders BIR to return P1 billion in excess withholding tax to SM Investments Corp. - Manila Bulletin

• 10 to 15 MNC headquarters pull out of PH on tax issues - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF pushes e-cigarette tax bill amid product ban - Philippine Star

• Regional HQs fleeing Phl as tax perks scrapped - Philippine Star

• House resumes discussions on vape regulatory measures on vaping - Philippine Star

• Lawmakers: All POGOs should be taxed - Philippine Star

• P1B collected so far with tax amnesty under way - Business World

• Expanded maternity leaves make a difference - Business World

• DOF, OSG settle issue on taxation of POGOs - Manila Bulletin

• Tax on POGOs stays – BIR - Manila Bulletin

• Pagcor warns against overtaxing POGOs - Philippine Star

• A taxpayer’s last resort - Philippine Star

• House bill taxing POGOs hurdles panel - Philippine Star

• An overview of accounting and tax perspectives for financial instruments - Business World

• Finance dep’t asserts taxability of POGOs despite OSG opinion - Business World

• Bill seeks tax exemption for gov’t performance bonuses - Business World

• Phillip Morris: heated cigarette tax should reflect 'lower risk' - Business World

• France to end tax breaks for palm oil in biofuel - Business World

• DoF proposes sugar miller incentives as alternatives to liberalized imports - Business World

• Sugar industry awaits TRAIN Law benefits - Manila Bulletin

• Senate chief says approval of higher ‘sin’ tax rates within the year ‘possible’ - Business World

• What you need to know about the US Tax ID Number or ITIN - Business World

• Gov’t on alert on rice smuggling, hoarding - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF sees passage of ‘sin’ tax hike bill by year-end - Philippine Star

• Index plunges below 8,000 on Trump’s new tariff threat - Philippine Star

• Bill raising ‘sin’ taxes certified as urgent - Philippine Star

• House panel OKs 90% road tax increase - Philippine Star

• Input VAT attributable to zero-rated sales: Gross income deductible? - Philippine Star

• Is a PHL Tax Residency Certificate relevant to my corporation? - Business World

• Healthy fiscal condition seen sustaining growth - Manila Bulletin

• Cayetano bats for higher sin tax on alcohol to discourage binge drinking - Manila Bulletin

• DOF won’t tax salty food products - Philippine Star

• Tax effort improves to near record high - Philippine Star

• New guidelines for tax exemption of non-stock non-profits - Business World

• Inflation and electricity prices - Business World

• Senate to insist on higher excise rates for alcohol, e-cigarettes - Business World

• Changing times for PEZA Locators - Business World

• Sin tax on salty foods - Philippine Star

• Accounting for and taxation of finance and operating lease - Business World

• Taxing salty processed foods could save 50,000 lives a year - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Salt tax? Why not healthier food, says group - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Solon brands planned tax on salt as ‘insensitive’ - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• House minority bloc opposes salt tax - Philippine Star

• Grand slam for tax reforms - Business World

• House readies priority bills as session resumes - Manila Bulletin

• Study nixes regulation on shipping lines’ fees - Manila Bulletin

October 2019

• DoH makes pitch for sin taxes to close UHC funding gap - Business World

• Joint exploration talks convene in Beijing - Business World

• Deferred income tax complications under CITIRA - Business World

• A buoyant tax system - Manila Bulletin

• More Filipinos dragged into poverty by higher taxes under TRAIN - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOH eyes ‘sin tax’ on salt to curb diseases - Philippine Star

• Bill outlines tax perks for corporate farming - Business World

• Accounting and taxation of short-term leases and lease for low-value assets - Business World

• CITIRA: Lopsided reform package - Philippine Star

• Recapitalization and reincorporation under CITIRA - Philippine Star

• Task force formed to study gross-based taxation - Philippine Star

• Is there a sweet spot in the new tax laws? - Business World

• Next head of Asian Development Bank backs UHC, free university as inclusive measures - Business World

• Farmers frown on P5,000 grants from rice import tax - Philippine Star

• BIR releases rules on TRC issuance - Philippine Star

• Dominguez confident gov’t to hit 2019 spending target - Manila Bulletin

• Higher tariff on rice imports off the table for now - Philippine Star

• Industry groups, foreign chambers seek 15-year CITIRA transition - Philippine Star

• PEZA finalizes CITIRA bill compromise - Manila Bulletin

• NEDA nixes additional tariffs on rice imports - Philippine Star

• DOF favors uniform road user tax - Philippine Star

• UN report says non-tariff measures ‘burdensome’ - Business World

• Altech agrees to pay tax liabilities - Business World

• Rice tariffs top P15 billion, exceed RCEF requirement - Business World

• House to probe POGO issues next month - Philippine Star

• A deserved tax break for working mothers - Business World

• Problematic exemption from Citira - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• The unsettled rule on attribution to zero-rated sales in VAT refund claims - Philippine Star

• CDA encouraging co-ops to go into business despite BIR scrutiny - Business World

• Bill hopes to tap road tax to fund mass transit - Business World

• Banana tariffs a sticking point in South Korea free trade deal - Business World

• Is there a sweet spot in the new tax laws? - Business World

• Sovereign tax on mining excites Dominguez - Manila Bulletin

• New mining tax regime not happening this year - Manila Bulletin

• Ecozone developers want ‘ahead’ tax perks - Manila Bulletin

• BIR padlocks another POGO for evading taxes - Business World

• PHL makes new request to reduce Japan banana tariffs - Business World

• Second tax reform package needs labor consultations – TUCP - Philippine Star

• Filipino-Chinese chamber declares support for CITIRA - Business World

• Substance over new BIR Form - Business World

• PBC supports CITIRA with longer transition period - Manila Bulletin

• Dominguez stands firm on CITIRA’s 5-year transition - Manila Bulletin

• Maternity benefits now tax-free – Hontiveros - Philippine Star

• TRAIN revenue beats target by 6.8% in first half - Business World

• Cooperatives in taxmen’s sights - Business World

• Dominguez orders BIR audit of cooperatives - Manila Bulletin

• TRAIN overshoots target on income tax savings - Manila Bulletin

• Tax arbitrage at 50% - Philippine Star

• DOF wants bank secrecy lifted by Congress - Manila Bulletin

• House backs relaxation of bank secrecy - Business World

• CTA cancels BIR’s tax deficiency claims against San Miguel Foods - Business World

• POGO tax compliance improving in September - Business World

• BIR sees higher POGO compliance amid stricter enforcement - Philippine Star

• The Rice Tariffication Law: amidst the sound and fury - Business World

• House open to longer phase-out period for tax perks - Philippine Star

• Guidelines for foreign workers in the Philippines - Business World

• DOF, BSP ask Congress to lift bank secrecy - Manila Bulletin

• PEZA now supports the CITIRA bill - Manila Bulletin

• DoF says faster corporate tax reduction a risk to credit rating - Business World

• Safety nets urged in case CITIRA results in ‘unintended consequences’ - Business World

• Agriculture group calls for more tariff protection for rice - Business World

• SEC issues new requirements for REIT fund managers - Philippine Star

• Pagcor failure in POGO's governance - Philippine Star

• Lawmakers cite priorities in remaining session days - Business World

• Do fiscal incentives predict foreign direct investments? - Business World

• BIR warns delinquent POGOs anew - Manila Bulletin

• SEC eases rules on REIT - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax agency sues 17 companies for failing to pay P700 million in taxes - Business World

• Taxman shuts down restaurants serving POGO workers - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Taxes on traditional and e-cigarettes must be equivalent - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Managing the import duty impact of CITIRA - Business World

• POGO firm reopens after pledging to settle tax arrears - Philippine Star

• Japan raises sales tax to 10% amid signs economy weakening - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR taps PayMaya for online tax payment - Manila Bulletin

• End of a heartbreak: A historic breather - Philippine Star

• DTI wants at least $1 billion threshold for FIRB review - Philippine Star

September 2019

• DoF sees firms redeploying tax savings to expansion - Business World

• Optimistic changes in dividends tax for NRFCs - Business World

• DTI bats for longer CITIRA transition period - Manila Bulletin

• Salceda proposes new, higher mining taxes - Manila Bulletin

• Sotto finds additional tax on e-cigs a ‘bit high’ - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF: Investors becoming less reliant on incentives - Philippine Star

• New mining tax regime pushed in House - Philippine Star

• Excise tax share of DOH, Philhealth short by P28.3 B based on proposed 2020 budget – Recto - Manila Bulletin

• Foreign investors told to pay taxes, give workers the 'right salaries’ - Manila Bulletin

• TRAIN revenues exceed targets in first half – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Businesses: Farmers’ plight ‘birth pains’ of promising rice tariffication law - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Privately run gaming sector seen to yield P300 billion revenues - Philippine Star

• BIR shuts tax-dodging Pogo service provider - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Senate thumbs down proposal to scrap VAT, TRAIN taxes on fuel - Manila Bulletin
  

• DOF: PH top choice for Singaporean investors - Manila Bulletin

• Difficulties seen over tax reform differences - Business World

• Tax plan seen causing 700,000 job losses - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Not everyone’s option - Business World

• Building on the BIR’s achievements - Business World

• Budget deficit narrows as spending target sputters - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax appeals court affirms San Miguel refund claim, but nixes new trial - Business World

• House to question Senate’s proposed tax on vaping devices, prefers to tax refills - Business World

• Mining taxes eyed for sovereign wealth fund - Business World

• Ecozone developers facing supply glut - Manila Bulletin

• PMI wants ‘risk proportion’ tobacco tax - Manila Bulletin

• Former economic officials back passage of tax reform measures - Philippine Star

• 'Alcohol tax hike to weigh down government reserves’ - Philippine Star

• Bicameral showdown expected over final form of CITIRA - Business World

• Distilled spirits makers warn excessive taxation could depress demand, harm government revenue - Business World

• Tax reforms make their way through Senate panel - Business World

• Key legislator calls GIE ecozone perks major source of tax leakage - Business World

• Shift to gross tax system will not stop corruption – BIR officials - Manila Bulletin

• Taxing the gig economy - Philippine Star

• Senate to go through corporate tax reform with a ‘fine-toothed comb’ - Business World

• BIR ready to conduct transfer pricing audits - Business World

• Meralco to rebid 1,200 MW contract - Philippine Star

• Crackdown on unlicensed, tax evading Pogos set - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Government to start crackdown on delinquent POGOs - Philippine Star

• Reduced corporate tax bill to create 1.6M jobs – lawmakers - Philippine Star

• PEZA-approved investments up 8% in Jan-Aug - Philippine Star

• DOF submits lower P17.3 B budget for 2020 - Philippine Star

• Tariff agency reviews extension of dumping duty on Turkish flour - Philippine Star

• Gov’t to study shift to gross income taxation - Manila Bulletin

• House OKs 2nd tax reform package - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax exemptions for nonprofit club fees - Business World

• Senate needs more convincing on e-cigarette firms’ bid for separate tax - Business World

• Meralco concludes another successful CSP - Philippine Star

• Plaza doesn’t think she’s getting fired - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Duterte: Change tax computation, eliminate Customs brokers - Philippine Star

• Malaysia, Singapore studying ‘success’ of PHL sugar tax on beverages – Finance dep’t - Business World

• Thai appeals WTO’s favorable ruling on PH cigar tax dispute - Manila Bulletin

• BIR destroys cigarette-making machines, fake cigarettes - Manila Bulletin

• Rice tariffication law amendment sought - Philippine Star

• House committee endorses P4.1-trillion budget - Business World

• BIR to save P230 M from new tax payment facility - Philippine Star

• Measure seeks initial tax exemption, contract protections for freelancers - Business World

• Ex-DOF execs acquitted of tax credit scam - Philippine Star

• DOF wants incentives reviewed every 2 years - Manila Bulletin

• Party-list representative slams 'self-serving' tax bill - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Dominguez wants biennial audit of tax perks to weed out undeserving firms - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PCC: Plan to tax imports might derail probe on cement ‘çartel’ - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Developers buck VAT on low-cost projects - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Peso weakens as fresh round of US-China tariffs take effect - Business World

• Here comes PIFITA - Business World

• Tax implications of PFRS 16 – Leases - Business World

• House rejects DTI proposal on phaseout of tax incentives - Philippine Star

• Foreign chambers back PEZA firms’ exemption from CITIRA bill - Business World

• CREBA urges Congress to keep VAT threshold on housing purchases - Philippine Star

• Distillers complain of unfair taxation compared to wine - Business World

• Farmers cry: Repeal rice tariffication law - Manila Bulletin

• Be warned of the dangers of a gross-based taxation - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Peza pushes bid to be independent - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Economic managers flag fiscal risks - Philippine Star

• Non-tariff measures eyed to protect agriculture sector - Philippine Star

• Alcohol industry wants fair treatment for all liquors - Philippine Star

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