2020 Tax News - Archive

November 2023

• DoF commits to provide LGUs with climate financing - Manila Times

• House committee OK’s amendments to CREATE law - Business World

• Rules on VAT immunity under CREATE issued - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Lawmaker: No funds set for autonomous Cordillera - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR issues rules on optional VAT registration - Manila Standard

• BIR’s 1% withholding tax for online backed - Business Mirror

• Philippines as a global tax leader - Business Mirror

• Economists bet on one more rate hike - Philippine Star

• BIR thanks DOF for recognizing tax collection efforts - Manila Bulletin

• Marcos vows to arrest inflation, ensure price stability - GMA News

• Small-farmer receipt exemption rules issued - Business World

• Cooperatives call for amendments to clarify tax exemption rules - Business World

• PBBM assures Barmm of help to achieve sustainable dev’t - Sunstar

• ADB loans PH $400 million to boost tax collection - ABS-CBN News

• CREATE MORE: Creating more troubles - Business World

• One percent tax on online sellers not new, BIR says - Manila Bulletin

• BPOs with full work-from-home schemes can keep tax perks in new House bill - Philippine Star

• PH joins framework to uphold tax fairness, promote int’l cooperation - Philippine News Agency

• Zubiri: Japan firms threatened to leave PH due to VAT refund issues - GMA News

• House set to approve CREATE law amendments bill next week - Philippine News Agency

• BPOs to be allowed full work-from-home schemes under House tax bill - ABS-CBN News

• Higher cap on VAT-free housing (second article) - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• How big is our tax gap? - Business Mirror

• Philippines needs collective action to address economic challenges - Philippine Star

• Inflation, interest rates seen moderating - Manila Times

• Rate hikes expected to impact growth more than inflation — analysts - Business World

• Outstanding debt slips to P14.27T - Business World

October 2023

• Philippines inflation likely eased in October – think tank - Philippine Star

• DOF: New law on income classification to aid LGUs' economy - Manila Bulletin

• Marcos signs law formalizing income classification of LGUs - Philippine Star

• Free trade deals help PH franchises grow - Manila Times

• House bill seeks to simplify VAT refund scheme for firms - Business Mirror

• DOF backs CREATE amendments - Philippine News Agency

• FIRB approves tax perks for 45 projects - Malaya Business Insight

• Farmers say lowered tariffs deprive industry of funding - Business World

• Incentivizing inclusive business models [Opinion] - Philippine Star

• When paying taxes, the simpler the better - Manila Times

• Sen. Villar cites co-ops’ role in boosting local economy devt - Business Mirror

• Gov’t faces costlier pandemic debts - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• No guarantee of stable prices if commission extends low tariffs - Business World

• Global tax collaboration - Business Mirror

• Malaysia to reduce subsidies, tax luxuries - Manila Times

• ASEAN sign agreement easing trade customs clearance - ABS-CBN News

• Batangas micro, small biz owners urged to form coops to get more aid - Philippine News Agency

• Outraged by SEC’s plan to impose new and higher transaction fees [Opinion] - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• High tobacco taxes encourage smuggling, economist says - Business World

• House Panel Submits Report On Lower Stock Transaction, Lotto Tax - Politiko

• Ease of doing business, FDIs, and the outsourcing industry - Business World

• BIR incentivizes farming via tax exemption - Business Mirror

• Tax Notes: Reiteration of VAT incentives for registered businesses under Create Law - Sunstar

• New extension of reduced tariffs sought by Marcos' economic team - GMA News

• Marcos urged to extend lower tariff rate on rice - Business World

• DOF still ‘seriously studying’ tax hikes - Business Mirror

• Legislator calls proposed taxes on junk food, beverages unenforceable - Business World

• PH debt rises to P14.35 trillion in August as peso weakens - ABS-CBN News

• No sponsor yet for proposed tax on junk food, says DOF - GMA News

• Economists: Easier tax procedures likely to boost state revenues - Business World

September 2023

• LGUs urged to boost PH competitiveness - Manila Times

• DOE seeks recalibration of fuel taxes to bring down cost for consumers - Manila Bulletin

• PH economy seen growing by 5.5% in 2023 - Philippine News Agency

• Marcos to hear data-based arguments on rice price cap - Business World

• SEC supports proposals for lower tax - Philippine Star

• Senator Imee Marcos surprises militant groups calling for the repeal of the rice liberalization law, removal of Diokno and Balisacan from office - Maharlika

• 'Not the right time': Marcos rejects proposal to cut rice import tariffs, says Palace - ABS-CBN News

• Rice mafia behind tariff cuts on imported grains – farmers - Philippine Star

• Financing growth: a rice tariff cut, an MUP pension cut, and reforms in excise tax in mining, oil, and coal (Op-Ed) - Business World

• Tax refund, anyone? - Manila Times

• Diokno downplays revenue impact of proposed rice import tariff cut - GMA News

• Philippines hopes to boost cooperation with US in mining and batteries - GMA News

• Approval of PPP Act to revolutionize PPP approval process -DOF - Philippine News Agency

• Plastics tax, digital services tax included in legislative agenda - GMA News

• Lawmaker slams Diokno’s opposition to suspend oil taxes - CNN

• Philippine taxes in the digital space - Business World

• Suspending fuel taxes 'short-sighted' – Diokno - Manila Times

• Pascual urges equitable mining in PH - Manila Bulletin

• ‘Better tax design key to funding development goals of countries like PHL’ - Business Mirror

• New fiscal regime for mining looms - Business Mirror

• Farmers buck rice tariff cut; Diokno stands firm - Philippine Star

• Demystifying LBT exemption - Philippine Star

• House Eyes 3-Month Suspension Of Fuel Excise Tax - OneNews

• Winning NAIA bidder eligible for tax perks - Manila Times

• House OK’s mining fiscal regime bill - Business World

• Philippines external debt slips to $117.92 billion in June - Philippine Star

• Groups call for resignation of Diokno, Balisacan over proposal to reduce tariffs on rice imports - Business Mirror

• Farmers lament ‘haste’ in rice tariff hearing - Manila Bulletin

• Miners say taxes ‘regressive,’ hobble investments, growth - Business Mirror

• PH to offer tax-free retail dollar bonds to OFWs: BTr - ABS-CBN News

• BIR releases updated estate tax amnesty guidelines - Manila Bulletin

• Proposed CREATE amendments seek to clear up VAT refund rules - Business World

• BSP chief bats for simpler tax on stocks, bonds - Philippine Star

• Diokno: Inflation still easing despite Aug uptick - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF eyes zero tax on imported rice - Manila Standard

• Philippines debt pile rises to record P14.2 trillion - Philippine Star

• Double-edged sword: The costs of controlling rice prices - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• GDP growth to miss gov’t target in 2023, Congress think tank says - Business World

• A strategy for inclusive growth and prosperity - Manila Bulletin

• DTI: Rice price cap may last for a month - Philippine Star

• Updates on VAT zero-rating under CREATE (Opinion) - Business Mirror

• PH laws too restrictive on mining sector, says PCCI - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax Notes: Clarifications on implementation of Revenue Regulations No. 3-2023; other concerns on VAT zero-rate on local purchases of Export Enterprises - Sunstar

• Rice price ceiling to take effect on September 5 - Philippine Star

• PCCI wants realistic review of mining law - Manila Bulletin

• Reduce rice tariffs instead, no to price caps - FEF - Manila Bulletin

• Business expects slower 2023 GDP growth - Manila Bulletin

• Inflation likely settled within 4.8%-5.6% in Aug. - Business World

August 2023

• Senate ratifies reconciled version on income classification of LGUs - Sunstar

• Stocks plunge as investors fret over global economy - Manila Bulletin

• Court of Tax Appeals junks plea by low-cost mass housing developer for P4.6M tax refund - Manila Bulletin

• BIR exceeds target with strong tax enforcement - Manila Bulletin

• Making tax time easier - Philippine Star

• Absence of employment arrangement: Tax effect - Business Mirror

• Bill lowering tax on stock transactions expected to increase trading activity - Business World

• Gov’t expects P1.5 T income taxes in 2024 - Manila Bulletin

• 'Not yet time to lift reduced tariffs’ - Philippine Star

• The need to review the rules on VAT zero rating - Manila Times

• New VAT refund guidelines: Rerun or revamp? - Business World

• ASEAN calls for review of Global Minimum Tax - AIA Chair - Philippine News Agency

• Gen Zs boost tax contributions - Business Mirror

• Lawmaker pushes 50% tax cut on coal, other oil products - Business World

• Sugar producers buck liberalization, tax hikes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• CREATE-related tax issues expected to be resolved soon - Philippine Star

• ‘BIR rules negate Create law’s intent’ - Business Mirror

• Pass more tax bills to raise P120.5B more in ’24, legislators urged - Philippine Star

• KIST parks, ecozones in state universities eyed - Philippine Star

• Full-year GDP target achievable: Diokno - Malaya Business Insight

• Philippine financial markets slip to weakest since November 2022 - GMA News

• Bill on easier tax payments unclear — senator - Business World

• Spending boost in infrastructure, LGUs needed - Philippine Star

• Car assemblers in the Philippines seek extension of incentives program - Manila Standard

• Business groups welcome amended CREATE rules - Business World

• Tax reformers have alcohol in their sights once again - Business Mirror

• Foreign think tanks cut growth forecasts for Philippines - Philippine Star

• DTI chief sees MSMEs benefitting from FTAs - Philippine Star

• Stop imposing more taxes, gov’t told - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• VAT under review due to 'very low' yield, Diokno tells House - Manila Bulletin

• DOF chief: Luxury tax proposals now off the table - Philippine Star

• Changes in CREATE IRR approved - Philippine Star

• High debt service, fiscal deficit? Why back Maharlika fund, asks Lagman - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Proposed tax reforms seen to raise P120.5B in revenues next year - Business World

• DOF pushes for tax reform at start of budget hearings - ABS-CBN News

• Congress expecting CREATE amendments from DoF to clear up VAT zero-rating issues - Business World

• ‘Junk food tax should prompt innovation’ - Business Mirror

• BIR soliciting business groups’ input to improve tax services - Business World

• CREATE law overhaul of incentive system ‘harmed export competitiveness’ - Business World

• CREATE law's IRR to be amended amid 'inconsistencies' - ABS-CBN News

• Exempt electricity rate from 12% VAT -- Escudero - Philippine News Agency

• BIR to start collecting excise taxes on fragrance products - Business Mirror

• BIR targets to cut gap in excise tax collection - Philippine Star

• Aboitiz Group bullish on CCBPI business despite higher sugar tax - Manila Standard

• Escudero says POGO ban would mean tax hikes - GMA News

• Not by tax perks alone - Philippine Star

• NG struggles while LGUs swim in cash - Manila Bulletin

• Panel OK’s mining fiscal regime bill - Business World

• Bulacan airport ecozone bill hurdles panel, to be compliant with CREATE - Business World

• BIR to support amendments to CREATE Law - ABS-CBN News

• What to expect from BIR tax mapping - Business World

• Bill proposes VAT exemption for medicine - Business World

• Consumers may pay more for online goods once withholding tax is imposed - Business World

July 2023

• Diokno: Collecting withholding tax from online sellers ‘a matter of fairness’ - GMA News

• House committee sees approval of new mining fiscal regime this week - Business World

• FIRB grants tax incentives for 25 projects in telco, data centers - ABS-CBN News

• Marcos to introduce amendments to CREATE law - Philippine Star

• Public-private partnership vital in achieving economic agenda - Philippine News Agency

• EO grants tax benefits to IPPs under BOT deals with state firms - Philippine News Agency

• South Korea proposes tax cuts to stimulate corporate investment - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Chiz: Marcos tax measures ‘won’t be a slam dunk’ in the Senate - GMA News

• Road tax not expected to adequately fund jeepney modernization program - Business World

• BIR may start imposing withholding tax on online sellers by Q4 - Business World

• Salceda targets early approval of tax bills - Business Mirror

• House panel OKs bill simplifying road user tax, exemption for motorcycles - Philippine Star

• DOF: POGO tax collections rise to ₱8.88B in 2022 - CNN

• Diokno calls for simplified mining taxes to attract FDI - Business World

• Marcos renews push for more taxes - Business World

• Concepcion bucks higher tax on sweetened beverages - Philippine Star

• Gains made a year after 1st SONA: Tax reform, food production, healthcare, infrastructure - Manila Bulletin

• Tax revenues from POGOs more than doubled in 2022 - Philippine Star

• Solon calls for transparency on fees, toll of PPP projects - Philippine News Agency

• LGUs told to establish own investment ‘green lanes’ - Business Mirror

• Save the Earth, save on taxes [OPINION] - Business World

• DOF banks on infrastructure, fiscal development for growth - Business Mirror

• The future of tax - Business Mirror

• Opposition to DOF-backed sugar tax hike mounts - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Inflation battles continue as new BSP chief aims to reign in price hikes - Business World

• BIR chief expects to hit revenue goal - The Manila Times

• Tax perks for shipyards proposed in House - Business World

• Refiners oppose higher sugar taxes - Business Mirror

• BOI bares CREATE import perks rules - Business Mirror

• Senate eyes VAT on Netflix, other digital services - Philippine Star 

• Food industry lobbies against higher taxes on sweetened products, warns of price increase - Business World

• Income tax on digital - Business Mirror

• 'Digital service providers must register once VAT approved' - ABS-CBN News

• Opinion: Lazy DOF tax proposal - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Gov't seen to collect over P100B in digital service VAT in 5 yrs - Philippine News Agency

• COVID-19 pandemic tax cuts expire, original rates back —BIR - GMA News Online

• BIR exempts 59 more medicines from VAT - GMA News

• Chichirya, ulam na: Taxing junk food anti-poor, says prof - ABS-CBN News

• EDITORIAL — Sugar tax - Philippine Star

• Refined VAT refund guidelines - The Manila Times

• Tulfo slams 'anti-poor' plan to hike tax on junk food, sweetened drinks - CNN Philippines

• PCCI to government: Extend pandemic tax cuts for businesses - Philippine Star

• Salceda: Increase tax on vehicle owners first before junk food, sweetened drinks - CNN Philippines

• GDP growth in Q2 not seen as robust as Q1–think tank - Business Mirror

June 2023

• Group urges gov’t to reconsider junk food taxes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR adds 25 cancer drugs to VAT-exempt list - Business World

• PCCI cheers move to relax VAT refund requirements - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Diokno: Inflation rate likely to drop below 2% in first quarter next year - Manila Standard

• DOF to review proposed VAT exemptions - Manila Standard

• Gov’t urged to extend pandemic-era tax cuts by another two years - Business Mirrors

• Diokno: Salt, sugar tax measure ready for HOR by 3rd quarter - Business Mirrors

• Finance chief OK with skipping tax hike on instant noodles - ABS-CBN News

• Sugar producers buck DOF plan on liberalization - Philippine Star

• Monde Nissin pumps on noodles’ exclusion from salt tax - Philippine Star

• Philippine finance secretary sees ‘long pause’ in rate hikes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF favors pause in policy rate hike - Philippine News Agency

• Snack manufacturers nix new tax on ‘junk food’ - Philippine News Agency

• Junk food tax seen to help fight obesity - The Manila Times

• Instant noodles excluded from proposed tax on salty foods —Diokno - GMA News

• Think tank cites need for sustainability indicators, monitoring platforms for mining - Philippine Star

• Sugar millers oppose new ‘sweet tax’ - Philippine Star

• Consumer group pinalagan planong 'P10 tax' sa maaalat, matatamis na pagkain - Philippne Star

• Higher taxes for junk food, sugary drinks to raise UHC budget - Philippine News Agency

• BIR further simplifies requirements for VAT refund - Philippine News Agency

• ‘Tight fiscal space’ - Philippine Star

• Marcos OKs P5.768 trillion national budget for 2024 - Philippine Star

• Tax on junk food, higher soft drink levy pushed - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• The law of diminishing marginal utility and public policy - Business World

• ‘Junk food’ tax, higher excise on sweet drinks could raise P76B - Business World

• Business chamber says sustained recovery to depend on extent of public-private collaboration - Business World

• Select tax rate cuts under CREATE to conclude in July - Business World

• Simplifying tax exemption on foreign-sourced dividends - Philippine Star

• Dropping the VAT zero-rating certification requirement - Manila Times

• Two major economic reforms that can boost countryside growth - Manila Bulletin

• End-March external debt up 6.8% to $119B - Business Mirror

• The path to #DigitalBangsamoro - Philippine Star

• N. Mindanao LGUs urged to create own investment, incentive code - Philippine News Agency

• ADB calls for digitalized taxation in Southeast Asia - Business World

• Gatchalian: VAT refund to lure more tourists - Manila Standard

• Financing sustained growth: Tax reforms - Business World

• PH losing out on tax collections from digital transactions, says PIDS - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Bizmen, experts push tax holiday for startups - Business Mirror

• Lower income taxes pushed - Philippine Daily Inquirer - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DoF says credibility of PPP program hurt by toll inaction - Business World

• Gov't revenues projected to reach P3.73T in 2023, P6.62T in 2028 - Philippine News Agency

• Tax expert pitches cut in personal income tax from 35% to 20-25% - Business Mirror

• Bongbong Marcos promises improved tax administration - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• LANDBANK health at risk from sovereign wealth fund – economists - Business World

• Negative list for VAT zero-rating - Philippine Star

• Lapid bill seeks to expand discount, VAT exemption for elderlies - Philippine News Agency

• Tax system being outmaneuvered by digital companies - Business World

• Gov’t warned against overdependence on ‘regressive’ sin taxes - Business World

• ‘Inflation back on target in Q4’ - Philippine Star

• High capitalization, liquidity to help banks weather crises - Business World

• PH debt balloons to record high P13.91T as of end-April 2023 - GMA News

• Gov’t to review VAT exemptions to enhance tax collection efficiency - Philippine Information Agency

May 2023

• Vietnam eyes multi-million-dollar handouts to Samsung, others to offset global tax - source - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Diokno cheers estate tax amnesty extension - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PH eyes improving VAT system amid ‘poor’ efficiency - ABS-CBN News

• Tax code needs upgrade to prevent widespread fraud – Romualdez - Philippine News Agency

• Tax amnesty extension, 2 other priority measures hurdle Senate - Philippine News Agency

• NG surplus widens to P66.8B in April - Malaya Business Insight

• DOF: Gov’t stands to collect up to P29.5B per year in additional revenues from more taxes - CNN

• Tax reforms generated P202.8B in revenues in 2022 - Business World

• Japanese firm gets tax holiday - Manila Times

• Sin tax from vape devices doubles in 2022 - Manila Bulletin

• Government vows to pursue reforms - Philippine Star

• To tax or not to tax NRFCs? - Manila Times

• [Ask the Tax Whiz] Are there updates for VAT zero-rated transactions? - Rappler

• BIR blames illicit cigarettes for lower sin tax collection - Manila Bulletin

• BIR: Proposed 1% withholding tax on online sellers ‘not a new tax’ - GMA News

• IMF pushing for additional tax reform measures - Philippine Star

• Solons OK tax, revenue rules for nuclear power - Business Mirror

• Consumer group vows to oppose new tax on online sellers, other ‘anti-poor’ tax measures - Manila Bulletin

• House considering sliding-scale royalty on miners, windfall profit tax of up to 15% - Business World

• ‘Resolve residual VAT issues, please’ - Business Mirror

• BPO firms welcome BIR clarification on VAT-exempt activities - Manila Standard

• Government urged to consider inflation impact of new taxes - Business World

• Revenue effort falls in Q1 as gov’t blames shift to quarterly VAT - Business World

• Mandanas ruling seen to boost PPPs - Business World

• Ecozone developers conditionally eligible for VAT zero rating status - Business World

• Diokno urges local governments to invest in potable water - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• LGU revenue generation project being readied - Manila Times

• Government told: Reconsider new taxes - Philippine Star

• Escudero wants intensified tax collection, not new tax measures - Philippine News Agency

• PH economy grows slower at 6.4% in Q1 2023 - GMA News

• Ejercito pushes for Senate bill on automatic income classification for LGUs - Manila Bulletin

• House panel approves bill on anti-tax racketeering - Philippine News Agency

• Power generated by conventionally-fueled plants ruled ineligible for income tax holiday - Business World

• Gov’t debt at new high, nearing P14T - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Think tank lowers Philippines inflation forecast - Philippine Star

• E-motorcycles inclusion in import tax breaks to be considered, says NEDA chief - Philippine Star

• SC: Baguio can tax John Hay traders - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR urged to rethink plan on 1% tax on online service providers - Manila Standard

• Philippine banks slow to adopt to digital finance - McKinsey - Philippine Star

• SC affirms ruling on unconstitutionality of 5% franchise tax on gross bets in POGOs - Manila Bulletin

• Legarda wants tax incentives for salt industry investors - Philippine News Agency

• DTI seeks review of EO lowering tariff on e-vehicles - Philippine Star

• VAT zero-rating rules amended - Manila Times

• BARMM economy posts 6.6% growth in 2022 - Philippine Information Agency

• DOF: Revised joint venture guidelines to strengthen checks and balances - Manila Times

• Taxpayers’ burden from uniformed pensions - Business World

• Pump priming Philippine property - Business World

• Issue guidelines on VAT rules, solon presses BIR - Manila Standard

• PEZA supports revised rules on incentives - Manila Standard

• Amended VAT zero-rating rules seen easing exporter dealings with suppliers - Business World

• Tax court stops BIR, BOC levy on alkylate imports - Business Mirror

• ‘Create’s perks rules turning off investors’ - Business Mirror

April 2023

• BIR clarifies list of purchases, services subject to VAT - Philippine Star

• Senate panel submits to Palace recommendation banning POGOs in PH - Manila Bulletin

• CTA junks Pasig assessment of P1-B in taxes vs. Meralco - Philippine News Agency

• Gov’t to simplify VAT incentives process - Malaya Business Insight

• Government eyes P500 billion revenues from additional taxes - Philippine Star

• Senate panel scrutinizes PH-Brunei tax treaty - Philippine News Agency

• PBBM declares new ecozones in Batangas, Bacolod - Philippine News Agency

• Excise tax on soda among measures eyed to boost revenues - Philippine Star

• Import tariff removal on all electric vehicles gains DTI backing - Philippine Star

• CoA flags Philippine Tax Academy for underutilization of funds - Business World

• Bill gives DoF Secretary full authority to amend LGU income brackets - Business World

• VAT zero-rating resolution out before end of April - Business World

• Gatchalian asks DICT to provide platform for poor LGUs to automate operations - Manila Bulletin

• Tax perks and FDI - Philippine Star

• BIR eyes new tax on online sellers - Business World

• Solons rue absent resource persons during hearing on coco levy trust fund law - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DA urged to review tax-free importation of palm oil - Business World

• Senator pushes for VAT refund bill to attract more tourists - Business World

• BIR warns of penalties for late filling of 2022 ITR, says April 17 deadline won’t be extended - Manila Bulletin

• FDC net income declines nearly 7% - Business World

• Economist cites need for new tax measures to lift revenues - Philippine News Agency

• Moody’s Analytics sees PH’s March inflation at 8.4% - Philippine News Agency

• March inflation likely slower, still above 8% - Philippine Star

• Toyota recognized for tax contributions - Business World

• Landbank opens hubs for income tax payments - Philippine Star

• 4 Cebu reclamation projects to boost local economy - Philippine News Agency

• PH’s real trade and investment story - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BSP: March inflation could fall to 7.4-8.2% - Manila Times

• World Bank cuts growth forecast for PH economy - CNN

March 2023

• NG debt hits P13.75T as of end-Feb. - Business World

• ‘Climate financing needs incentives’ - Business Mirror

• Clark ecozone locators hit CREATE law misapplication - Business Mirror

• PH stocks up amid US interest rate rise worries; peso ends flat - Philippine News Agency

• Gatchalian files VAT refund bill: It’s time to incentivize foreign tourists - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• California-based EVT investing $80M to put up e-vehicle manufacturing plant in Clark - GMA News

• Senator asks local governments to ban offshore gambling operators - Business World

• Shares up on easing rate hike, banking concerns - Business World

• June effectivity for RCEP in the PHL projected - Business Mirror

• Diokno says pause in rate rises likely at next bank meeting - Philippine Star

• FIRB moves to resolve VAT issue - Business World

• Diokno believes rate pause likely - Philippine Star

• Diokno cites Fil-Chinese role in economic growth - Manila Standard

• Economists back Senate proposal to ban POGOs - Business World

• Incentives may encourage online sellers to pay taxes, say experts - Business World

• Citing a study, trade partnerships between countries lessen the prospects of war, says expert - ABS-CBN News

• BSP's Medalla says inflation battle to continue despite 'contagion risk' - Philippine Star

• FDI & the restrictive economic provisions - Philippine Star

• PH creative economy grows 12.1% - Manila Times

• Marcos creates help desk for requests for financial, medical assistance - GMA News

• PHL may grow by 5.3% this year — McKinsey - Business World

• ‘Game over’: Gatchalian wants permanent ban on POGOs - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Palace: Poor towns will get poorer under current devolution order - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PH exporters urged gov’t to address VAT exemption issue - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• High inflation to dampen growth outlook — NEDA - Business World

• Tax Notes: FIRB extends bond-free period for IT-BPM RBEs until June 30, 2023 - Sunstar

• Domestic trade in fourth quarter down 8.3% - Business World

• NEDA ordered to conduct study on delayed devolution timeline - Business World

• Business groups urge gov’t to resolve issue on VAT zero-rating - Business World

• House OKs resolution urging Marcos Jr to renew BIMP-EAGA travel tax exemption - ABS-CBN News

• DOF sees small or no rate hike by BSP - Philippine Star

• IRR out for Public Service Act - Philippine Star

• Philippines sees no significant impact from global banking crisis - Reuters

• ‘Influx of imported sugar detrimental to local industry’ - Philippine Star

• Marcos to pursue 71 Duterte projects - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Peso seen to climb further vs dollar - Business World

• BIR bucks redistribution of 5% Pagcor tax - Philippine Star

• Gov’t debt payments rise 7% in 2022 - Manila Bulletin

• DOF: Infrastructure development central to Marcos administration's growth strategy - GMA News

• Pause in rate hikes likely after May – think tank - Philippine Star

• Senate wants con-ass, only for economic provisions - Philippine Star

• Economist says reopening of economy a plus for gov't revenues - Philippine News Agency

• Salceda files House bill to define, criminalize tax racketeering - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DTI Isabela seeks ecozone inclusion at Asean expo - Manila Times

• CCC welcomes $26.3-M grant to make transform PH agri sector - Philippine News Agency

• Proper implementation of incentives needed to make EPR law effective — WWF - Business World

• Lawmaker urges gov't agencies to spend infra budgets prudently - Philippine News Agency

• E. Visayas surpasses P9.35-B tax goal in 2022 - Philippine News Agency

• Solon bats for cheaper ways for Filipinos to invest - Philippine News Agency

• Tax Notes: How to compute the penalty for non-compliance of RBEs with the WFH threshold - Sunstar

• House OKs automatic income classification of LGUs - Philippine News Agency

• PH trade deficit widened by 27.2% in Jan to $5.74B - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Motorcycles must be included in tax breaks for EVs - Malaya Business Insight

• BIR says personal income tax cuts to help boost consumer spending - Business World

• Current account deficit seen as ‘manageable’ — NEDA’s Balisacan - Business World

• 'Big opportunities exist' for growth – McKinsey - Manila Times

• Addressing high inflation and tax leakage - Business World

• Gov’t revenues seen to miss targets in ’23 on weak growth - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Setting boundaries: Situs of local business tax - Manila Times

• Diokno: Financial system remains sound and healthy - Manila Standard

• BIR eyes ways to tax online sellers - Business World

• Finance dep’t studying feasibility of carbon tax - Business World

• Business group calls for new tax policy - Philippine Star

• Economist bullish on rebound of FDIs - Manila Times

• DBM allocates P1.2B for MSME development - Manila Times

• Large taxpayers’ electronic invoicing seen to start next year — BIR - Business World

• Proposed amendments to Constitution seen to benefit economy - Philippine News Agency

• DOF wants uniform 5% corn tariffs - Business Mirror

• ‘With narrowing budget deficit, Philippines to attract more investments’ - Philippine Star

• Gov’t utilities bill may reach P100B - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PPP to support PH infrastructure development - Manila Standard

• Gov’t debt soars to all-time high of P13.7t - Manila Standard

• DOF readies ‘all-of-government’ approach to tackle inflation - Manila Bulletin

• One final withholding tax rate - Business Mirror

• House panel OKs resolution to probe gaps between tax law and collection - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Angara: Gov’t aid available for local business, creative industry - Cebu Daily News

• RPT Form — an annual requirement to remember - Business World

• Gatchalian backs lifting of tariffs on e-vehicles - Manila Standard

• Export ‘breakthrough’ seen depending on industry achieving scale - Business World

• Reforms set for property tax administration - Philippine Star

• Risk of inflation persistence highest in Philippines - Philippine Star

• Diokno: RPT reforms done by 2025 - Manila Times

• BOC posts ₧63.015-B revenue collection in February–Rubio - Business Mirror

• Cebu’s IT-BPM group seeks DTI’s help to solve importation woes - SunStar

• Diokno urges prudent use of taxpayer money - The Manila Times

• Joint Senate panels begin deliberations on proposed real property valuation and assessment reform - ABS-CBN News

• Treasury: Gov’t fiscal deficit down to 7.3% of GDP in 2022 - GMA News

• Philippines eyes resumption of free trade deal talks with EU - GMA News

• After joining RCEP, needed critical reforms must follow - Phillipine Star

• No reprieve as BSP sees February inflation breaching 9% - Philippine Star

• Use ‘tax windfall’ from inflation to help public: solon - ABS-CBN News

February 2023

• Global trade agreement to increase investments in PH - Philippines Information Agency

• PHL preparing for surge in FDI with skills upgrade initiatives - Business World

• Government urged to address gaps in access to finance - Philippine Star

• How real properties are leased out to foreigners - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• AIA bats for tax rebate on insurance - Philippine Star

• Mobility advocate laments exclusion of e-motorcycles in EO on zero tariff for EVs - GMA News

• Economic team, businesses laud ratification of RCEP - Philippines Star

• Marcos orders abolition of tax credit center - Business World

• Tax Notes: Additional guidelines for RBEs in the IT-BPM sector - SunStar

• RCEP advantageous to Philippine agriculture – NEDA chief - Philippine Star

• BIR firms up definition of ecozone logistics providers eligible for zero VAT - Business World

• House panel OKs proposal for constitutional convention - Philippine Star

• VAT refund system for tourists gets House panel nod - Philippine News Agency

• FEF supports urgent RCEP ratification - Manila Bulletin

• Regulatory overhaul needed for domestic mineral processing - Business World

• Science makes the case for higher alcohol taxes - Business World

• Local shipbuilders seek tax perks, funding access - Business World

• Proposed ‘carbon tax’ to appear on electricity bill, but what is it for? - Manila Bulletin

• Diokno: Gov't should be 'more aggressive' in fighting inflation - GMA News

• Make it mine: Better days ahead? - Business Mirror

• 'Focus on manufacturing, infra to offset inflation' - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Proposed ‘gun tax’ to address loose firearms problem–Villafuerte - Manila Bulletin

• PH joins tax transparency initiative in Asia - Manila Bulletin

• Scrap funding from Land Bank, DBP to make Maharlika more palatable — think tank - Philippine Star

• Free trade deal will boost PH economy - Philippine Information Agency

• Fiscal framework to sustain PH growth - Manila Times

• BSP set to hike 2023 inflation forecast - Business World

• VAT refund for foreign tourists should be limited to goods – BIR - Panay News

• ECCP backs water council to ease path for PPP investment - Business World

• Limiting tax avoidance in the Philippines - Business World

• Higher tax on luxury items not enough to address inequality — experts - Business World

• German companies keen to enter PHL mining industry - Business World

• Rate adjustments needed to tame inflation, says BSP - Philippine Star

• Diokno: TRAIN Law continues to support economy’s growth - Philippine Star

• Deficit-to-GDP ratio softens to 7.2% last year - Philippine Star

• DOF welcomes bill ending ‘throw-away culture’ - Manila Standard

• DOF lauds SC decision affirming constitutionality of TRAIN Act - Philippine News Agency

• House leader eyes $25 entry tax on foreign tourists - Manila Bulletin

• Boosting FDIs through economic charter change - Business World

• Pres Marcos lauds BIR's PH tax collection efforts - Philippine Information Agency

• GMA seeks CREATE, other tax laws review - Manila Standard

• BIR's P2.6-T collection goal achievable: authorities - Philippine News Agency

• Pres Marcos lauds BIR's efforts in the country’s tax collection - Philippine Information Agency

• Marcos: Pay correct taxes on time - Manila Bulletin

• Arroyo measure triggers review of CREATE, related tax laws - Manila Bulletin

• CDC launches revenue share monitoring system for Clark locators - Sunstar

• Only 40% of LGU borrowing capacity used in 2022 - Philippine Star

• House panel to resolve VAT issue of indirect exporters - Philippine News Agency

• PBBM to lead 2023 National Tax Campaign launch - Philippine Information Agency

• Pasig LGU logs higher capital investment, business transactions in Jan. 2023 - Manila Bulletin

• BoC sustains momentum in increasing tax collection through digitalization - Manila Times

• BSP to assess inflation outlook in next meeting - Philippine Star

• PH debt-to-GDP ratio not 'alarming' – BTr - Manila Times

• PH debt-to-GDP ratio still not at alarming level - Philippine News Agency

• Diokno prefers better tax administration over luxury tax - Business World

• Investment grade still at risk as debt-to-GDP ratio stays above 60% in 2022 - Philippine Star

• Toby: Exempt seniors from income tax - Manila Standard

• ‘Social costs outweigh benefits in allowing POGOs to operate’ - Manila Standard

• Giving incentives to local initiatives - Philippine Star

• Solon bats for fuel tax suspension amid fluctuating pump prices - Philippine News Agency

• Salceda bill aims to raise taxes on luxury goods to 25% - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• The need for valuation standards in the Philippines - Manila Times

• Mining sector amenable to higher, but fair taxes - Manila Bulletin

January 2023

• Marcos Jr. signs EO adopting 6-year Philippine Development Plan - Philippine Star

• Economic managers brief senators on Maharlika fund - Philippine Star

• PCCI: To draw investors, LGUs must act like Peza - Business Mirror

• DTI weighs ban or tax on raw nickel exports - Manila Bulletin

• Consumption likely to slow amid looming recession, say experts - Business World

• GDP growth forecasts upgraded - Philippine Star

• PH’s ‘largest allocation’ of $52M goes to post-pandemic ‘green recovery’—DENR - Manila Bulletin

• SC upholds constitutionality of Duterte-era TRAIN law - Philippine Star

• DBM greenlights release of 50% of tobacco tax: Ilocos Norte exec - Philippine News Agency

• TRAIN Law affirmation emboldens House to pursue more tax reform–solon - Manila Bulletin

• Philippines secures $500-M ADB loan to fix labor market scarring - Philippine Star

• 100% WFH setup seen to boost office demand outside Metro Manila - SunStar

• Philippine agri output negative for third straight year in 2022 - GMA News

• Q3 2022 economic growth maintained at 7.6%, PSA says - GMA News

• Economy will survive without POGOs – senator - Philippine Star

• The Phl Constitution – Amending the restrictive economic provisions - Philippine Star

• ‘Rise in rates will not affect fiscal consolidation’ - Philippine Star

• Peza expects surge in investments this year - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Government lowers minimum investment for RDB issue - Philippine Star

• Salceda backs Marcos’ vision of PH economy with no recession, inflation dip to 4.0% - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Isuzu PHL seeks delay of excise tax imposition on pickups - Business World

• House bill seeks higher taxes on pricey distilled spirits - Philippine Star

• Pimentel: Economic managers didn’t do fundamental research on MIF - Manila Bulletin

• Security Bank sees PH economic growth at 6.8% in Q4 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Mr. Marcos to keep MSMEs a big part of gov’t digitalization effort - Manila Standard

• Colliers: Recent data, gov't moves to stoke property demand - Manila Times

• Philippines to remain ASEAN outlier in rate hike - Philippine Star

• PCCI says taxes on luxury goods should be time-bound - GMA News

• DA issues initial estimate of 450,000 MT in sugar imports - Business World

• Philippines cedes tax revenue under global minimum tax rules - Business World

• Neda backs proposal to tax luxury goods - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Film producers seek tax holiday, reduction to aid industry recovery - CNN

• Tax court affirms partial refund of KEPCO’s excess VAT - Business World

• Holiday economics needs review– NEDA - Business Mirror

• PH exploring new opportunities for high, broad-based growth - Philippine Information Agency

• Gov't expects strong 2022 GDP growth and 6.5% growth in 2023, Diokno says - GMA News

• 10 years since the signing of the sin tax law - Business World

• 2024 national budget to address economic scarring, global headwinds - Business World

• Southeast Asia trade, commercial service exports to slow down this year - Philippine Star

• Solon pushes increase in tax exemption for sports, health goods - Philippine News Agency

• PH mining to be key contributor to Indo-Pacific growth, says Diokno - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• US inflation easing lifts Philippine peso - GMA News

• Gov't grants new tax incentives to tourism firms, common tower builders - Philippine Star

• FIRB finalizes tax incentive guidelines - Manila Bulletin

• GDP grew by at least 7.5% in 2022, says Diokno - Business World

• World Bank sees moderate growth for Philippines - Philippine Star

• NEDA sees inflation easing - Philippine Star

• Philippines must boost financial system’s resilience amid volatile conditions - Business World

• CAAP wants to use government dividends for equipment upgrade - Philippine Star

• Philippines to see decline in debt burden in 2023 - Business World

• PH gov't bats for inclusive economic growth: NEDA - ABS-CBN News

• Policymaking in 2023 - Business World

• Tax cuts likely to unleash spending power of middle-class Filipinos - Business World

• Forex reserves climb to $96 billion in December - Philippine Star

• Government sees inflation's peak as it misses target for second straight year - Philippine Star

• Uncertainties seen to weigh down property sector - Business World

• PH stocks index sustains rise as peso slips - Philippine News Agency

• Peza cheers inclusion of ecozones in PH development plan 2023-2028 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Improved spending, tax administration to support gov’t fiscal consolidation efforts - Business World

• PH halfway through in achieving SDGs as 2030 deadline looms - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• NG to raise public infraspend to 6% of GDP by 2028, per PDP - Business Mirror

• Solon says gov’t should prioritize PPP over Maharlika fund; here’s why - Manila Bulletin

• Fiscal authorities issue tax rules for Bangsamoro region - Business Mirror

• IMF: New taxes may raise P350 billion for Philippines - Philippine Star

• Govt eyes taxing self-employed, luxury items in 5-year devt plan - Business Mirror

• BOC raises P231 billion from fuel marking - Philippine Star

• 2023: A year of economic opportunities for the Philippines - Philippine Star

• House panel to tackle junk food tax soon - Manila Bulletin

December 2022

• Sustained recovery amid high inflation, weak peso - Manila Bulletin

• DOF: Gov't programs to be implemented on time in 2023 - GMA News

• Property prices pick up further in Q3 - Philippine Star

• House panel eyes passage of ‘progressive, efficient’ tax bills - Philippine News Agency

• Sans fiscal consolidation plan, government urged to consider new taxes - Philippine Star

• Income tax breaks await Filipinos in 2023 - Manila Bulletin

• PBBM keen on more ecozone dev’ts; OKs P91-B ecozone projects - Philippine News Agency

• CTA affirms denial of infrastructure consulting firm’s tax refund claim - Business World

• Revamp of vehicle tax needed — IMF - Business World

• Tax highlights in 2022 - Business Mirror

• Lawmakers opposed to Maharlika say let economy recover first - Philippine Star

• Study urges wealth tax on superrich - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF set to reorganize operations, push key tax measures next year - Manila Standard

• World Bank urges building broad consensus for ‘health tax’ measures - Business World

• Philippines tops full-year revenue goal - Business World

• New Year ushers in lower income tax rates - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• MIF to create more investment opportunities, says DBP exec - Philippine Star

• PH to levy higher tax on Vietnam cement to protect local industry - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Hundreds of BPOs with WFH setup may lose tax perks in 2023 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• How the Philippines’ corporate income tax compares with the rest of the world - Business World

• Carbon tax to spur sustainability shift — Diokno - Business World

• A closer look at the BIR’s clarifications on REEs’ VAT incentives - Business World

• Tax perks of hundreds of BPOs hang in the balance - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Gov’t losing billions of pesos in tax over fake receipts, BIR orders crackdown - Manila Bulletin

• Only pure EVs are eligible for zero import duty -DTI - Manila Bulletin

• DoJ clears power co-ops for tax exemptions without needing to register with regulator - Business World

• Lower House's tax panel chairman touts performance - Business Mirror

• Philippine growth seen to slow to 5% amid tailwinds - Philippine Star

• Tax obligations of online merchants and social media influencers - The Manila Times

• Philexport presses passage of trade-related bills to hasten PHL’s export market growth - Business Mirror

• Marcos approves 2023-2028 PH development plan - ABS-CBN News

• EU adopts global minimum 15% tax on multinationals - Philippine Star

• House passes Maharlika investment fund bill on 3rd, final reading - GMA News

• Hundreds of BPOs’ tax perks hang as transfer deadline looms - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Bills on Ease of Paying Taxes: Creation of small taxpayer group, different e-payments proposed - Business World

• PH still drowning in debt to support Maharlika fund — solon - CNN

• E. Visayas suffers P6.44-B tax allocation cut in 2023 - Philippine News Agency

• FDIs drop 10% end Sept. - Manila Bulletin

• Solon eyes $6K tax-exempt shopping perk for OFWs, balikbayans - Philippine News Agency

• Think tank: LGUs not yet ready for devolution - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PH braces for another BSP rate hike - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PPA fast-tracks digitalization of ports - Philippine Star

• Philippines seen to book weaker BOP, lower GIR next year - Philippine Star

• Maharlika Fund transparent, won’t be like 1MDB — Diokno - GMA News

• DTI vows to resolve VAT issue by yearend - Malaya Business Insight

• Tax reform package 4 may yield P25 billion more revenues - Philippine Star

• Philippine gov’t debt swells to new record P13.64T as of end-October - GMA News

• PBBM wants more ecozones in BARMM: PEZA - Philippine News Agency

• FIRB OKs tax perks for P2.5 billion electronics manufacturing project - GMA News

• Finance chief says reducing inflation impact 'top priority' of gov't - ABS-CBN News

• Customs collections exceed target by 9.5% - Philippine Star

• DBCC affirms forecast for PH economy's positive outlook - Philippine News Agency

• Philippine businesses attack Marcos sovereign wealth fund plan - Nikkei

• SEC cites Diokno, 64 others for support of capital market - Manila Bulletin

• Review of VAT refund scheme for PEZA firms backed - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax incentives for mining's investment in bamboo plantations urged - Manila Times  

• CTA affirms partial refund of Toyota’s customs duties and excess VAT - Business World

• Brace for impact: The future of taxation - Business World

• EO expediting business permit issuance seen complementing ARTA functions - Business World

• ‘VAT-refund process biggest challenge to ecozone firms’ - Business Mirror

• ASEAN exports seen moderating in 2023 - Philippine Star

• DTI to present 6-year industrialization plan - Philippine Star

• A feckless EO, Basmati rice and policy depravity - Manila Times

• More foreign business groups urge zero duty on all EVs - Manila Bulletin

• Critics roll out petition against Maharlika fund - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Diokno defends 12% VAT on digital transaction - Manila Standard

• ‘Maharlika’ fund won’t end up like Malaysia’s 1MDB; Salceda explains why - Manila Bulletin

• DOE to apprise investors of fiscal incentives - Manila Bulletin

• DBCC to keep growth targets—Diokno - Manila Bulletin

• BIR exceeds Oct. collection goal - Manila Bulletin

• House panel OKs Maharlika Investment Fund bill - GMA News

• Marcos to sign EO to promote ease of doing business in PH - Sunstar

• IMF urges more interest rate hikes to slay PH inflation - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PCCI backs PEZA move to amend CREATE act - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Salceda assures approval of ‘Maharlika’ bill’s tax provisions - Manila Bulletin

• Diokno confident gov’t will exceed 2022 collection target - GMA News

• Diokno says PH has money to back proposed Maharlika Sovereign Wealth Fund - ABS-CBN News

November 2022

• Speaker vows passage of 9 economic priority bills - Philippine Star

• IMF: Calibrate policy mix to sustain recovery - Philippine Star

• ECCP wants zero tariff for all EV types - Manila Bulletin

• Romualdez proposes creation of sovereign wealth fund - Philippine News Agency

• House approval of single-use plastic tax lauded - Manila Bulletin

• The impact of ICT on the Philippine economy - Manila Bulletin

• S&P sees slower PHL growth in 2023 - Business World

• 50% debt ratio by 2028 achievable—DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Why we should raise taxes on vapes - Business World

• Peso may continue to strengthen against the dollar ahead of key data - Business World

• Ease of Paying Taxes bill seen passed before January 1 - Business Mirror

• Revisiting CREATE law urged for better perks - Business Mirror

• Public-private partnerships as a national policy for development - Philippine Star

• New Philippine Export Development Plan ready by next month - Philippine Star

• Local EV firms cheer proposed tariff cuts - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PH budget deficit widened 54% to P99.1B in Oct - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• LGUs urged to optimize increased budget for constituents - Manila Bulletin

• Extension of lower corn tariff sought - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Diokno asks LGUs to invest in facilities, services - Manila Standard

• Gov’t to borrow less locally in December - Manila Bulletin

• Tax effort rises to 15.3% to GDP in Q3 - Malaya Business Insight

• Moody’s Analytics downgrades Philippine growth outlook to 6.7% - Business World

• NEDA eyes zero tariff for certain e-vehicles - Business Mirror

• Former Finance chief backs Pogo shutdown - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Finally, tax-free exchange of property - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Finance chief banks on public-private partnerships for economic growth - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Economic growth risks restrain PH shares from advancing - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• ‘Revenge spending’ giving local economy a boost … for now - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PH assures ease of doing business for biotech firms - Manila Bulletin

• Focusing on what matters: A tax regime proposal - Business World

• Gaming revenue doubles to P57 billion in 3rd quarter - Philippine Star

• Tobacco taxes proposed for sustainability efforts - Business World

• BSP sees slower growth until 2024 - Business World

• ‘New taxes key to PHL fiscal sustainability’ - Business Mirror

• House to speed up digital transformation framework - Philippine Star

• No recession in ʼ23, but PH growth to slow, says BSP - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Promote free, fair, inclusive trade, PBBM asks APEC leaders - Philippine News Agency

• PH, Bangladesh urged to explore opportunities in IT, agri, health - Philippine News Agency

• NegOcc honors top land tax payers as heroes in economic recovery - Philippine News Agency

• 2023 budget must serve ordinary people, says policy expert - Manila Bulletin

• BIR sets tax guidelines for Vape law - Manila Bulletin

• German firms see sluggish PH business outlook - Manila Bulletin

• Fierce peso defense shows 1997 crisis still haunting Philippines - Business World

• Foreign investment pledges down 22% in Q3 - Philippine Star

• Customs collections as of Nov 11 exceed 2022 full-year goal - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Without good governance, we can never be truly investment-friendly - Business World

• CSR incentives bill clears House committee - Business World

• 2023 budget should help gov’t sustain recovery goals - Philippine News Agency

• Concepcion optimistic PH can hit 2022 growth targets - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• House passes PBBM’S priority tax measures - Business Mirror

• 'Boost spending to make Philippines economy stronger’ - Philippine Star

• PH debt ratio highest in 17 years - Manila Bulletin

• Digital services tax measure to target large foreign companies - Business World

• ‘ASEAN leaders prioritizing MSMEs, digitalization’ - Philippine Star

• DOF bucks review of CREATE Law - Philippine Star

• Growth forecasts hiked as economy roars back - Philippine Star

• Hontiveros’ advice to Marcos Jr.: Don’t overborrow from China like Duterte - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Economic recovery gains traction—DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Gov’t vows policies to ensure food security, stable prices - Philippine News Agency

• DOF rejects calls to review tax perks regime - Manila Bulletin

• Philippine economy grows faster by 7.6% in Q3 2022 - GMA News

• Philippines upgrades Q2 GDP to 7.5% - Philippine Star

• Keeping tax incentives intact - Business World

• Diokno sees extension of low tariffs on agriculture - Philippine Star

• Jinggoy Estrada wants tax breaks for local film industry - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• House OKs bills on foreign digital services, disposable plastic bags, tax reform - Manila Bulletin

• Diokno: Marcos admin to ensure inflation will be target-consistent over the medium term - Manila Times

• Rough seas ahead for the Philippine digital economy - Manila Bulletin

• Concepcion to MSMEs: ‘Ride through tough time’ - Manila Bulletin

• OECD’s Pillar Two and the tax incentives in the PHL - Business Mirror

• Embassies told: Look for model plans for PH - Manila Standard

• Gatchalian pushes bill making NEDA an independent economic, planning agency - Manila Bulletin

• Philippine government to spend P206.5 billion for ayuda in 2023 as inflation soars - GMA News

• Transfer Pricing is here to stay - Business World

• Govt working on lowering tax on Filipino freelancers - Business Mirror

• No respite from inflation as typhoons affect prices - Philippine Star

• Exporters seek removal of 12% VAT on products - Philippine Star

• PBBM administration to alleviate inflation with continued targeted support, medium-term investments - Philippine Information Agency

• New fiscal measures vs. rise in debt needed: economist - Philippine News Agency

• Philippine gov’t debt balloons to new record-high P13.517T as of end-September - GMA News

• Property top investment choice of overseas workers deployed to UAE - Business World

• PH works for ratification of labor treaty to renew EU trade privileges - Manila Standard

• Stocks rise as investors wait for economic data - Manila Bulletin

• Philippine economy seen to hit 6.5 percent target despite escalated inflation: economist - ABS-CBN News

• The impact of inflation on taxes - Manila Times

• PH aerospace industry urges CREATE Law review - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Closure of licensed offshore gaming operators raises legal issues — solon - Business World

• BSP sees inflation's peak in October, likely offering a reprieve - Philippine Star

• Special economic zones as shield - Philippine Star

• Bank loans climb 13.4% as economy sustains recovery - Manila Standard

• DOF pursues real estate fiscal policy reforms - Manila Bulletin

• This week: Growth, commodities inflation, and births deflation - Business World

• 2023 tax trends and ends: The sequel - Business World

October 2022

• Philex upbeat on mining sector’s prospects this year - Philippine Star

• PH seeks duty-free privileges for products exported to US - Manila Times

• House climate change committee to tap public, private sector experts for bills on green economy - Business World

• Cloud-first approach can hasten economic recovery - Manila Times

• Heed clamor of biz groups to junk POGOs: solon - Philippine News Agency

• Factor in economic loss in disaster-mitigation plans: Binay - Philippine News Agency

• Economists cite gains, add'l measures for PH credit rating - Philippine News Agency

• DOF urges LGUs to digitalize processes, services - Manila Bulletin

• Incentives sought for banks, institutions financing socialized housing projects - Philippine Star

• Makati bags 3 awards from DOF for high revenue collections - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Fitch affirms Philippines' 'BBB" credit rating, negative outlook - GMA News

• Land acquisition, right of way seen as key hurdles for PPP projects - Business World

• PBBM highlights importance of public-private partnership in PH digitalization - Philippine Information Agency

• DOST encourages researchers to commercialize their research to help the economy - Philippine Information Agency

• LGUs urged to strengthen real property tax collection - Manila Bulletin

• Business groups support POGO phaseout - GMA News

• Gov’t commits in solving tax incentive claims in IT-BPM sector - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PH seen to sustain 4-5% growth this decade - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PEZA worried over BPOs’ double-dipping on tax perks - Manila Standard

• Legal opinion on foreign ownership seen unlocking investment in renewables - Business World

• Malaysia F&B expo generates $4.3 million sales for Philippines firms - Philippine Star

• UN, Philippines to discuss development goals - Philippine Star

• Digitalization to make gov't efficient, economy prosperous: DBM - Philippine News Agency

• Marcos thankful for 10 economic reform Resolutions from biz sector - Philippine Information Agency

• Apec Finance Ministers eye digitalization to boost fiscal sector - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Quezon City is PH’s most competitive highly urbanized city - Manila Bulletin

• Local makers seek tariff cuts on e-vehicle equipment, parts - Philippine Star

• DTI lays groundwork for industrialization - Manila Times

• Economic growth seen to slow to 6.2% in 2023 - Business World

• Philippines to lose P65 billion with POGO shutdown - Philippine Star

• Diokno tags strategies for economic recovery - Manila Times

• Marcos urged to provide more assistance to MSMEs - Business World

• Adoption of Web3 seen to boost jobs, investments in the Philippines - Business World

• Government says painfully high inflation to temper growth in 2023 - Philippine Star

• Marcos, economic team discuss policy agenda, inflation control - Manila Bulletin

• 48th PBC opens today: ‘PH is ready and open for business’ - Manila Bulletin

• Gatchalian bares ₱1.9-B tax leakage in POGO industry, group vows to check compliance of members - CNN

• PEZA optimistic to hit 6-7% investment pledges growth - Philippine News Agency

• DTI seeks to strengthen PH global value chain - Manila Bulletin

• Tariff Commission nixes appeal to extend levy on imported cement - Manila Bulletin

• ‘Risks on economy being addressed’ - Malaya Business Insight

• Tax issues arising from cross-border WFH arrangements - Business World

• Cautiously optimistic on economic recovery - Philippine Star

• PH on track towards strong recovery: DBM - Philippine News Agency

• The economy is weak because the economy is weak - Manila Times

• Digital accounting consultancy for MSMEs - Manila Times

• Another huge increase in interest rates looms - Philippine Star

• DOF bares measures against inflation at WB, IMF meetings - Manila Bulletin

• Food business at risk from inflation, forex - Philippine Star

• Diokno notes increasing demand for real estate services - Manila Times

• Non-money pay received by employees subject to income tax, BIR says - Manila Bulletin

• ‘VAT exemption to worsen inflation’ - Business Mirror

• Private sector ‘critical factor’ in economic recovery—DOF - Manila Bulletin

• CREATE tax losses lower than expected - Manila Bulletin

• Gatchalian pushes for BPO industry development amid calls to ban POGOs - CNN

• Philippines can recover from losses should POGOs exit, DOF says - GMA News

• LGU borrowing applications decline sharply in first nine months - Business World

• FDI inflows plunge to $460 million in July - Philippine Star

• PPP Act eyed to boost public-private projects - Philippine News Agency

• Property market uptrend expected if POGOs stay - Business World

• MSME magna carta needs a major upgrade - Manila Times

• BIR nets P108-B from tax reforms - Manila Bulletin

• Mining industry faces ESG, gov’t tax pressures - Business World

• Experts score BBB, urge government to ensure better infrastructure program - Philippine Star

• Inflation seen tapering off by Q1 2023 - Philippine Star

• COA: GOCCs incur P691-B losses in 2021 - Manila Bulletin

• In charts: The Philippine economy 100 days into Marcos presidency - Philippine Star

• PH fiscal rebound gradual but 'on track' - Manila Times

• $13.5 million new investment to digitize retail, restaurant SMEs in PHL, Asean - Business Mirror

• To broaden tax base, DOF eyes imposing VAT on digital goods - Business Mirror

• Removal of ownership cap seen to boost RE investments in PHL - Business Mirror

• Marcos government taps international debt market for first time - Philippine Star

• Pricier food pushes inflation to 4-year high in September - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• World Bank raised Philippines’ pending projects with Marcos, economic team, says NEDA chief - GMA News

• Sin tax collection posts minimal increase in 8 months - Manila Bulletin

• Marcos administration priority bills now at 23--PLLO chief - GMA News

• NEDA: POGO closures won't stall recovery - Business Mirror

• Diokno says POGO revenues ‘not worth the trouble’ - Philippine News Agency

• Exporters look forward to new export development plan - Philippine Star

• Experts push to extend devolution transition - Business World

• Make carbon taxes feasible - VDS

• Manila among top economic performers in Asia this year - Philippine Star

• PH debt swells to P13.02T - Manila Times

• BIR figures show that POGO Tax Law works, rakes in gov’t revenues–House leader - Manila Bulletin

• Gov’t eyes suspension of ad valorem tax on electric vehicles - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Lawmakers say SC ruling affirms Pogo tax obligations - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Peso decline and high cost of food, electricity may drive inflation beyond 7% in Sept – BSP - Business Mirror

September 2022

• Tax Notes: Exemption of BOI-RBEs from Local Business Tax - SunStar

• CEMEX welcomes passage of EPR Law in the Philippines - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR files P2.2 billion tax evasion cases vs 78 delinquent taxpayers - Manila Bulletin

• SC strikes down 5% POGO franchise tax - Business Mirror

• Rate hikes not the only option vs inflation–WB chief - Business Mirror

• DOF, BIR asked to make rules for tax perks for BPO firms simpler, clearer - Business Mirror

• Gov’t mulls legislation to resolve oil exploration taxation woes - Manila Bulletin

• House approves P5.268-T proposed 2023 national budget - ABS-CBN News

• World Bank raises growth forecast for PH economy - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Salceda: Banning POGOs will only drive them underground - GMA News

• BCDA, CDC vow to tackle controversial provisos of CREATE law - CLP

• Business groups welcome bill easing taxpaying process but cast doubt on revenue estimate - Business World

• Revised BOT law’s IRR to attract more private sector players, Neda chief says - Business Mirror

• New mining applications expected even with new fiscal regime - Philippine Star

• IMF says PH economy doing well, but cuts growth forecasts for 2022, 2023 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Non-fiscal perks for defense, RE pushed - Business Mirror

• Philippines does not need money from POGOs – senator - Philippine Star

• Tycoons reaffirm support for Marcos admin, back PPP - Philippine Star

• BSP vows to keep financial stability - Manila Times

• A tax loophole in e-commerce - Manila Standard

• Meralco expects 6% growth in power revenues on big commercial demand - Manila Standard

• House ready to pass investment incentive laws post-PBBM’s US visit - Manila Bulletin

• Salceda explains why weak peso will hurt poor Pinoys more than the rich - Manila Bulletin

• Is PH economy in a crisis? Not yet, says economist - ABS-CBN News

• NEDA chief cites agri, mining as PH growth drivers - Philippine News Agency

• Marcos team pitches PH tax reforms, agri to US investors - GN

• Losses from disasters seen ballooning to P1.5 trillion yearly - Philippine Star

• Congress not keen on carbon tax - Philippine Star

• POGO ban to have dragging effect on real estate sector - Malaya Business Insight

• Senator asks peers to review contradictions in gov’t enforcement of Corporate Recovery law - Business World

• BSP hikes benchmark rate to 4.25 percent following Fed adjustment - ABS-CBN News

• For the first time, peso closes at 58 vs dollar amid looming Fed rate hike - Philippine Star

• Moody’s unit slashes Philippine GDP growth to 6.8% - Philippine Star

• DoF mobilizing funds for water, green projects - Manila Times

• Revisiting BIR Revenue Regulation 11-2006 - Manila Times

• DoF urges private partners, LGUs to back P1-T water security plan - Business World

• Philippines posted BOP deficit for fifth straight month, says BSP - GMA News

• How taxation and sustainable development intertwine - Business World

• Use of surety bonds for imports tackled by BOC, PEZA - Business Mirror

• DTI supports move to review tax exemption of pickup units - Manila Standard

• SSS eyes more staff on field in rightsizing bid prior to law - Business Mirror

• BIR exceeds August 2022 tax collection target - Manila Times

• Piston seeks oil price rollback, removal of taxes - Manila Standard

• PH expects wider balance of payments deficit in 2022 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BOT Law review panel OKs amendments to IRR - GMA News

• VAT on digital transactions could have ‘chilling effect’ — solon - Manila Bulletin

• BIR opposes creation of Nat"l Taxpayer Advocate Office - GMA News

• Finance Secretary Diokno wants POGOs out - GMA News

• LGUs posted P279.4-B surplus in 2021 — DoF - Business World

• Philippine competitiveness lags ASEAN due to high business costs - Business World

• Philippine bond market posts slower growth amid rising rates - Philippine Star

• Nat’l budget seen to benefit from peso depreciation - Business World

• Marcos on estate tax: Reopen the case - Manila Times

• Tax professionals’ role in digital push cited - Malaya Business Insight

• Lawyers say constitution should not set specific restrictions on foreign ownership - Business World

• DOF: Digital tech will boost bid for fair, good tax systems - Business Mirror

• DOF urges franchisers to digitalize - Manila Bulletin

• Corruption could delay economic recovery, CEOs say - Business World

• BIR ask Palace, DOF to issue modified tax amnesty - Manila Bulletin

• DOH wants additional taxes on junk food, sweetened beverages - GMA News

• The future of tax - Business World

• Proposed changes to BOT rules may burden public with higher fees - Business World

• NEDA to launch action plan for sustainability - Philippine Star

• More lending pushed for RE investments - Philippine Star

• Philippines rejoins transparency initiative on mining - Philippine Star

• DOH seeks higher taxes on sweetened beverages, junk food - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Diokno extends work-from-home setup for IT-BPM firms - GMA News

• Jobless rate slips in July but more Filipinos want additional work amid inflation - Philippine Star

• Solon wants to make PCSO tax-exempt - Philippine News Agency

• Philippines to rejoin Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative - Business World

• NEDA proposes changes to arbitration and MAGA clauses in revised rules for BOT Law - Business World

• Peso falls past 57 per dollar, a fresh record-low - Philippine Star

• Digitalization, privatization: Tack to improve fiscal space bared - Malaya Business Insight

• ‘Invest more in small businesses’ - Malaya Business Insight

• Peso sinks to P57 vs dollar, a new record-low - Philippine Star

• High inflation expected for rest of the year - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR releases list of more VAT-exempt medicines - Manila Bulletin

• Fiscal framework resolution stalls on questions about binding provisions - Business World

• Gov’t debt nears P13T; weak peso adds burden - Cebu Daily News

• VAT zero-rating on local purchases of registered business enterprises - Business Mirror

• PCSO to digitize lotto games - Philippine Star

• Senator pushes processing plants for mining - Business World

• DOF urges LGUs: Speed up efforts to digitalize operations - Philippine Star

• Peso breaches all-time low amid resurgent dollar trend - Philippine Star

• Freeport okays portion of P46-billion total FDIs - Manila Times

• Diokno seeks LGUs’ support for local finance reforms - Manila Bulletin

• Local ecozones as model for Commonwealth countries - Malaya Business Insight

• House urged to work with Pagcor on POGO tax review - Business Mirror

• Fuel marking helps oil tax revenues top P500B - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Lifting tax break is bitter but necessary medicine - Manila Times

• BIR, Customs get P3.5-B digitalization funds - Manila Bulletin

August 2022

• PCSO: Lower lotto documentary stamp tax - Philippine Star

• CAMPI seeks dialogue on excise tax exemption - Philippine Star

• Wealth tax - Manila Standard

• GUIDE Bill hurdles House panel - Manila Bulletin

• Calling for the timely enactment of business-enhancing bills - Manila Bulletin

• NG to borrow P200B locally in September - Business World

• Exporters seek development financing for MSMEs - Business Mirror

• High consumer prices seen to gnaw on Q3 growth - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BSP sets Q4 release of incentives rules on ‘green’ financing - Manila Bulletin

• Mining bill expected to raise gov’t revenue but poses risk to FDI growth - Business World

• Zonal value and property tax increases - Manila Bulletin

• Miners oppose tax hike - Malaya Business Insight

• ‘Explain tax exemption on pickup trucks - Business Mirror

• Automakers oppose Marcos' plan to remove tax exemption on pick-ups - Philippine Star

• DTI, ILO sign MOU for project on MSME recovery - Philippine Star

• Makabayan solon calls out Diokno for ‘anti-poor’ remark on ayuda - Manila Bulletin

• Gatchalian moves to protect taxpayers’ rights - Manila Bulletin

• Less FDI restrictions to lure investors: charter reform advocate - Philippine News Agency

• MSME revitalization one of gov't top priorities: Marcos - Philippine News Agency

• No need to amend Constitution to attract foreign investments, says law professor - Manila Times

• PS-DBM’s failure to withhold P3.268-B income tax from Covid supply purchase hurt gov’t–COA - Manila Bulletin

• Diokno: Marcos admin to be ‘very aggressive’ on privatization of state assets - GMA News

• Diokno overrules BIR: ‘Dasma’ Village association dues are tax exempt - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• 2023 budget carries light debt burden—DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Business groups want PPA stripped of revenue generating function - Manila Bulletin

• 3 gov’t agencies favor easing foreign ownership in RE - Manila Bulletin

• PS-DBM did not withhold P3.27B income tax from foreign suppliers: COA - Malaya Business Insight

• Heeding Duterte's advice, Marcos wants tax exemption for pick-up trucks removed - Philippine Star

• House committee approves new tax regime for mining - Philippine News Agency

• PH debt-servicing ‘well managed,’ says DBM chief - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF to LGUs: Stop collecting business tax from work-from-home employees - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF to continue mostly local borrowing - Manila Bulletin

• BIR, BoC tasked to collect P3.44 trillion in 2023 - Business World

• CREATE-ing Business Opportunities? - Business World

• More interest rate hikes projectedy - Philippine Star

• PH debt seen to hit new high of P14.63T by end-2023 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Another crack at tax reform - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• MUFG raises 2022 outlook on Philippine growth to 6.7% - Business World

• Back to school: A refresher on the taxation of educational institutions - Business World

• Gov’t drafts rules on digital payments - Business World

• NEDA’s 8-point plan towards becoming an upper income economy - Business World

• Gatchalian eyes zero contact payment of taxes - Philippine Star

• BIR audit on big-time online sellers resumes - Philippine Star

• Growing MSMEs to create more jobs – Concepcion - Philippine Star

• Balisacan urges bigger private sector role in employment, infrastructure - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF pitches fiscal priority reforms to Congress - Manila Bulletin

• NEDA: Fully reopening economy, higher booster uptake needed to reduce poverty - ABS-CBN News

• ‘Budget constraints to limit additional subsidies’ - Philippine Star

• Villanueva pushes for WFH set up with tax perks for ecozone firms - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DoE boosts utilization of electric vehicles - Manila Times

• DOF assures no looming loan default - Manila Bulletin

• BSP hikes rates anew with inflation expected to breach target - GMA News

• Government eyes review of BOT Law IRR next month - Philippine Star

• Carbon tax under study - Philippine Star

• PH debt conundrum: Relying on consumption tax, making life tougher for the have-nots - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• UK to grant duty-free access on PH exports - Manila Bulletin

• Go digital to beat corruption and deliver quality services — Diokno - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Economic team pushes Marcos legislative agenda - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR flags 7 large sectors for weak tax payments - Manila Bulletin

• Diokno pushes new mining fiscal regime - Manila Bulletin

• Cayetano wants medical equipment exempted from tax - Manila Bulletin

• Sworn declaration for VAT-zero rating of local purchases of registered business enterprises - SunStar

• Ex-agri exec cites diminishing sugar supply in signing order - Philippine News Agency

• PH economy can absorb rate hikes, says DBS - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Debt servicing down in first half - Manila Times

• Pandemic pushes 2.3 million Filipinos into poverty in 2021 - Business World

• DOE eyes 100% foreign RE ownership to spur manufacturing investments - Manila Bulletin

• NG's H1 debt payments down 40.8% to P458.36B - Business Mirror

• Toyota pushes for extension of auto incentives program - Business Mirror

• An independent foreign policy for Philippine security and economy - Philippine Star

• DPWH, Korea Eximbank discuss loans to fund more projects - Philippine News Agency

• The 'Great Resignation' is affecting SMEs, too – study - Manila Times

• Philippines sets back target to reach high-income country status - Philippine Star

• Deficit-to-GDP ratio rises on infrastructure spending - Philippine Star

• DOE sets ‘corrective policies’ to lure fresh oil exploration investments - Manila Bulletin

• The need for diversification - Manila Times

• EPR law, tax proposal to reduce plastic waste - Malaya Business Insight

• PHL aims to become high-income economy by 2045 at the latest - Business World

• Despite global headwinds, FDI improves in May - Philippine Star

• Solon refiles Bulacan airport ecozone bill with amendments - Philippine News Agency

• National debt eases to 62% of PH economy as of end-June - CNN

• ADB commits to supporting PHL climate, infra efforts - Business World

• Economic growth slows in 2nd quarter - Philippine Star

• Peso drops vs dollar on GDP, trade reports - Business World

• DPWH hears private-sector concerns about BOT Law IRR - Business World

• 'Online portal on tax management to earn trust of taxpayers' - Business Mirror

• Solon recommends increase in 4Ps cash aid, monthly payouts - Philippine News Agency

• Moody’s Analytics sees PH economy growing 8.8% in Q2 ‘22 - Philippine News Agency

• US eyes increased PH funding - Manila Times

• Diokno: Govt to finance big-ticket projects under better tax system, mix of funding sourcest - CNN

• Simplified tax regime for micro and small enterprises - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Clark locators question IRR of Create Law - Manila Times

• New progressive taxes, belt tightening may help gov’t address ballooning debt - Business World

• Bill eyes agency to create jobs, give fiscal perks to foreign biz - Business Mirror

• Inflation uptick heightens likelihood of BSP rate hike - Philippine Star

• Medalla: PH will not be like Sri Lanka - Manila Times

• Legalize motorcycle taxis, group urges lawmakers - Manila Bulletin

• DPWH: World Bank interested in financing road upgrades, water resources projects in PH - Manila Bulletin

• Iloilo City & SM Prime Collaborate on PPP to redevelop 2 city public markets - Manila Bulletin

• Spike in July inflation ‘expected,’ says Palace - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Duterte leaves P6.8-T fresh debts to Marcos - Manila Bulletin

• ‘No more fiscal space for additional subsidies’ - Philippine Star

• House, DOF execs meet over admin's goal to reduce poverty, other fiscal plans - GMA News

• Digital tax may be difficult to implement, experts say - Business World

• QC collects P23B taxes in 2021, gets Hall of Fame recognition - Philippine News Agency

• Diokno banks on mining for sustained economic recovery, expansion - Philippine News Agency

• Mining industry finds favor with Marcos after Duterte snub - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Marcos to local execs: Pursue PPP - Manila Times

• Economic recovery on track despite slower Q2 - Business World

• To tax, and to protect - Manila Times

• Diokno orders BIR to fast-track digitalization - Manila Bulletin

• SEIPI seeks review of incentives - Malaya Business Insight

• DBM releases P8 billion for farmers’ subsidy - Philippine Star

• Stocks pull back as investors take wait-and-see stance - Philippine Star

• Improve governance, tackle daily concerns of Filipinos – experts to gov’t - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DoF studies Indonesia's carbon tax system - Manila Times

• No excise tax on luxury watches - Manila Times

• How to sell economic reforms - Business World

July 2022

• Senator seeks to abolish travel tax - Philippine Star

• BBM vetoes tax, transport bills - Manila Times

• New law introduces concept of circular economy to address plastic packaging waste - Manila Bulletin

• Philippines faces risk of credit downgrade - Philippine Star

• Municipal bonds eyed to raise funds for LGU projects this year - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF welcomes Agri-Agra law enactment - Manila Bulletin

• GDP to grow 8% in 2022 — Stanchart analysts - Manila Bulletin

• Economic gains to be felt by ordinary Filipinos—Diokno - Manila Bulletin

• BSP to utilize all measures vs. risks in inflation, peso - Philippine News Agency

• Salceda: Tax the rich through 'immovable wealth, conspicuous consumption' - Manila Standard

• Reviewing Rice Tariffication Law not a priority of Marcos admin, says Diokno - GMA News

• BOI to help enterprises learn ways to access CREATE incentives - Business Mirror

• Rising interest rates benefit short-term bond investors - Philippine News Agency

• Marcos asked if he plans to raise taxes to fund priority programs - Business World

• Vape bill lapses into law - Philippine Star

• Lotilla to clarify perks on upstream investments - Philippine Star

• Gov't eyes incentivizing sustainable tourism practices - Philippine News Agency

• Pascual wants grant of full tax incentives to investors - Manila Bulletin

• Diokno: No need to borrow as much as during past years - GMA News

• Sustainable cities to require private sector investment, DENR says - Business World

• Tax reform key to growth – Marcos - Manila Times

• Business groups welcome Marcos’ economic promises, online VAT - Business World

• PHL below Asia-Pacific average in tax revenues - Business World

• More amendments to business and investment laws eyed by Marcos - ABS-CBN News

• BIR told to collect taxes efficiently, equitably - Philippine Star

• Economic team vows inclusive, sustainable development - Manila Times

• Taxes bring minimum price for pack of cigarettes to P82.49 - Business World

• Higher Court sides with LRTA in case vs BIR - Business World

• DoF says on track to hit revenue goals - Business World

• Why we resist the suspension of fuel taxes and the reversal of other hard reforms - Business World

• BSP has room to hike rates further – AMRO - Philippine Star

• Marcos vetoes bill to ‘strengthen’ Gov’t Corporate Counsel, cites ‘excessive benefits, allowances’ - Manila Bulletin

• Philippines looking into bamboo’s economic potential - Philippine Star

• Lawmaker proposes higher taxes for rich - Philippine Star

• ADB expects quicker growth in 2022 - Manila Bulletin

• The long road to fiscal consolidation - Business World

• BSP rates seen rising 4% - Philippine News Agency

• Gov’t needs to rush fiscal consolidation—AMRO - Manila Bulletin

• IBON: Each Filipino owes P112,000 due to Philippines' P12.5-trillion debt - GMA News

• SEIPI’s plea: Review incentives rationalization - Business Mirror

• Science, tech, innovation key to driving economic growth: NEDA - Philippine News Agency

• Another 100 bps rate hike unlikely to hurt economy: analyst - ABS-CBN News

• BSP cautioned not to overdo rate hikes - Philippine Star

• BOI to hold SIPP roadshows nationwide - Manila Bulletin

• Economy to sustain recovery — BSP - Business World

• Congress, DOF eyeing fiscal plan post-SONA - Business Mirror

• Government hikes debt payments in May - Philippine Star

• Labor chief tells government workers rightsizing not outright cuts - Manila Standard

• CTA affirms canceled tax assessment on shipping company - Business World

• LANDBANK launches P10-B loan facility for rural banks affected by typhoon - Business World

• Lawmaker wants local salt farmers to get perks - Business Mirror

• Senators want new govt to clarify rightsizing plan - Business Mirror

• ‘More rate hikes needed as inflation still to peak’ - Philippine Star

• BIR field officials seek resumption of probe on taxation anomalies - Manila Bulletin

• DILG to LGUs: Seek public-private partnerships for projects - ABS-CBN News

• Taxes eyed on alcopops, other vices - Philippine Star

• PH ready for risks and challenges to economic recovery - Philippine News Agency

• Bill to cut fuel excise tax filed - Manila Times

• Share prices decline for 3rd straight day as BSP turns hawkish - Philippine Star

• MAP urges substantial deregulation of MSMEs - Manila Bulletin

• Economy can absorb BSP’s 75 basis-point rate hike —Diokno - GMA News

• Marcos told to detail plans for pandemic, economic recovery in next SONA - ABS-CBN News

• Stocks stay in red as peso weakens - Philippine Star

• FMIC eyes 6-7% growth for PH economy in 2022 - Philippine News Agency

• New rules clarify incentives under the 2008 RE Act - Manila Times

• Amending income tax system too early - Malaya Business Insight

• The Philippines faces pressure to hike rates as peso weakens, inflation persists, economist says - CNBC

• Proposed tax reforms for resource mobilization - Business World

• Senators differ on plans to tax online purchases, streaming apps - Philippine News Agency

• Makabayan pushes for TRAMM amid ‘regressive’ TRAIN, CREATE laws - Manila Bulletin

• Peso hits weakest in 17 years, nears record low - GMA News

• PPA to review operations to reduce shipping, travel costs - GMA News

• Former DA chief says rice law made smuggling easier - Business World

• Philippine F&B sector may expand 6% this year - Philippine Star

• Escudero cautions DoF vs new taxes - Manila Times

• Zarate explains why proposed VAT on Netflix, Spotify is a bad idea - Manila Bulletin

• DOF to pursue remaining CTRP bills - Manila Bulletin

• It’s final: Rolex watches not subject to 20% excise tax - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Angara says middle class will enjoy income tax deduction in 2023 - Manila Bulletin

• Diokno says PHL may tap G7 infrastructure fund - Business World

• Re-filed digital economy tax bill promises P226.5B - Business Mirror

• Green recovery to bring in investments into Southeast Asia - Philippine Star

• Diokno to Bongbong Marcos: Don’t scrap rice tariffication law - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax on plastics, online transactions gets new push - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Escudero seeks changes to 31-year-old Local Government Code - Manila Bulletin

• BOC collects P118B from fuel marking in H1 - GMA News

• DBCC lowers 2022 GDP projection - Manila Times

• Diokno: Priority is economic growth to manage debt - CNN

• Marcos Jr.’s big promises to Philippines face economic reality - Business World

• US-led IPEF to benefit PH — think tank - Manila Bulletin

• Diokno wants single-use plastic tax - Manila Bulletin

• DTI sees P56-B additional foreign retailer investments - Manila Bulletin

• Peso sinks deeper to fresh 16-year low of P56.06:$1 - GMA News

• Poe refiles bill on automatic suspension of excise tax on gas, diesel - GMA News

• Diokno eyes double-digit GDP growth in Q2 - Philippine News Agency

• DOF wants to accelerate mining revival - Manila Bulletin

• PH, Italy eye economic cooperation - Malaya Business Insight

• PSALM says obligations down by a third to P342.6B since 2016 - Philippine Star

• PBBM briefed on economic situation in PH - Philippine News Agency

• Plug tax loopholes, improve payment compliance: solon - Philippine News Agency

• Tax court denies logistics firm’s P120.9-million refund claim - Business World

• Subsidies to GOCC down 82% in May - Philippine Star

• 7 to 8% growth target challenging – Balisacan- Philippine Star

• On tax compliance and digitalization - Business World

• Senate bill sets $80 Dubai crude as trigger to freeze fuel excise tax - Business World

• PSEi inches up ahead of June inflation report - Business World

• Tax perk guidelines for RE developers set - Philippine Star

• P3.8-B cash aid for inflation released — LANDBANK - Business World

• Lawmaker proposes teaching tax education - Philippine Star

• 2022 SIPP officially takes effect - Manila Times

• Attention Marcos economic team: Salceda's solution to the inflation problem - Manila Bulletin

• Converge told: Satisfy promises, or lose tax perks - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• B2G: A new growth market for small and medium enterprises - Manila Times

• Philippine gov't debt down to P12.5T as of end-May - GMA News

• Diokno unfazed by weak peso - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Pangasinan town welcomes $40-M investment - Philippine News Agency

June 2022

• S&P retains Philippine GDP growth outlook for 2022 - Philippine Star

• IT-BPO group: CREATE Law changes can better cover hybrid work issue - Business Mirror

• LGUs' income up 19.4% in Q1 as Mandanas ruling takes effect - GMA News

• Wealth tax to save the nation - Business Mirror

• Peso breaches 55:$1, now Asean’s worst performer - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• NEDA: Additional taxes, growing the economy can help fund gov't priorities if budget not enough - CNN

• The tax challenges and opportunities for the next administration - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PEZA, BOC, BIR link against illicit tobacco trade urged - Manila Bulletin

• Continuing transformative fiscal reforms - Business World

• New taxes needed, Balisacan says - Business World

• A-level credit rating part of Diokno's focus at finance - Business Mirror

• P127 billion fresh equity infused into Landbank - Philippine Star

• Rice tariff collection rises 14% as of end-May - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• New laws to attract more investors - Manila Times

• New BIR chief to collect more taxes via online platforms - Manila Bulletin

• Malacañang institutes gov't support for nat'l financial inclusion strategy - CNN

• China to help Marcos admin deal with rising prices, agri products shortage — envoy - CNN

• Tax agencies should keep up with global trend toward flexible work — ADB - Business World

• PAGCOR yet to collect P2.3B in revenues from POGOs —COA - GMA News

• Agricultural trade deficit widens 40.3% - Business World

• DTI aims to roll out EV incentives scheme by next year - Business Mirror

• Incoming BIR chief says will collect Marcos family's estate tax - Philippine Star

• Salceda pushes tax perks for agriculture sector - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DTI cites Salceda’s role in CREATE law - Manila Standard

• Rise in global inflation could derail PH recovery - Malaya Business Insight

• PHL growth outlook buoyed by reopening, gov’t investment plans; food inflation a drag - Business World

• Government raises P453 billion from fuel marking - Philippine Star

• FIRB: 10 non-compliant ecozones fail to submit CREATE reportorial requirements - Philippine Star

• The cost of excising excise taxes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Manufacturing sector to grow 10% in 2022 - Manila Times

• Sustainable public debt assured with fiscal consolidation — PIDS - Manila Bulletin

• Duterte to sign bill on PHL creative industries development - Business Mirror

• Philippine budget deficit 2nd worst in ASEAN - Philippine Star

• PCCI pushes for economic reform bills - Manila Bulletin

• BSP sees positive digitalization impact to growth - Manila Bulletin

• The 2022 SIPP: What’s next for registered enterprises - Business World

• PH policymakers brace for economic oil shock - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Party-list lawmaker bats for two-tier tax on salty food - Manila Standard

• Experts weigh impact of US recession on PHL - Business Mirror

• Higher CA deficit, not a bad thing: BSP exec - Philippine News Agency

• Should Marcos admin impose new taxes? Salceda says it depends - Manila Bulletin

• PH-EFTA to push for improved trade to recover from pandemic - Manila Bulletin

• Peso among most exposed to risks - Philippine Star

• Mikey Arroyo to next DOE chief: Push for one-stop shop for renewable energy - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BSP: Philippines' external debt-to-GDP ratio at ‘prudent levels’ as of end-March - GMA News

• Concentrix prioritizes employees and reiterates call for government fiscal incentives - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF: No double taxation in power rates - Manila Bulletin

• DOF warns Marcos admin against suspending fuel excise tax - GMA News

• PHL backs continued freeze on some e-commerce duties - Business World

• Multi-agency report backs revival of PH mining - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF: Peza ‘clueless’ on funds brought in by tax perk-enjoying investors - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Reportorial requirement sparks row - Malaya Business Insight

• IT-BPO group to FIRB: Revisit tax perks halt for RTO noncompliance - Business Mirror

• Philippines’ Call Centers Want Tax Perks While Workers Stay Home - Bloomberg

• PH tax reform gains seen even during pandemic: DOF exec - Philippine News Agency

• PHL competitiveness ranking improves - Business World

• BPOs unlikely to take up gov’t dare to forego incentives - Business World

• FDI inch up by 2% in Q1 - Philippine Star

• Over P7 billion investments seen from new Philippines-UAE agreement - Philippine Star

• Policymakers need to tackle looming economic crisis: CDO official - Philippine News Agency

• PSEi falls to 6,400 on US inflation woes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Gov’t agencies urged to review budget proposals - Business World

• Strong fundamentals support peso – DoF - Manila Times

• Negros, Guam build economic ties - Manila Times

• Diokno plans six-year fiscal framework - Manila Bulletin

• Fiscally challenged: Should we worry? - Business World

• Gov’t must continue giving investors tax breaks, other perks - Business World

• DOF: PH’s foreign debts ‘manageable’ - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PH-Thailand sign an ‘understanding’ to resolve cigarette customs valuation dispute - Manila Bulletin

• Incoming NEDA chief wants gov't to boost local agri, not depend on imports - ABS-CBN News

• Gov’t says BPOs still keen to invest in PH even without tax perks - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• FFCCCII bullish on Philippine economic growth of 7% to 9%, praises new economic managers - Business World

• Diokno: Philippines on way to full recovery - Philippine Star

• PHL makes pitch for continued international aid to low, middle-income countries - Business World

• IFC provides $8.3M to telco tower firm’s PHL entry - Business World

• IT-BPM industry revenues surpass recalibrated target - Philippine News Agency

• NCIP, PEZA join forces to establish special economic zones in rural areas - Manila Bulletin

• Philippines may need ten years to bring debt-to-GDP ratio down to 40% - Business World

• Easing land rules for foreigners could boost renewables industry - Business World

• Hanjin shipyard collapse leaves FIRB wary on future incentive grants - Business World

• Why should we return to the office? - Philippine Star

• PH braces for mostly external risks to financial system stability - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Dominguez: Fuel marking helped collect P439.4B in oil taxes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF: More aid, suspended oil tax would have bloated PH debt to P15.4T in 2022 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Marcos, aides discuss post-COVID economic recovery - ABS-CBN News

• Tax court denies Nestlé Philippines’ refund appeal for nearly P254 million - Business World

• Expanded public consultation sought on managing gov’t debt - Business World

• Philippines has tools to avert fiscal crisis, says DOF - Philippine Star

• PEZA wants next DTI chief to reconcile VAT exemption - Manila Bulletin

• CSC okays tax academy appointments - Malaya Business InsightCSC okays tax academy appointments - Malaya Business Insight

• Cap on VAT exemption erodes firms’ viability - Malaya Business Insight

• Lawmaker to re-file bill suspending fuel excise tax - Philippine Star

• Peza, DENR eye land for more ecozones - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Employment seen to boost PH growth - Manila Times

• PHL Senate fails to ratify RCEP - Business World

May 2022

• PH losing $3.6-B investments on gov't 'inconsistencies' -- SEIPI - Manila Bulletin

• Tax reforms net P576 B in fresh revenues—DOF - Manila Bulletin

• The economic status of Philippine regions: Making major cities attractive - Business World

• Ecozone firms must pay taxes for oil imports - Philippine Star

• ADB OKs $400-M loan to deepen PH debt markets - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• SIPP to facilitate economic recovery - Manila Times

• DOF: Tax reform, ‘Build’ among legacies - Malaya Business Insight

• Govt urged to stop imposing more taxes, improve collection system - CNN

• PEZA pushes review of investment laws - Philippine Star

• Duterte tax proposals seen to hit poor, middle class - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Govt provides less subsidies in April - Manila Times

• Think tank upgrades GDP growth forecast - Philippine Star

• Power coops seek tax relief - Philippine Star

• New DTI chief sees more support for MSMEs, ease of doing business - Philippine Star

• UK think tank gives ‘competent’ BBM economic team a chance - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Incoming Neda chief Balisacan: Revive manufacturing for sustainable poverty reduction - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Diokno lukewarm to more tax reforms - Manila Bulletin

• New strategic investment priority plan gets Malacañang nod - CNN

• Stop processing e-sabong transactions, banks told - Philippine Star

• Marcos Jr. wary of proposals to collect new taxes - Philippine Star

• Malacañang OK with new taxes planned by next administration - Manila Bulletin

• Bulacan Airport ecozone authority bill hurdles Senate on final reading - Business World

• Government to borrow P250B from local sources - Business Mirror

• Defer income tax cuts, impose new taxes - Manila Times

• DOF unveils fiscal consolidation program - Manila Bulletin

• FIRB grants tax incentives to Converge - GMA News

• ‘No CCTV, no business permit’ policy sought - Philippine Star

• 'Hulk' star Ruffalo joins call for global wealth tax - Philippine Star

• Arbitrary tax audits - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Dominguez rages at Megaworld ‘pabaon’ yarn, keeps keen eye on BIR - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Oxfam tells Davos: Time to tax growing billionaire club - Philippine Star

• Philippines urged to start fiscal normalization - Philippine Star

• Foreign chambers urge Senate to ratify RCEP trade deal reducing red tape, import tariffs - Philippine Star

• Proving VAT zero-rating on local purchases of IPA-registered export enterprises - Philippine Star

• Tax perks OKd for 11 big-ticket projects worth P368B - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Senate passes Bulacan Airport ecozone authority bill on second reading - Business World

• BIR collections fall short of DBCC target - Manila Times

• Regions growth to encourage investments—DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Success of inflation fight seen depending on developing domestic resources - Business World

• Tax financing a bankrupt state - Business Mirror

• Philexport partners with Taiwan trade group to boost investments - Philippine Star

• DOF halts creation of properties, multi-level marketing, e-sabong, POGO audit task forces - GMA News

• Gov’t pays P300B BSP loan ahead of maturity - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Crucial transition period: What lies ahead for PH economy - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• '2022 crucial for PH, French economies' - Manila Times

• Gov’t earns P46 B from rice reform - Manila Bulletin

• Will the next finance secretary please stand up? - Philippine Star

• Auto industry backs zero-duty on e-vehicles - Philippine News Agency

• Scrap 12% VAT on power rates, incoming Marcos admin asked - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PHLPost digitalization to boost PH economic activities — Duterte - Manila Bulletin

• Credit raters awaiting incoming administration’s fiscal consolidation plan - Business World

• Bangsamoro business council to help attract more investments in Cotabato City - Business World

• BIR task force inspects incentivized biz with back-to-office work - Philippine News Agency

• Megaworld: Issues with BIR 'resolved' - Manila Times

• BSP still upbeat on investments - Manila Times

• Coordinating panel proposed in draft IRR for Foreign Investment Act - Business World

• Converge secures tax incentives for ‘missionary’ fiber rollout in remote areas - Business World

• PH budget deficit down to 6.4 from 8.6 percent of GDP - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Q1 foreign investment pledges fall to lowest since 2009 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• R&D, infrastructure and STI investment vital to pandemic recovery - DOST - Manila Bulletin

• Market volatility to persist - Malaya Business Insight

• Marcos must use current tax measures to spur economic recovery, says ex-DOF chief - TV5 News

• Dominguez defends rice import liberalization law - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PH hurdles formidable health and economic challenges with robust first-quarter - Manila Bulletin

• PEZA warns of 'underground BPOs' competing for workers with registered firms - ABS-CBN News

• Liberalized rice trading lowers staple food price for Filipinos - Philippine News Agency

• Marcos Jr. urged to sustain infra dev’t, tax reforms - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Road user's tax exemption for EVs mulled - Manila Bulletin

• DOF calls for improved tax collection - Malaya Business Insight

• LANDBANK rolls out P50-B loan program for firms affected by crises - Business World

• ADB lists 'best bet' sectors for rebuilding - Business Mirror

• GDP growth to remain at 6.5% in 2022 – Citi - Philippine Star

• Amended BOT Law IRR OKd - Philippine Star

• Cases vs ex-DOF tax specialist dismissed - Manila Bulletin

• IBON: Marcos Jr. likely to raise taxes on consumption - GMA News

• ‘Economy may hit speed bump in Q2’ - Philippine Star

• DOF to Marcos: More revenues, no wasteful spending - Manila Bulletin

• 200 more medicines added to VAT exemption list - Manila Bulletin

• As debt-to-GDP ratio bloats to 63.5%, economists tell new admin to raise taxes, avoid populist projects - GMA News

• Philippine economy grows 8.3% in Q1, beating expectations - Philippine Star

• Car industry up 40% in April 2022 - Philippine News Agency

• PH debt now 63.5 percent of GDP - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• JG Summit reports P2.8-B net loss - Manila Bulletin

• EVs still expensive after waiving import tariffs, industry tells TC - Business World

• 4 data centers eye to sign up with PEZA - Philippine News Agency

• P17-billion Subic shipyard rehab snags tax perks - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Farmers group refutes NFA's rice tariff claims - Manila Standard

• Salceda: I will continue giving best economic advice to next President - Business Mirror

• Cost cutting, tax savings allow Cosco to post profit - Business Mirror

• Better economy, higher debt await next admin — BSP - Manila Standard

• FDI growth momentum could dissipate due to RCEP delay - Business World

• DoF warns against fuel excise suspension, backs targeted relief for vulnerable sectors - Business World

• More reforms needed to support investment liberalization — economist - Business World

• Focus on fiscal consolidation, next admin urged - Business Mirror

• Next President must oversee rebound - economic strategist - Manila Bulletin

• Perks needed for ecozone dev’t: PEZA - Malaya Business Insight

• DOF: Grains agency cuts losses due to rice tariff law - Business Mirror

• Reviving OPSF to bring fiscal challenge–expert - Business Mirror

• BUx: Businesses stand to benefit from adoption of digital payments - Manila Bulletin

• NLEX invested P7-B for tollway upgrades since 2015 - Manila Bulletin

• Second round effects to inflation seen in Q2 - Manila Bulletin

• Presidential bet Montemayor wants review of TRAIN, CREATE laws - CNN

• DOF: Duterte tax reform brought P575.8B more revenues in 2018-2021 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• NG debt hits record P12.68 trillion as of end-March - Business World

• PEZA says Q1 approved investments plunged 68% - Business World

• DA sets massive P2.5 trillion plan to modernize Philippine agriculture - Philippine Star

• Weeks before Duterte gone, PH gets P2.9B loan for bridges - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Islamic banking development seen to help boost investments in Mindanao - Business World

• Tax incentives for educational institutions: Are they finally right? - Business World

• BIR adds new devices to list of COVID goods exempted from VAT - Business World

• Fuel marking collections reach P422 billion - Philippine Star

• New law on e-vehicle industry dev't a big push for green mobility - Manila Bulletin

• Duterte stops e-sabong operations - Business World

• DoF's Dominguez calls speed of loan dealings with Japan a model for development partners - Business World

• Trade department lobbies next gov't to expand local production as Duterte term winds down - Business World

• DTI says PEZA laws can be revised BPO hybrid work setup - ABS-CBN News

• Senate panel hears support for 12% VAT on digital services bill - Business World

• Next administration to inherit 'better economy', higher debt: BSP Gov. Diokno - ABS-CBN News

• Villanueva urges gov't to take its cue from Concentrix; says post-pandemic workforce bound to challenge PH labor policy, business practices - Manila Bulletin

• Infra faces cost hikes, delays on metals crunch - Business Mirror

• PLDT, Smart commit to support SDGs - Philippine Star

• Taxation: The power to CREATE - Philippine Star

• New EU green initiatives to impact PH businesses - Manila Times

• BARMM chalks up two-year economic growth - Manila Standard

• Teachers’ group rues tax levied on election worker pay - ABS-CBN News

April 2022

• Half of P5.24-trillion budget for 2023 for infrastructure, health projects – DBM - Philippine Star

• British Chamber renews call for ratification of Philippine membership to RCEP, highlights digital economy - Philippine Star

• PH shares nosedive as inflation fears mount - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Biggest BPO braces for tax break loss - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• EV manufacturing to get P9-B tax perks under CARS - Manila Bulletin

• Restoration shops, firms in vintage vehicles business may access tax perks - Business Mirror

• Fiscal consolidation at risk as prices continue to rise - Philippine Star

• PH offers $153-B investment opportunities in energy sector - Philippine News Agency

• Landbank lends P20 B for green energy projects - Manila Bulletin

• BSP to scale back policy support as economy recovers, Diokno says - Business World

• Puregold earns P8B on higher margins, cost control - Business World

• More loans for COVID: PH borrows P12.3B from Japan - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PH poised to attract more US investments - Manila Times

• Musk's Starlink seen to establish PH base in Bataan - Manila Bulletin

• PH projects to collect P923M for 2023 if tax imposed on plastic bags - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• ACEN ramps up RE investment targets to 18000MW - Manila Bulletin

• RBEs of IT-BPMs remember their fiscal incentives all too well - Business World

• Clarifying taxability of proprietary educational institutions and non-profit hospitals - Business Mirror

• DOF chief says MDBs vital to climate financing in PHL - Business Mirror

• Dominguez: New US-led owner of Subic shipyard to create 300 new jobs a year - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BSP bullish on PHL's 'full recovery' - Business World

• Policy continuity seen regardless of poll results - Philippine Star

• 2 banks advise next administration - Manila Times

• Isko party seeks BIR’s garnishment of Marcos assets to collect P203-B estate tax - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• IIF: Ukraine crisis spillover to strain PH fiscal position - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Peza pays P898M in dividends to national gov’t - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• NEDA: PH needs innovation for development - Manila Bulletin

• Finance, BIR firm on taxing teachers' extra pay for poll duties - Philippine Star

• PHL needs to grow over 6% to cut debt - Business World

• Varying ecozone fees imposed on POGOs flagged by fiscal body - Business World

• BIR posts higher collections; boosts tax base under Duterte admin - Philippine News Agency

• PH artificial intelligence industry seen hitting $92 B by 2030 - Manila Bulletin

• Solon aims for ‘big whale’ investments from Japan - Business Mirror

• IMF raises Philippines 2022 growth target to 6.5% - Philippine Star

• Philippine investment grade rating affirmed anew - Philippine Star

• PH to pay back ₱1.3T COVID-19 response loans in 40 years - CNN

• Most IPAs still rely on subsidies, says DoF - Business World

• ‘Tax clarity’ seen a tool for smoother collection - Business Mirror

• Russia-Ukraine war to drag on Philippine export - Philippine Star

• Pagcor turns over P6 billion cash dividends to National Treasury - Manila Times

• Solid economic fundamentals lure more foreign capital to PH - Manila Standard

• DTI finishes final draft of SIPP under CREATE law - Philippine News Agency

• P29B in ‘green’ samurai bonds added to PH debt pile - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• FDI drops for 1st time in 8 months - Business World

• DOF pushes adjustment of real estate tax - Philippine Star

• Duterte gov’t told to seize Marcos bank accounts - Business World

• Some nonprofit hospitals, schools may have to pay 25% income tax, BIR says - Business World

• Pandemic shaved P3 trillion from economy—NEDA - Business Mirror

• Bold tax reforms seen to help economy recover - Philippine Star

• P4B tax subsidies for 7 state agencies OK’d - Malaya Business Insight

• Why targeted fuel subsidies are better than fuel tax cuts - Business World

• IPAs still undergoing training on CREATE incentives for locators - Business World

• EDC earmarks P17.4 billion for capital expenditures - Philippine Star

• Above-target inflation seen in coming months - Philippine Star

• Jinggoy Estrada wants to incentivize flexible work arrangements - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF pushes land valuation reform before Duterte is gone - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Philippine exports exceed pre-pandemic level in Jan.-Feb - GMA News

• BSP encourages investment in Islamic banking - Philippine News Agency

• Tax reforms boost PH's position in Asia - Philippine News Agency

• Pogo tax take drops 46 percent to P3.91 billion in 2021 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR collects nearly P3B in unpaid taxes from erring firms in 2021 - GMA News

• Philippines' 2021 GDP growth upgraded to 5.7% - Business World

• LGUs borrowed P12.8B in Q1 for infra - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• ADB still sees 6% growth for PH - Manila Times

• PH renewable energy investments reached over P256b in last 13 years - Manila Standard

• Philippine economy to grow 6% in 2022, and 6.3% in 2023, says ADB - GMA News

• DOF: Government is intent on collecting all tax liabilities - Philippine Star

• WB downscales 2022 PH growth forecast as fallout from Ukraine war felt - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Govt can fund unconditional cash transfer of up to 6 months – DoF - Manila Times

• DTI lists 250 foreign investment leads worth P450-B - Manila Bulletin

• PH debt-to-GDP ratio seen to decline as pandemic fades - ABS-CBN News

• BOC collections hit record high of P70.7 billion in March - Philippine Star

• DTI-BOI sees further growth of manufacturing output - Philippine News Agency

• DOF: Reforms to sustain PH trade growth - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• JFC urges urgent implementation of 3 economic laws - Manila Bulletin

• SIPP draft lists ‘green’ projects, R&D as eligible for incentives - Business World

• LGUs with mining sites to get tax income share - Philippine Star

• Manufacturing firms sign up for 100% RE power contracts - Manila Bulletin

• What the EPR Act of 2022 can mean for businesses - Business World

• Legislator sees CREATE, liberalizations attracting FDI of $20 billion by 2026 - Business World

• SIPP final draft seen to get Palace okay soon - Business Mirror

• Philippine growth targets at risk as Ukraine crisis drags on - Philippine Star

• PH posts $27-B net external liability - Manila Times

• BOI, PEZA investments plunge 90% in 2 months - Philippine Star

• Neda chief sees ‘respectable’ GDP growth in 1st quarter 2022 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• SM Investments to buy geothermal firm PGPC in ₱15.7B share swap deal - CNN

• ADB supports VAT on digital transactions - Philippine Star

• Mindanao Container Terminal into green fleet expansion - Manila Bulletin

• Philippine gov’t debt balloons to new record-high P12.09T as of end-February - GMA News

• Legislator calls on gov't to issue investment priorities plan soon - Business World

• DMW core income rises 44% as land sales boost growth - Business World

March 2022

• Dominguez: BIR squeezing Marcos estate tax dues despite pending court cases - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• TMP to seek P2.7-B tax incentive under CARS - Manila Bulletin

• BoI registers Medtecs EV, textile, PPE project - Business World

• Philippines to grow 6 percent in 2022, outperforming global average: Fitch - ABS-CBN News

• Loans to MSMEs hit P207.4 billion - Philippine Star

• Escudero seeks Congress action on supplemental budget to fund cash aid from fuel excise tax - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Filipino investors urged to partner with Bangladeshi shipbuilders - Philippine News Agency

• Productivity increased under IT-BPM on-site work arrangements - Philippine News Agency

• Amortized input VAT no more - Manila Times

• PEZA backtracks, orders IT-BPOs to return onsite - Manila Bulletin

• Bangsamoro gets P277-M banana export investment - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Fitch sees higher 2022 inflation - Manila Times

• BIR to rebid 11 seized Marcos properties - Manila Bulletin

• Lopez says PEZA enterprises to return to onsite operations April 1 - Manila Bulletin

• Moody's Analytics sees faster but still below-target 2022 PH growth of 6.4% - CNN

• GOCC dividends in 2021 exceed pre-pandemic levels - Business World

• Gordon won’t back higher taxes, says solution is expanded tax base - Business World

• Campaign fever, business pickup energizing stock market - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PH manufacturing activity likely sped up anew in March - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax rules for the "e-sabong” businesses - Manila Times

• SEC padlocks 6 more lending firms - Manila Bulletin

• DOF eyes faster growth in Duterte’s final quarter - Manila Bulletin

• PEZA to allow 70-30 hybrid work model - Manila Bulletin

• State's 2021 infrastructure spending hits P895B - Business World

• HMO income down by 28% to P5.14 billion - Philippine Star

• A new era for foreign investments - Philippine Star

• Boosting economic recovery together - Philippine Star

• BI sees major increase in arrivals by 2Q of 2022 - Philippine News Agency

• Peso seen ending 2022 near P53:$1 - Manila Times

• New R&D projects to aid PH in the new normal - Business Mirror

• Dennis Uy shipping firm sees savings due to tax incentives - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF: $10B annual FDI ‘within reach’ with liberalization laws - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BCDA boosts use of New Clark City sports facilities - Manila Bulletin

• Businesses less optimistic in Q1 — BSP - GMA News

• BOC automates 82% of customs processes, improves collection - Philippine News Agency

• PH eyes concluding trade deal with UAE next year - Philippine News Agency

• MORE Power Corp.’s P1.9-B investment showing results in Iloilo - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PH stands a chance of potential RCEP renegotiation - Manila Bulletin

• BPOs: Better to lose tax perks than workers - Business Mirror

• Philippines needs more investments in school infrastructure – PIDS - Philippine Star

• Development Academy of the Philippines no longer a GOCC - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DBM earmarks subsidy of P500 monthly for 3 months, or P1,500 for poor families - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BSP may recast $11-b investment target as new developments arise - Manila Standard

• Easing back into the pre-pandemic world, tax-wise - Business World

• More foreign investors coming to PH: Swiss envoy - ABS-CBN News

• Filinvest REIT sees BPOs rebuilding on-site presence - Philippine Star

• Over $60-B investments seen to enter PH with amended PSA - Philippine News Agency

• DOF to squeeze GOCCs to fund bigger cash aid - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PPA remits P4 billion to national government - Manila Times

• PH faces food, non-food inflationary pressures - Manila Bulletin

• Are Registered Business Enterprise transactions VAT zero-rated or not? - Business World

• Vivant says power generation drives 23% rise in net income - Business World

• DBM plans additional fuel subsidies for PUV drivers, agriculture sector in April - Philippine Star

• Duterte to sign amendments to PSA - Philippine Star

• Energy efficiency projects' inclusion in IRR of amended BOT Law pushed - Manila Bulletin

• PHL seeking US GSP renewal with duty-free treatment for footwear - Business World

• New VAT zero-rating rules and requirements under CREATE - Business World

• Government grants new permit for mining, 1st since 2012 - Philippine Star

• MBC nixes proposed changes in BOT Law - Philippine Star

• Infra investments to continue – DoF - Manila Times

• How shipbuilding contributes to PH economic growth - Manila Times

• 87,500 jeepney drivers get fuel subsidy; ₱569M released — Landbank - CNN

• Japan think tank sees slower PH growth in 2022 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Hydropower plant project in Ifugao gets BOI nod - Philippine News Agency

• No funds for P24 billion wage subsidy - Manila Standard

• DOF pushing BIR to collect Marcos heirs' estate taxes to generate more government revenue - CNN

• Cebu-based RoRo shipping company granted fiscal perks - Business Mirror

• PEZA to appeal denial of work from home extension - ABS-CBN News

• PH eyes $5-B HIMS revenue in 2022, more US investors - Philippine News Agency

• BIR, BOC exceed 2021 collection goals, says Finance Dept - GMA News

• 16-MW hydropower plant in Eastern Samar seen as ‘economic multiplier’ — THEC - GMA News

• DoF, NEDA object to single national minimum wage - Business World

• RCEP could help blunt oil spike impact on food - Business Mirror

• Duterte: Yes to ‘e-sabong,’ no to 24/7 gambling - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF nixes fuel excise tax suspension, proposes P200 monthly aid to poor families - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Widest output gap in Asean to scar PH labor market - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BSP chief Diokno: PHL economy will grow faster than its debt - Business Mirror

• Uy shipping firm gets tax incentives - Philippine Star

• Treasury tempers borrowings due to high rates, but LGUs ramp up loans - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PH NFT developers seek gov't tax regulation - Manila Bulletin

• FIRB backs SIPP for Duterte’s approval - Manila Bulletin

• Domestic trade declines 36.4% by value in fourth quarter - Business World

• Incentives approved for P1.5-billion vessel plying Cebu-Cagayan route - Business World

• Cargo transport company wins tax case vs BIR - Business World

• PH to lose P138.8-B this year if fuel taxes waived: DOF - ABS-CBN News

• Oil firms set biggest increase in fuel prices - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• TUCP files petition to raise NCR’s minimum wage to P1,007 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF: More foreign investors in PH no longer seeking tax perks - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PEZA backs IT-BPO firms' request for WFH - Manila Times

• Cost of production of ecozone exporters to go up - Malaya Business Insight

• Nomura cuts PHL growth forecast to 6.3% due to inflation - Business World

• Universal social protection possible with progressive taxation, say development experts - Business Mirror

• Econ reform bills to boost growth - Manila Times

• Garments and textile exports seen rising to $1.5b this year - Manila Standard

• PHL waives P23.4 billion worth of duties on pandemic-related imports - Business World

• Cebu BPOs seek exemption from on-site work rules, cite continuing typhoon impact - Business World

• Eleazar calls for gradual return to work - Philippine Star

• Wage review OK, but small firms may find hike high – ECOP - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF should mull amending TRAIN after fuel excise tax hiatus rejected –Lacson - GMA News

• IBPAP lukewarm on full-on-site return of BPOs; prefers gradual transition - GMA News

• IT-BPO workers oppose gov't return-to-office order - Philippine Star

• Economic managers crafting ways to deflect rising oil prices - Philippine News Agency

• Goldman Sachs cuts PH 2022 growth forecast - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Work-from-Home’ law author urges FIRB to reconsider return-to-office deadline for BPOs - Manila Standard

• Full Alert Level 1 status can support PH economy amid Russia-Ukraine war–solon - Manila Bulletin

• DBM: Philippines to lose P117 billion if fuel excise tax suspended - GMA News

• Exports quicken, imports ease in January - Business World

• FDI soar by 54%, hit record $10.5 billion - Philippine Star

• Gov’t doubles down on threat vs call centers defying on-site work order: Comply or lose tax perks - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Transport strike eyed to press fuel tax cuts - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PHL digital economy seen accounting for 12% of GDP by 2030 - Business World

• Next administration urged to fix LGU tax rules - Business World

• 'PHL's big informal sector poses fiscal challenge' - Business Mirror

• Teachers' group decries tax raises on travel allowances for poll work - Philippine Star

• Sotto: Charter allows Pagcor to suspend e-sabong operations - Manila Bulletin

• DOF, USAID launch $15-M climate project - Manila Bulletin

• DBM fund releases top P3 trillion, exceeding 60% of 2022 budget - Business World

• Port Barton Corp. wins tax case vs BIR - Business World

• Solons back fuel excise tax suspension bill, call on DBCC to convene - Business World

• Agriculture groups seek relief from VAT, fuel excise tax - Philippine Star

• Philippines' forex buffers inch up in February as gold turns pricey - Philippine Star

• Gov't well-positioned to meet disbursement plan: DOF chief - Philippine News Agency

• New foreign investments law to help MSMEs find new biz partners - Philippine News Agency

• BCDA turns over new facilities to Philippine Army - Manila Standard

• DOE seeks EO to suspend coal import duty - Manila Bulletin

• FIRB denies PEZA request to lift NCR ecozone moratorium - Manila Bulletin

• SBMA keeps Hanjin deal under wraps - Business Mirror

• Government urged to renew tariffs on raw materials for animal feed - Philippine Star

• House ready for special session on rising oil prices – Velasco - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Zubiri: Temporarily suspend fuel excise, strengthen alternative fuels - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF, BIR can suspend collection of excise taxes on fuel products under TRAIN Law – Drilon - Manila Bulletin

• Canada to provide P178M to Bangsamoro dev’t fund - Business World

• Dominguez: Russia-Ukraine war will hit PHL economy like a ‘ricocheting bullet’ - Business Mirror

• SMC Global to invest P18.5 billion for LNG plant in Negros - Philippine Star

• April 1 return-to-office deadline bucked by BPOs - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Energy department open to suspension of taxes on coal, oil - Manila Times

• Digitalization cuts SSS operating cost - Manila Bulletin

• Amended FIA creates new investment promotion committee - Manila Bulletin

• Stocks may rise on firms' 2021 financial reports - Business World

• Delayed impact expected from economic liberalization bills - Business World

• PNOC to tap private sector for energy projects–exec - Business Mirror

• PHL to US investors: Place bet on agri sector - Business Mirror

• Central bank backs 7 bills to aid recovery - Philippine Star

• Businesses laud changes to Foreign Investments Act - Philippine Star

• 7 countries offer to solve Philippines’ power problems - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Jeepney drivers press government to release fuel subsidy - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Duterte economic team to discuss possible relief amid high oil prices - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• New investments in Bataan boost residential demand - Manila Standard

• Tax payment, weak lending sap Security Bank profits in 2021 - Philippine Star

• PH gives highest perks for new tech investments - Philippine News Agency

• PH stocks gauge, peso weaken further amid Ukraine-Russia worry - Philippine News Agency

• PH debt breaches P12 trillion, seen exceeding P13 trillion by end of 2022 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BCCP event tackles amended RTLA - Manila Times

• Duterte signs law amending Foreign Investments Act - CNN

• PEZA sees vaccination progress boosting investment this year - Business World

• Inflation at 3% in February; govt focuses on hiking local food yield - Business Mirror

• BIR collects P7 billion back taxes from evaders - Philippine Star

• Stocks rise on earnings optimism - Philippine Star

• Japan signs P19.9-M new grassroots projects in PH - Philippine News Agency

• PH e-commerce startup raises $10.7-M from foreign sources - Philippine News Agency

• DA bats for P24-B add’l fund - Manila Bulletin

• DOF vows quick return to fiscal consolidation - Manila Bulletin

• BSP awards contract for design of new central bank complex in New Clark City - GMA News

• Government to spend P180M for 2 surveys on PHL business and industry, health - Business Mirror

• Insurers now allowed to invest in FISTCs - Philippine Star

• Customs exceeds target collection for 2nd month - Philippine Star

• PH GDP seen to remain strong despite Omicron factor - Philippine News Agency

• Treasury: PH’s record-high debt remains “sustainable” - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Putin’s war on Ukraine and impact on PH prices - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Foreign retailers keen to invest in PH – NEDA - Manila Bulletin

• Attracting foreign investment in the post-pandemic future - Business World

• IT-BPO group wants more support from next administration - Business World

• Duterte names new SBMA Head - Philippine Star

• Government raises P458 billion from RTB auction - Philippine Star

• BOC logs P8.7-B collection surplus in February - Philippine News Agency

• GSIS narrows net loss to P18.7 billion in 2021 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Ayala Land sets P100-B in projects for this year - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PH to gain $34 B in GDP from Meta subsea cable investments - Manila Bulletin

• Russia-Ukraine crisis may entail upsides for PH – BOI - Manila Bulletin

• Philippine manufacturing highest in over 3 years –IHS Markit February survey - GMA News

• High debt-to-GDP ratio not cause for worry: BSP - ABS-CBN News

• BOI, Elon Musk’s SpaceX in talks over investment plan in PH - Philippine News Agency

• Public Service Act awaits PRRD signature, seen to lure investors - Philippine News Agency

• Inflation tipped to have jumped 3.3% in February - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Govt raises P378B from fuel marking - Manila Times

• FIRB denies extension of WFH of ITBPM firms - Manila Bulletin

• Palace: Suspending excise tax on oil needs reco from DOF, DBCC - GMA News

• New year, new corporate income tax rate for ROHQs - Business World

February 2022

• New EO on national ID to ramp up financial inclusion - Philippine Star

• Russia, Ukraine trade relations continue despite war – DTI - Philippine Star

• PEZA seeks FIRB reconsideration on WFH arrangement - Philippine Star

• Exporters urged to maximize FTAs to boost trade, investments - Philippine News Agency

• PH urged to ‘reimagine’ policies, tax breaks for BPOs - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Duterte administration highlights infrastructure, economic performance - Manila Times

• High poverty rate awaits next leader—DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Residential property market prepares for a rebound - Philippine Star

• Government eyes PPP projects in South Cotabato - Philippine Star

• Ukraine crisis fallout: Slower global economic growth, higher consumer prices in PH - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Economic team: Food supply, oil prices stable - Manila Times

• PH needs 7% to 8% GDP growth rate per year to recover from COVID losses — UP economists - Manila Bulletin

• Cusi dangles 100% ownership to US RE investors - Manila Bulletin

• IT-BPM players await approval of WFH extension - SunStar

• Circular economy pushed as Philippines faces waste crisis - Philippine Star

• Moody’s hikes forecast growth for Philippines to 7% - Philippine Star

• DA lures investors to venture into fish aquaculture - Philippine News Agency

• PH among 'biggest losers' in Ukraine war - Manila Times

• DFC expresses intent on investing in Philippines - Manila Times

• PH central bank invests in Asian Green Bond Fund - Manila Bulletin

• BSP: $15M ‘hot money’ entered Philippines in January - GMA News

• TFMC vows to optimize coco levy fund - Manila Bulletin

• Gov’t readies ‘targeted assistance’ as oil prices rise - Manila Bulletin

• ITBPM revenue likely grew 12% in 2021 - Manila Bulletin

• PH wants to kickstart free trade talks with US, says DTI chief - CNN

• AboitizPower starts building 94-MW solar farm in Pangasinan - Business World

• PHL economy seen to grow by 6% this year but still vulnerable to pandemic disruptions - Business World

• High underemployment smudges gov’t jobs picture - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR temporarily shutters 18 Pogos in Cagayan ecozone - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• CCPI pushes 'Economic Compass Pillars 5' - Manila Times

• LandBank-DBP merger still on the table—DOF - Manila Standard

• Walden Bello: Duterte admin passed the most pro-foreign investor measures - GMA News

• European Union extends P1.7B in agriculture, climate grants for PHL - Business World

• Subic sparks investors’ interest in Dubai trade quest - Business Mirror

• Firm sees big opportunity in renewable energy market - Philippine News Agency

• 'Build, Build, Build' projects lure foreign investments to Clark - Philippine News Agency

• DOF says no to wealth tax, yes to higher property tax - Manila Bulletin

• BIR reminds candidates, parties to comply with election, campaign tax rules - GMA News

• DOF: Philippines readying tax measures to pay for COVID-19 response - GMA News

• Creba calls for relief from zonal value, property tax hikes - Business Mirror

• Government plans to award developers with perks - Business Mirror

• BCDA invites UAE firms to invest in New Clark City - Philippine News Agency

• Remittances, BPO revenues seen to boost PH BOP position - Philippine News Agency

• Treasury adds P1.9-t worth of gov’t properties in national registry system - Manila Standard

• Liberal mining policies to lure foreign investors back to PHL–COMP - Business Mirror

• Globe: Telco builds, digital ventures to create more jobs - Business Mirror

• Leody de Guzman open to DOF briefing on PH debt - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Neda dangles tax-free perks to 6 gov’t programs’ private donors - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DTI asks businesses to secure safety seal - Manila Times

• DOE to firm up Japan deal on planned oil stockpiling - Manila Bulletin

• LGUs’ pandemic response hits P119 B - Manila Bulletin

• Lacson, Sotto question DOF’s proposed tax hike to manage debt post Duterte admin - GMA News

• Tax the wealthy, not poor, to pay ₧102-B - debt–group - Business Mirror

• DPWH to hasten completion of Mindanao infra projects - Business Mirror

• DOE authorizes 18 more firms to supply power to large users - Philippine Star

• DOT hails acceptance of 12 more nat'l vax certs - Philippine News Agency

• EU lawmakers warns PH of losing trade perks due to rights record - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DTI unfazed about renewed threat to trade benefits - Manila Times

• RLC developing destination estate near Clark - Manila Bulletin

• DOF ready to brief presidential bets on how to manage PHL’s debt - GMA News

• Fuel prices seen to go up anew next week - GMA News

• Inflation target still at 2-4% - Philippine Star

• Fitch affirms Philippines' investment-grade rating but outlook remains negative - Philippine Star

• PH gets $500-M investment for world-class data center - Philippine News Agency

• New, higher taxes eyed to service PH debts - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Energy efficiency projects now qualified for longest tax holiday period - Business World

• More wind power investments seen contributing $1.1 B to economy — report - Philippine Star

• Peza suffers 69% decline in January pledges - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• More foreign investors urged to tap PH agri, fisheries sector - Philippine News Agency

• 5 EU telco firms keen in PH — Lopez - Manila Bulletin

• Lacson to DOF: Seek revision of TRAIN Law to address oil price hikes - GMA News

• DoF in talks with banks on maiden green bond offer - Business World

• Philippine export performance continues to lag global rebound - Business World

• Economic scars may be permanent for Philippines –S&P - Philippine Star

• Philippines drops to 80th in economic freedom index - Philippine Star

• Over P601.9-M grant for BARMM's normalization approved - Philippine News Agency

• Japan commits long-term infra support to PH - Manila Bulletin

• PH becomes hotspot for data center investors - Manila Bulletin

• DOT chief sees tourism sector recovery from pandemic in 2022 - GMA News

• DoE pushes for competitive prices, targeted relief amid continued oil price rise - Philippine Star

• PEZA woos UAE oil firms to set up refineries in PH ecozones - Philippine News Agency

• Court stops importation of 200,000 MT of sugar - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Cash remittances to PH hit new high of $31.4 billion in 2021 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Foreign investment pledges rebound in 2021 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• SEC collects P119-M in fees, penalties through online - Manila Bulletin

• PH, UAE to boost economic ties with investment, trade deals - Philippine News Agency

• Giant Qatar firm eyes $500-M integrated dairy facility in PH - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Fuel marking program revenue tops P367B; volume 36B liters - Business World

• Clarifications and guidance on tax-free exchanges of property - Business World

• BSP says keeping balance between economic recovery, managing inflation - ABS-CBN News

• BIR nets P1.22 billion POGO taxes in Q4 - Philippine Star

• New POGO tax yields P1.2-B in 3 months - Manila Bulletin

• Dole unit starts operating P306-M Lanao del Sur pineapple plant - Business World

• BSP likely to keep interest rates steady - Philippine Star

• Policymakers urged to go easy on taxing tobacco products - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• $580M investments from UAE firms seen - Manila Times

• Basay mining project ready for privatization - Philippine Star

• Tax experts urge the public to file ITRs - Manila Bulletin

• BIR files P234M tax evasion vs. 14 Metro Manila, Bulacan taxpayers - Manila Bulletin

• Non-filing of ITR not an offense under 1977 Revenue Code – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Tax court denies P12-M refund of Regus - Business World

• SSS refunding P105 million in pension loan payments as Bayanihan II relief measure - Business World

• PEZA seeking to extend remote-work BPO scheme to September - Business World

• Further guidance on tax-free transfers - Manila Times

• DOF eyes credit rating system for LGUs issuing ‘green’ bonds - Business Mirror

• Philippine factories cap 2021 with sustained 9-month run of output growth - Philippine Star

• BOC collects P19-B rice customs duties, P3.75-B from pork imports - Philippine News Agency

• Neda says government infrastructure projects could create 2 million jobs this year - Business Mirror

• BOI says amended Public Service Act to boost growth - ABS-CBN News

• House panel to recommend list of priority sectors for tax perks - Philippine News Agency

• Govt pushes for EODB reforms - Manila Times

• Philippines slips a notch in 2022 global investment opportunity index - Business World

• Robust exports to improve Philippines growth trajectory - Philippine Star

• Liberalization laws to boost economic recovery this year - Manila Standard

• Trade recovery momentum needs support—DOF - Manila Bulletin

• GDP nearing pre-pandemic level, NAP4 scorecard up - Business Mirror

• Easing inflation gives BSP more room to retain rates - Philippine Star

• NEDA: Philippines needs strong competition policy - Philippine Star

• BARMM welcomes 5 investors with P1-B capital - Philippine News Agency

• ING Bank sees lower 5.3% PH growth - Manila Times

• Philippines plans $500 million green bond offering - Business World

• PEZA signs tourism and trade partnership with Japan - Business World

• PH secures another $800M for COVID-19 vaccines, boosters - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Senate, House OK reconciled bill lifting foreign ownership curbs - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Lopez bats for RCEP ratification this year - Manila Times

• FDI surge expected as full foreign ownership allowed in more sectors - Business World

• Dominguez urges tax management experts to encourage payment of right taxes - Philippine Information Agency

• Competition authority allays fears on RCEP - Manila Bulletin

• Foreign businessmen cite PSA as game-changing law - Manila Bulletin

• DOF, BSP differ over Co-op banking - Business Mirror

• BPO sector declares support for PHL participation in RCEP - Business World

• Fuel marking program generates over P358 billion as of end-Jan. - Business World

• Gov’t debt nearing P12 T - Manila Bulletin

• Philippine participation in RCEP would result in 2.02% GDP increase – PIDS - GMA News

• Inflation seen easing to 3.7% in 2022 as food prices stabilize - Business World

• Next prez must tax the rich to fund services - Salceda - Business Mirror

• Pagcor net income plunges 86.9% as casinos take a hit - Business Mirror

January 2022

• Covid, business costs, equity curbs top I.P.A concerns - Business Mirror

• Philippine economy exceeds expectations with above-target 2021 growth - Philippine Star

• Permanent tariff cuts, higher quota on pork imports eyed - Philippine Star

• Senate urged to pass bill granting tax exemption on poll service earnings - Manila Bulletin

• BoC ‘internal’ collection target set at nearly P700B - Business World

• Government foreign borrowings down to $13 billion in 2021 - Business World

• IMF retains growth outlook on Philippines despite Omicron onslaught - Philippine Star

• DTI warns of impact of RCEP delay - Business World

• Congress approves bicameral committee report on vaping regulation - Business World

• PEZA, other IPAs bat for RCEP treaty approval - Business World

• DOF cites Typhoon Odette as cause to collect Pts2.69B via disaster bonds - Business Mirror

• More groups press Senate to ratify RCEP - Philippine Star

• Debt servicing tripled to P81 billion in November - Philippine Star

• Peza pushes bid to lift NCR ecozone ban for IT-BPM - Business Mirror

• Govt asked to suspend fuel tax amid price hike - Business Mirror

• BIR strengthens tax collection strategies to raise P2 trillion - Manila Bulletin

• Mactan ecozone generates P51.5-B investments in 26 years - Manila Bulletin

• DOF approves donation of unmarked diesel - Manila Bulletin

• BIR to prioritize campaign against tax evasion this year - Business World

• BoC collects P29M additional duties from smuggled farm products - Business World

• Online TIN seen unlocking OFW investments - Business World

• American Chamber urges Senate to ratify RCEP trade deal treaty - Business World

• BIR forges ahead with digital transformation - Philippine Star

• Film, music industry gets tax perks - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BOI pledges hit P655B in 2021; target missed - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BoI sets P1-trillion investment goal - Business World

• FDIs may pick up after May elections - Business World

• FIRB approves incentives for P10-B Davao cement project - Business World

• Manufacturer of essential oils approved for incentives by BoI - Business World

• Pork producers against extension of pork imports - Philippine Star

• DTI urged to update garments roadmap - Philippine Star

• De Lima seeks Senate probe into lifting of ban on open-pit mining - Manila Bulletin

• Priority bills GUIDE, CTRP reforms top solons’ agenda - Business Mirror

• BIR partners with DBP, MyEG PH for online tax payment - Manila Times

• DOF expects slower inflation this year - Manila Bulletin

• Sin Tax Coalition urges Duterte to veto vape bill - Manila Times

• DOF cites inclusive financial system a Duterte legacy - Manila Bulletin

• ARTA backs extended deadlines for business permit renewal, real property tax payment - Business World

• VP candidate calls for review of feed tariffs to curb meat prices - Business World

• BOI-PEZA haul in P718 B investment pledges 2021 - Manila Bulletin

• FIRB enjoins BOI to finalize SIPP this Jan. - Manila Times

• ADB OKs P11.5 million aid for Philippine growth strategy - Philippine Star

• DOH to meet with DOF, DBM to ensure funding for health workers’ SRA - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Quebec seeks to tax the unvaxxed as Omicron hits - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PCCI, DOF partner anew for the 6th Sulong Pilipinas - Manila Bulletin

• FIRB orders investments board to complete SIPP by end-Jan. - Business World

• Lloyd Laboratories gets BOI approval - Manila Times

• Local governments urged to extend Jan. tax, permit deadlines - Business World

• DoF, NEDA raise objections to Senate economic zone bills - Business World

• Shell pays P3.5 billion in taxes on alkylate imports under protest - Business World

• DOF lauds enactment of amended RTLA - Manila Bulletin

• PEZA shifts transactions to online - Philippine Star

• Senate prodded on last 2 bills in tax reform package - Philippine Star

• DOF: $800M in vaxx loans to fund more booster shots - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF wants pending CTRP bills passed - Manila Bulletin

• Tax relief for private schools signed into law - Business World

• Unemployment rate falls in November, but job quality worsens - Business World

• Economy to lose P3 billion each week NCR Plus is under Alert Level 3 - Business World

• New DOE circular simplifies rules on renewable energy - Manila Standard

• Cocopea thanks Duterte for signing new tax law helping private schools - Business Mirror

• Gov’t revenues hit P2.5-T, up 5 percent in first 10 months of 2021: DOF - ABS-CBN News

• Inflation slides to 3.6% in December, lowest in 2021 - Philippine Star

• GSIS, SSS reinforce online defense amid rise in cybercrimes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• POGO licensee, service provider shut down - Manila Times

• BoI greenlights P195.5-M broiler chicken project in Cavite - Business World

• Customs overshoots 2021 collection goal - Philippine Star

• REITs raise P76 billion in fresh capital since 2020 - Business World

• Foreign chambers OK open-pit ban end - Business World

• PHL needs to move tax collection processes online, says ADB report - Business World

• DOF warns of dire impact of lack of in-person classes - Philippine Star

• Govt collects P17-B duties from rice imports - Manila Times

• BOI grants tax perks for crab meat canning factory - Manila Bulletin

• Lawmaker renews call to suspend TRAIN law’s excise taxes on fuel - Business Mirror

• BIR eyes increasing epayments by 50 percent in 2022 - ABS-CBN News

• JTI Batangas factory bags PEZA award as outstanding employer - Philippine Star

• PSALM remits P500 million to BIR, settles tax issues - Philippine Star

• BIR extends tax deadlines in typhoon Odette areas - Manila Bulletin

• DOF backs lifting of open-pit mining ban - Philippine Star

December 2021

• Quezon City council grants tax relief to businesses - Philippine Star

• BoC collections from pork imports P3.3B under lowered tariffs - Business World

• Senators considering transfer of PhilHealth control to DoF - Business World

• Shell makes first payment on import tax due under protest - Business World

• Palace postpones signing of 2022 budget – Sotto - Business World

• Peza to pursue lifting of ban on NCR ecozones - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Exporters’ group seeks RCEP ratification - Manila Times

• NTRC expands capabilities of online portal on registration, monitoring of fiscal incentives - Business Mirror

• DOF calls for warehouse receipts bill passage - Manila Bulletin

• DOE readies guidelines on tax incentives for EE projects - Manila Bulletin

• PH urged to maximize CREATE tax incentives to attract more FDIs - Manila Bulletin

• Higher government spending bloats deficit in November - Philippine Star

• BIR widens accommodation for taxpayers in Odette-hit areas - Manila Bulletin

• DoF plans to bring additional 51 agencies onto online trade platform - Business World

• BOI-approved projects to hit P700 billion this year - Philippine Star

• Tax, duty exemptions for Odette aid to be expedited - Manila Times

• Brankas lauds BOI on startups - Manila Times

• DOF to draw $80 M from WB standby loan for Odette assist - Manila Bulletin

• BIR says taxpayers may avail of the new UBP electronic payment scheme - Manila Bulletin

• DOF urges ‘green’ groups to rethink financing plans - Manila Bulletin

• P390 million more in illegal tax certificates discovered by CoA - Business World

• PEZA pitches PHL to more potential Japanese locators - Business World

• DoF: Prompt jabs ensure recovery - Daily Tribune

• More Japanese firms inquire about Philippines investment prospects - Philippine Star

• Pasay, Parañaque grant tax amnesty - Philippine Star

• Customs bureau sets deadline for Pilipinas Shell payments - Business World

• PSALM estimates P822M in savings from tax relief EO - Business World

• ADB OKs P85 million funding to aid tourism recovery - Philippine Star

• South Korea extends P5 billion loan for vaxx program - Philippine Star

• Duterte orders lower property taxes for IPPs, penalty condonation - Business World

• ADB approves $2-M grant for farm consolidation - Business World

• Quezon City top revenue collector, wins 3 more DOF awards - Philippine Star

• DOF: 7% economic growth in Q4 ‘doable’ - Manila Bulletin

• LGUs urged to digitalize tax collection - Business World

• DoF backs move to import more pork until end-2022 - Business World

• Fuel marking revenue tops P330 billion - Business World

• Pilipinas Shell to pay P3.49 billion taxes for Alkylate imports - Philippine Star

• Debt rises to $106 billion on higher borrowings - Philippine Star

• National Government’s debt service bill surges to P89 billion - Business World

• BoI pitching PHL to Chinese tech companies - Business World

• BIR returns exporters’ VAT perks - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Q3 tax effort second highest in history – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• BIR cites digitalization ramp-up as online payments rise to 4.6M - Business Mirror

• GDP growth may exceed 2021 target - Philippine Star

• ADB approves $1.3 million grant for disaster management - Philippine Star

• DoF prepares proposal for sovereign wealth fund - Manila Times

• AIIB lauds DOF’s climate finance proposal - Manila Bulletin

• DBM says 98.6% of 2021 budget released as of November - Business World

• BIR chided for lack of info on franchise applicants - Business Mirror

• Tap OFW’s investing power, solon tells BIR - Business Mirror

• Gov’t to borrow from BSP again in 2022, but amount will be lower - Philippine Star

• Parañaque now Philippines 5th richest city – DOF - Philippine Star

• Electronics industry seeks review of perks, claims FDI weakening - Business World

• DoF says digital channels promise faster cash aid distribution during calamities - Business World

• Philippines dangles green, sustainable industries to Japanese investors - Philippine Star

• Antipolo LGU gives up to 20% discount to early payers of real property tax - Manila Bulletin

• Senate, House to start bicam meeting on 2022 budget - Philippine Star

• Nov inflation likely slowed to 3.8 percent - Manila Times

• Dominguez seeks resolution on MUP pension issue - Manila Times

• LandBank agri loans hit P233B as of October- Manila Times

• Caloocan City named 3rd best performing LGU in tax collection efficiency - Manila Bulletin

• LANDBANK, GSIS to help PCIC overhaul investment practices - Business World

• Peso may strengthen on easing inflation - Business World

• Salceda urges DTI to finish SIPP under CREATE Act - Business Mirror

• PHL keeps luster as investment destination for Japanese medical devices, products – BOI - Business Mirror

• Gordon wants tax fraud charges filed vs 5 motorcycle dealers - Manila Bulletin

• Group welcomes new bill exempting poll service pay from taxes - Manila Bulletin

• Mayor Tiangco signs ordinance granting general pandemic amnesty to taxpayers - Manila Bulletin

• DOF flags GSIS, SSS, PhilHealth accounting method - Manila Bulletin

• Tax rules for offshore gaming operators out - Business World

• SEC seeking P2.6B for digitalization push over next five years - Business World

• Meralco, PEZA join forces for ‘faster power connection’ of ecozone locators - Manila Bulletin

• BIR files P406 million tax evasion vs 12 taxpayers in Pasig, Rizal - Manila Bulletin

• Marikina grants tax relief to sari-sari store, eatery owners - Philippine Star

• DOF readies fiscal consolidation plan - Philippine Star

• PEZA says investments top P4-T since agency’s founding - Business World

• BoC beats Nov. collection target by over 13% - Business World

• House OKs bill on LGUs share of national taxes for health services on third and final reading - Business Mirror

• Lower House hikes LGU share in national taxes - Manila Bulletin

November 2021

• Mandanas-Garcia ruling to weaken growth – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• DOE, DOF to harmonize PH pledge at COP26 - Manila Bulletin

• DOF embarks on digitalization programs - Manila Bulletin

• PEZA actively pitching Korean investors as economy reopens - Business World

• Bill on higher senior citizen discount for utility bills hurdles House committee - Business World

• Government borrowings dip 6% to P2.75 trillion - Philippine Star

• Lacson: E-sabong, other online games social ills - Philippine Star

• Indian companies keen on investing in ecozones - Business World

• SEC flags eight more investment schemes - Business World

• Government woos foreign investors into infrastructure buildup - Philippine Star

• Vaccine rollout, economic reforms to create more jobs - Manila Standard

• DOF seeks BOI tax review for energy efficiency projects - Manila Bulletin

• Antipolo LGU gives tax relief to private schools for business permit renewal - Manila Bulletin

• ‘Deficit in ’21 will be Pts200B less than DBCC projection’ - Business Mirror

• De Lima files bill exempting poll workers from income tax - GMA News

• Budget gap widens to P1.2 trillion in 10 months - Philippine Star

• Debt, inflation top issues for next admin - Malaya Business Insight

• Gov’t plans to borrow P70B from local market in Dec. - Business World

• LGUs to get P959.04 billion tax share next year - Philippine Star

• Tobacco-producing LGUs to get P46B from govt - Manila Times

• VAT on digital transactions - Manila Times

• BIR files tax evasion vs. 4 taxpayers in Mindanao, Luzon - Manila Bulletin

• Economic team to brief foreign business leaders - Manila Bulletin

• DoF urges Japan to invest more in PHL infra, manufacturing - Business World

• PHL among most exposed to climate change risks - Business World

• Fitch raises growth forecast for Philippines - Business World

• Foreign Govts eyed in retirement of coal plants - Manila Times

• GDP growth forecasts by private analysts out of range, says DOF - Manila Standard

• Peza keeps $100-B export revenue goal - Business Mirror

• Solon wants passage of fuel excise tax suspension despite declining prices - ABS-CBN News

• State revenue losses from pork tariff cuts reach P3.4-B - Philippine Star

• Antipolo LGU offers discount to early real property tax payments - Manila Bulletin

• Customs bureau cites gains vs fuel smuggling - Business Mirror

• Philippines risks capital flight over wealth tax plan - Philippine Star

• Finance chief bucks tax on super-rich - Business World

• VAT exemption now covers imported fruits, vegetables - Business Mirror

• Developers seek freeze on zonal values, property taxes - Philippine Star

• ADB lends $600 million to Philippines for universal health program - Philippine Star

• Gov’t prepares maiden green bond issue - Manila Bulletin

• BoI approves Sinoma Energy as new operator of 4.5 MW waste-heat recovery plant in Cebu province - Business World

• PEZA given authority to grant 2-year work visas to foreign investors, key employees - Business World

• PAGCOR seeks help in monitoring online sabong - Business World

• PEZA seeks better delivery of parcels - Philippine Star

• Full economic reopening to hasten recovery – PCCI - Philippine Star

• BIR files P67-M tax evasion charges vs two Makati frms - Manila Bulletin

• Alert Level 1 by New Year likely – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• P300B collected through fuel marking - Manila Times

• DOF wants fintech firms ‘properly’ regulated, taxed - Manila Bulletin

• No subsidy cuts planned as DoF evaluates crop insurer’s books - Business World

• DOF: Budget deficit swelled to 8.3 percent of GDP in end-September - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Fuel tax suspension ‘inequitable’ – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• BOC told: Help blunt impact of fuel tax cut - Business Mirror

• Debt payments rise 15% - Philippine Star

• PEZA lowers 2021 investment target - Philippine Star

• BIR monitoring LYKA, other online platforms - Business World

• GDP on track to hit pre-pandemic level by Q3 2022 - Business World

• Dominguez presses multilateral banks to help vet climate projects - Business World

• DOF asked to scale up tax perks for energy efficiency investments - Manila Bulletin

• Defensor bats for three-year suspension of fuel tax hike - Manila Bulletin

• ADB OKs P11.2 million funding to boost NEDA’s functions - Philippine Star

• Global Energy Alliance eyes RE projects in PH - Manila Times

• BIR keeping an ‘eagle eye’ on fintech firms’ tax compliance - GMA News

• PEZA says investment pledges decline by 13.7% - Business World

• House panel approves bill suspending oil excise tax collection - Philippine Star

• Farming, fisheries groups exempted from income tax – BIR - Business World

• FDI net inflows up 20% in August - Business World

• BIR investigating 45 suppliers that bagged PS-DBM deals in 2020 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Dominguez raises 4-pressing issues ahead DOF handover - Manila Bulletin

• Investments in ecozones decline 25% in 9 months - Philippine Star

• Tripartite deal for P1 billion fuel subsidy signed - Philippine Star

• Chinese firms urged to invest in PH - Manila Times

• Makati subway project secures tax perks - Business World

• DOF: Monitor BOP, interest rates, budget gap as economy recovers - Philippine Star

• House panel mulls six-month suspension of excise tax on fuel - Manila Bulletin

• Senate bill sets $80 Dubai crude as trigger for suspending excise - Business World

• Finance chief Dominguez backs multilateral support for clean energy transition - Business World

• New basis for CARS compliance pushed - Business Mirror

• House to prioritize budget bill, proposals on excise tax - Philippine Star

• Gov’t urged to scale up digitization assistance for MSMEs - Business World

• Jobless rate soars to 8.9% in Sept - Business World

• BoI says likely to miss this year’s investment target - Business World

• Business groups renew call for passage of key reforms - Philippine Star

• DoF’s Dominguez proposes climate financing via multiple channels - Business World

• Pick ‘low-hanging fruits’ to spur job growth, government told - Business Mirror

• Blue Ribbon asks BIR to fast track probe of tax liabilities of govt - Business Mirror

• Climate-related losses reach P506 billion in last decade - Philippine Star

• CNPF earnings up on higher sales, lower tax - Manila Bulletin

• Marikina City gives discounts to early taxpayers - Manila Bulletin

• QC solon: Early Christmas gift if Duterte suspends excise tax on fuel - Manila Bulletin

• TRAIN Law author bats for reduction of excise tax on fuel - Manila Bulletin

• Lacson: With greater tax revenue shares come greater responsibility - Manila Bulletin

• Pangilinan seeks tax incentives for local PPE manufacturers - GMA News

• Illicit cigarettes take up 10% of market - Business World

• PEZA renews appeal for revenue-based remote work rules - Business World

• Gov’t keeps lowered GDP growth goal - Business World

• Philippine news industry seeks tax break amid pandemic - Philippine Star

• Economic recovery ‘not a horse race’ – DOF - Manila Bulletin

October 2021

• House panel weighing other tax relief options for print media industry - Business World

• Agriculture groups urge suspension of excise tax on oil products - Philippine Star

• Roque says government to run after tax-evading suppliers - Philippine Star

• BoI approves P603-M hospital project in Cagayan Valley - Business World

• Solon files bill seeking to suspend fuel excise taxes - Business World

• Finance, Foreign Affairs execs make up bulk of delegation to UN climate talks - Philippine Star

• Zarate urges DOF to reconsider position vs fuel excise tax suspension - GMA News

• House hands on P5.024-trillion budget to Senate - Business World

• Solons split on halt to excise tax collection as oil prices rise - Business Mirror

• DOF orders BIR to track, tax online sales - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Budget deficit widens in September - Manila Times

• PEZA approves Israeli-Filipino vaccine manufacturing project - Manila Bulletin

• Solons dare House leaders to prioritize bill scrapping excise tax on petroleum - Manila Bulletin

• Economic managers OK P1 billion fuel subsidy - Philippine Star

• Fuel excise tax suspension, fuel subsidies to public transport under study – Roque - Manila Bulletin

• Medical investments in PEZA hit P21.8 B - Manila Bulletin

• ‘Sin’ tax collection up 18.9% from Jan-Sept - Business Mirror

• Pakistani pharma firms interested to locate in ecozones - Philippine Star

• Tax amnesty generates over P13 billion – DOF - Business World

• Tax firms to offset losses from oil levy - Business Mirror

• Govt investment promoters rake in 5B worth of projects - Business Mirror

• Bong Go pushes for fuel discount on ‘strategic sectors,’ suspension of fuel excise tax - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• FDIs show PH solid long-term prospects – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Government collects P2.03 trillion taxes in nine months - Philippine Star

• BSP against deferring fuel excise tax - Manila Times

• BIR sues 5 individual, business taxpayers for P146-M tax debts - Manila Bulletin

• Cocopea says some private schools still charged 30% income tax - Manila Bulletin

• DOF urges caution on fuel tax suspension - Manila Bulletin

• BIR shuts down 322 businesses over tax debts - Manila Bulletin

• Congress urged to pass measure suspending excise tax on petroleum products - GMA News

• BoI approves two poultry projects worth P168 million - Business World

• Imee suggests suspension of VAT, excise tax in oil products for PUVs - GMA News

• BSP backs cooperative banking bill - Manila Bulletin

• EO sought to suspend oil excise taxes - Manila Bulletin

• DOF and attached agencies prepare for back-to-office work - Manila Bulletin

• Government set to launch sustainable finance roadmap - Business World

• PEZA touts halal industry opportunities to investors - Business Mirror

• Libertad Power’s 919-M biomass plant secures nod - Business Mirror

• COA disallows new set of TCCs – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• BOI approves tax perks for irradiation facility - Manila Bulletin

• PH debt burden rises 21% - Manila Bulletin

• GOCC dividends decline 66% to P53 billion in 9 months - Philippine Star

• Healthcare fund not compromised by COVID-DOF - Manila Bulletin

• DOF flags delayed pork import tariff cut - Manila Bulletin

• DOF backs more relaxed foreign ownership limits - Philippine Star

• Government urged to maintain corn tariffs - Philippine Star

• Dominguez: Full-year growth target stays - Philippine Star

• House bill urges tax break for local movie companies - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR clarifies COVID-19 drug VAT exemptions - Business World

• DOF sets PPSA registry fee rates - Manila Bulletin

• PEZA planning for more ecozones in Mindanao - Business World

• BIR exceeds January-September goal, collects P1.547 trillion - Business Mirro

• Distribution of excess rice tariffs begin next week - Philippine Star

• POGO tax collection may reach P76 billion - Business World

• PHL growth forecast slashed by IMF - Business World

• BSP approves more foreign borrowings by government in Q3 - Philippine Star

• Don’t blame tax for POGO exodus – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Imee pushes suspending VAT on fuel amid serial price hikes - Business Mirror

• BIR reshuffles 21 RDOs nationwide to enhance tax collection - Manila Bulletin

• Marked fuel collections to date approaching P300 billion – DoF - Business World

• DOF: We’ll buy Covid booster shots this year - Business Mirror

• BIR registers nearly 2.3K online sellers, 100 influencers - Philippine Star

• The Comprehensive Tax Reform Program explained - Manila Times

• Without letter of authority, taxpayers cannot be audited or probed by revenue officers – SC - Manila Bulletin

• Japan PM says no plan to alter capital gains tax - Business World

• Government steps up gold purchases - Philippine Star

• Incentives seen better than a raffle in COVID-19 vax drive - Manila Standard

• Navotas LGU approves ordinance waiving interests on taxes, fees - Manila Bulletin

• DOF sees trade recovery ahead - Philippine Star

• BSP’s Diokno wants digital transactions below P500 exempted from 12% VAT - GMA News

• DoF scholars up in Dominguez’ term - Daily Tribune

• Two POGOs flagged as ‘uncooperative’ by AMLC - Business World

• BTr partially awards seven-year bonds as rate rises on inflation - Business World

• PHL likely to be Asia’s economic laggard in 2022 - Business World

• PH to borrow $900-M for booster shots - Manila Bulletin

• Inflation eases in September - Business World

• PHL considering more nationally funded BARMM projects - Business World

• DoF, NEDA support transfer of irrigation agency to Agri dep’t - Business World

• Corn tariff reduction under review - Philippine Star

• BSP studying cost-benefit of online gaming - Manila Bulletin

• BSP backs 12% tax on digital transactions - Philippine Star

• Gross borrowings hit P2.4T - Business World

• Tax court cancels P101-M payment of insurer - Business World

• Forgone revenue from CIT reduction may reach P480 billion - Philippine Star

• Dominguez urges rich nations to raise climate change aid - Philippine Star

• COVID-19 response, reforms crucial in attracting FDIs - Philippine Star

September 2021

• Lower House OKs Senate version of school tax bill - Business Mirror

• Foreign chambers back ease of paying tax bill - Business World

• Retailers support VAT on digital transactions - Business World

• Hike tobacco excise tax – WHO - Philippine Star

• Gov’t asked to tweak WFH rules for BPOs - Business World

• COCOPEA commends Senate for passing bill granting private schools 1% preferential tax relief - Manila Bulletin

• Senate OKs bill granting private schools 1% preferential tax relief - Manila Bulletin

• Proposed wealth tax seen generating over P467B - Business World

• Cayetano: POGO Tax Law a major win for PH - Manila Bulletin

• Pharmally supplier pays additional taxes amid Senate probe - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DoF wants to wean crop insurance firm off subsidies, expand coverage - Business World

• BBM: DOF takeover of crop insurance firm unfair to farmers - Philippine Star

• Congress supports DOF’s 33% budget hike - Philippine Star

• August deficit balloons on pandemic subsidies - Business World

• Duterte sign bill taxing offshore gaming operators - Business World

• DOF offers compromise on proposed wealth tax - Philippine Star

• Mayor Isko signs ordinance on grant of general tax amnesty - Manila Bulletin

• Hontiveros says taxing POGOs not enough, wants ban on industry - GMA News

• Customs seizes over 6,000 liters of unmarked fuel - Business World

• Legislator says taxing golf courses, subdivisions, preferable to wealth tax - Business World

• Private school tax relief bill passes Senate on 2nd reading - Business World

• House panel OKs seniors’ income tax exemption bill - Philippine Star

• Cigarette smuggling big threat to tax collection - Manila Times

• DoF looks on impact of Evergrande to infra contractors - Manila Times

• Dominguez rejects ‘wealth tax’ proposal - Manila Bulletin

• House approves on final reading bill imposing 12% VAT on digital transactions - GMA News

• DOF says SSS released P2.62-B unemployment insurance benefits during pandemic - ABS-CBN News

• 7-month tobacco excise tax collections up 31% - Philippine Star

• House bill seeks to impose wealth tax of between 1 and 3% - Business World

• DOF joins business groups in pushing economic bills - Philippine Star

• PCIC transfer to boost efficiency – Dar - Philippine Star

• External debt exceeds $100 B - Manila Bulletin

• Delta variant poses ‘serious challenges’ to jobs – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• IT-BPM firms in ecozones allowed WFH arrangement - Manila Times

• BIR to probe 250 social media influencers - Philippine Star

• BPOs allowed to continue WFH scheme until March - Business World

• Dominguez open to abolition of PS-DBM, PITC - Philippine Star

• BIR raises P12.9B from tax amnesty programs - Manila Times

• PHL economic freedom ranking improves - Business World

• IMF supports digital tax - Philippine Star

• BIR orders new tax compliance stamps on tobacco products - Philippine Star

• Senate panel okays DoF P23.18B budget for 2022 - Manila Times

• ARTA backs proposed digital tax, other payments to facilitate gov’t services - Manila Bulletin

• DoF batting for 32.7% budget increase in 2022 to fund digitization - Business World

• House approves ease of paying taxes bill - Business World

• DOF secures funds for vaccines, PH needs 9-M dose weekly arrivals - Manila Bulletin

• Marked fuel generates over P286 billion in taxes - Business World

• Private schools press for amendment to take away BIR discretion on preferential tax rates - Business World

• Debt servicing up 37% - Philippine Star

• Philippines seen growing only 4.7% this year - Philippine Star

• Rice tariff collection down 4% to P11.69 billion in 8 months - Philippine Star

• DOF demands unpaid charges from PAL - Manila Bulletin

• DOF pitches remaining CTRP bills to Senate - Manila Bulletin

• Property valuation reform pushed - Philippine Star

• Dominguez sees bright economic prospects - Manila Standard

• June FDI bounces back - Business World

• Govt in wait-and-see mode on PAL bankruptcy process - Business Mirror

• Business groups press passage of economic bills - Philippine Star

• DoF, NEDA back looser lockdown - Business World

• Despite robust tax take, Bayanihan 3 funds hang - Business Mirror

• DOF points PhilHealth’s ‘serious systemic’ problem - Manila Bulletin

• Unpaid POGO fees under protest – Pagcor - Manila Bulletin

• Unemployment rate eases in July, but job quality remains a concern amid pandemic - Business World

• Aug. inflation fastest in over 2 years - Business World

• DOF thumbs down bill on debt cap - Business World

• PEZA chief clarifies IT-BPM tax updates - Business Mirror

• Tax incentives, digitalization push seen enticing investors - Business Mirror

• Palace checking if POGOs owe gov’t P1.36 billion - ABS-CBN News

• Pagcor told: Get P1.36b POGO debt - Manila Standard

• House passes bill easing tax payments on 2nd reading - Manila Bulletin

• Corporate peso bonds slip 2% to P1.5 trillion in H1 - Philippine Star

• Gross borrowings hit P2.27 trillion as of end-July - Business World

• Aug. inflation likely above target – poll - Business World

• 'Sin' Tax take up to P173B on eased lockdowns - Business Mirror

• Drilon: ‘Did Pharmally pay taxes?’ - Manila Bulletin

• Philippines needs transition plan for coal assets, says DOF - Philippine Star

• DOF unit flag deals planned, made by debt-saddled PNCC - Business Mirror

• Customs beats collection goal in August - Business World

• Philippine debt hits P11.61 trillion in July as government borrows more, peso weakens - ABS-CBN News

August 2021

• House OKs ‘Hidilyn Diaz law’ exempting athletes’ perks from tax - Philippine Star

• DOF readies GOCCs’ online reporting - Manila Bulletin

• Even BIR rewards for tipping off tax-evading vloggers are subject to taxation - Manila Bulletin

• House bill exempting medical oxygen from taxes approved on 3rd reading - Business World

• Duties, taxes from fuel marking hit P280.48 billion - Business Mirror

• DoF still pushing through with mines privatization - Business World

• PHL recovery uncertain due to ‘less effective’ COVID-19 strategy - Business World

• Congress urged to pass tax reforms - Philippine Star

• ADB lends $400 million to Philippines for LGUs’ COVID-19 response - Philippine Star

• Covid response funding rises to $22B- DoF - Manila Times

• Axie creator off to ‘good start’ – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Tax effort improves in H1 despite pandemic - Business Mirror

• Pagcor chief: Over half of POGOs closed, left PH for Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Congress urged to cut 20% stamp tax - Business World

• Government lost P1.6 billion from TCCs to unqualified textile companies - Philippine Star

• Exporters likely to keep VAT exemption - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Lawmaker urges BIR, social media influencers to dialogue on tax issue - Manila Bulletin

• BSP wants PDIC as part of BSP, not DOF - Manila Bulletin

• DoF estimates China-funded project pipeline at nearly $1.9 billion - Business World

• Budget gap narrows in July - Philippine Star

• PITC returns P5.2 billion funds - Philippine Star

• Quezon City enables online payment for property tax, business permits - Philippine Star

• Low-income social media earners tax exempt - Manila Times

• Gov’t seeks more loans from ADB, WB - Business World

• House approves tax relief bill for athlete prizes on 2nd reading - Business World

• BIR: Crypto-gamers, ‘scholars’ must pay tax - Business Mirror

• D.M. Wenceslao net income boosted by CREATE Law - Manila Bulletin

• Couple earns P50M-P100M from vlogging, deletes socmed channel to avoid paying taxes - Manila Bulletin

• Lower House OKs bill offering P10-M for info on tax cheats - Manila Bulletin

• Tax rich corporations, families instead of Axie players – labor group - Manila Bulletin

• BIR, Customs tasked to collect P3.1 trillion in 2022 - Business World

• Gains from cryptocurrency, Axie Infinity taxable – DOF - Business World

• House panel OKs bill exempting medical oxygen, other critical supplies from taxes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Lower House passes bill exempting poll workers’ honoraria, allowances from income tax - Manila Bulletin

• House passes tax relief bill for private schools on third reading - Business World

• LGUs still rely heavily on IRA – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Budget gap may return to pre-crisis level by 2025 - Business World

• Lawmakers urged to prioritize new school tax-rate bill - Business Mirror

• Good news! BIR extends tax deadlines in ECQ and MECQ areas - Manila Bulletin

• Influencers welcome tax measure - Manila Times

• ECQ ‘big achievement’ for vaccination – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• DOE sets 10% income tax rate for renewable energy investors - Manila Bulletin

• BOI seeking to attract aerospace investment after parts maker certified - Business World

• Revenue foregone due to lower tariffs at P2.53B - Business World

• PHL receives last tranche of P23-B standby loan from Japan - Business World

• Gov’t needs the money: BIR prods Pinoys to avail of estate tax amnesty as COVID problem persists - Manila Bulletin

• Malacañang certifies bank secrecy law amendment as urgent - Philippine Star

• Singapore firms urged to invest, explore partnerships in Philippines - Philippine Star

• Philippines cuts GDP growth outlook as virus surges - Business World

• BIR to Social Media Influencers: Pay Your Taxes - Manila Bulletin

• DoF still sees PhilHealth as ‘viable’ but may need to adjust coverage - Business World

• Govt collects more than P20 billion thru fuel marking - Manila Times

• BIR says tax registration, filing for influencers voluntary for now; mandatory filing in the works - Business World

• House panel okays tax perks for proposed national geriatric specialty center - Manila Bulletin

• CREATE-ing new investments in the Philippines - Business World

• TC sets public hearing on motor parts imports from Thailand - Philippine Star

• Government OKs extension of WFH setup in IT-BPO in ecozones - Philippine Star

• Economic recovery slowing in Q2 – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Debt payments surge in first half - Business World

• PEZA to become PAF reserve unit for training ecozone workers - Business World

• ‘Sin’ tax collections up over 40% on H1 quarantine easing, rates - Business World

• Gov’t still has money for cash aid, says Dominguez - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Labor market faces ‘serious challenges’ – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• First half effort: BIR files 84 tax evasion cases worth P3B - Manila Bulletin

• BIR files P3.15-billion worth of cases vs ‘tax cheats’ - Manila Bulletin

• Red Cross, PEZA agree to better shield economic zones from disasters - GMA News

• DOF sees REITs as catalyst for strong economic rebound - Philippine Star

• DoF sees 7.4% GDP growth in 2022 - Business World

• To boost recovery, BSP keeps rates low - Business Mirror

• Gov’t asks miners to adopt sustainable practices - Manila Standard

• Bill grants tax exemption to med supplies for Covid cure - Business Mirror

• Wealth tax to aid in labor force recovery - Philippine Star

• Government still has to release 14% of 2021 budget - Philippine Star

• BIR extends period for audit, VAT refund requirements filing - Manila Times

• Duterte to ask Congress for tax relief on oxygen firms - Manila Bulletin

• CREATE Law pushes corporations’ earnings results higher - Philippine Star

• Teachers’ group hopeful for passage of bill exempting poll workers’ pay from tax - Philippine Star

• Panel OKs ‘Hidilyn Diaz Act’ granting tax-free incentive on gifts, rewards for athletes - Manila Bulletin

• DOF vows to strengthen Islamic banking system - Philippine Star

• Customs seizes over P10B worth of smuggled goods in first half - Business World

• House tax committee to approve ‘Hidilyn Diaz Law’ - Salceda - Manila Bulletin

• BOC, LTO ink accord for instant transfer of imported vehicles' tax records - GMA News

• Ayuda to be taken from state firms’ excess dividends - Philippine Star

• BIR stretches deadline for tax payments - Manila Times

• MPIC core income up 82% as industries reopen - Business World

• Small businesses required to file withholding tax forms online - Business World

• FIRB OKs perks for P29 billion cement, housing projects - Philippine Star

• Ecozone investments up 8.5% in 1st half - Philippine Star

• Tax exemption with retroactive effect sought on cash rewards, incentives for Olympic medalists - Manila Bulletin

• Coco levy trust fund ‘powerful instrument’ – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Drilon to DOF: Tap over P11-B hoarded by PITC to finance COVID-19 ‘ayuda’ - Manila Bulletin

• BOC collection hit P58.2B in July - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• House bill to make poll workers’ pay, allowances tax-free okayed on 2nd reading - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Govt collects more than P260B through fuel marking - Manila Times

• Dominguez urges BIR to surpass collection target - Manila Times

• DOF assures hotel owners of gov’t support - Manila Bulletin

• Pia Cayetano vows swift passage of bill correcting tax rates of private schools - Manila Bulletin

• Economic bills to face delay in Senate due to 2-week lockdown - Business World

• House passes bill granting tax relief specifically to private schools on 2nd reading - Business World

• Govt borrowings dip in June to P167B - Manila Times

• July inflation seen within BSP target - Business World

• PHL exporters seek support amid carbon tax proposal - Business World

• House leadership renews push for Bayanihan 3 - Philippine Star

• After tax hike halt, private schools press for passage of law to address woes - Philippine Star

• No basis for taxing Olympians’ rewards – former House Speaker Alvarez - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Ouch! CTA turns down PAL’s P4.4-M tax refund claim - Manila Bulletin

July 2021

• Armed Forces eye use of lands as ‘defense industrial ecozones’ - Manila Times

• Gordon welcomes BIR suspension of higher taxes on private schools - Manila Bulletin

• VAT on exporters’ local inputs formally deferred - Business World

• Debt climbs to new high of P11.2T - Business World

• Recto, Villanueva push permanent tax relief for private schools - Manila Bulletin

• Drilon to BIR: Awards, incentives to Hidilyn Diaz should be tax-exempt - Manila Bulletin

• Haul from Shell excise tax seen at P41B after Supreme Court ruling - Business World

• BIR suspends tax hike on private schools - Business World

• Tax reforms, GUIDE are still priorities even without Duterte’s push - Business World

• DoF rejects donor tax waiver on rewards for athletes - Business World

• Pagcor bucks lobby for POGO tax perks in economic zones - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Sotto pushes tax exemption for Hidilyn Diaz’ rewards, gifts - Manila Bulletin

• Release of P2.6-B CARS tax incentives claims sought - Manila Bulletin

• Duterte, Dominguez deny government underspent Bayanihan funds - Philippine Star

• PH, Japan to hold virtual high-level infra meeting - Manila Bulletin

• DOF: 2022 budget has P45B in vaccine funds - Business Mirror

• Exporters laud suspension of 12% VAT on purchases - Philippine Star

• POGO tax bill enacted soon – Salceda - Philippine Star

• DOF head allays concerns on debt servicing - Philippine Star

• Gov’t-private partnership needed in digitalization - Manila Bulletin

• DOF says BIR, BoC digitalization efforts boosted tax administration - Business World

• DOF: Revenue rule on VAT will be replaced - Business Mirror

• DOF prepares ‘playbook’ for next administration - Manila Bulletin

• Next government to benefit from proposed reforms - Philippine Star

• DoF to review 12% VAT on indirect exports - Manila Times

• Bill seeking one-year suspension of VAT on oil products during nat’l emergencies filed at Senate - GMA News

• VAT on local inputs of exporters under review - Business World

• LGUs income up 12% in 2020 - Philippine Star

• Dominguez sees “pretty good” second quarter GDP growth - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• House leaders agree to adopt Senate bill on POGO taxes – Salceda - Manila Bulletin

• Fuel marking program raises P257 billion in taxes - Philippine Star

• Forgone VAT revenues hit P283 billion in 2019 - Philippine Star

• Export targets in peril due to higher shipping costs - Philippine Star

• BOC justifies provisional release of goods - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Private schools ask Duterte to correct 150% tax hike in his final SONA - Manila Bulletin

• Tax perks for ‘favored’ firms hit P482 billion before the pandemic - Business World

• DBCC keeps economic growth target - Business World

• BOC releases P394-M worth of goods with no import permits - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• $980M worth of WB loans ready to be used - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Peso remains one of strongest in Asia – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Excise tax collection from ‘sin’ products surges 15.8% in Q1 - Business Mirror

• Philippines signs double taxation agreement with Brunei - Business World

• Government plans to sell retail $ bonds to Pinoys overseas - Philippine Star

• BIR VAT refund system working efficiently – tax experts - Manila Bulletin

• Red tape issues cast cloud over Japanese investments in PHL - Business World

• Duterte gov’t borrows another P540-B from BSP for pandemic response - Philippine Star

• Government likely to speed up tax reforms - Philippine Star

• Business groups: Repeal 12% VAT on exporter’s local purchases - Philippine Star

• Food, transport seen to push up inflation in July - Philippine Star

• Real estate sector at medium high vulnerability to dirty money - Philippine Star

• Leechiu: Pogos are coming back - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Economic managers positive on debt metrics - Manila Times

• TransCo studies remitting full income to gov’t - Business World

• Customs told to go after sugar firms exploiting replenishment program - Philippine Star

• DOF warns BOC of sugar smuggling scheme in PH - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Marcos calls for 1-year suspension of 12% VAT on petroleum products - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Fitch Ratings revises Philippines’ outlook to negative - Business World

• Semiconductors sector frets over revenue losses on new tax policy - Business Mirror

• Roque tells Pacquiao: Tax evasion a form of corruption - Manila Bulletin

• SC affirms nearly P2-B suspended taxes from Shell - Business World

• BPO sector rallies in Q2 - Philippine Star

• P33-B expansion projects on hold - Manila Bulletin

• Debt servicing rises 53% to P37.8 billion in May - Philippine Star

• Lawmakers did not tackle key tax bills, says Senate leader - Business World

• DTI: 10% of MSMEs remain closed in June - Philippine Star

• Duterte, in about-face, wants POGOs back to augment pandemic war chest - Philippine Star

• PH debt to hit record P13.41 trillion in year Duterte steps down - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Pacquiao could’ve avoided P3-B tax evasion case from BIR if… - Manila Bulletin

• Gov’t confident rest of tax reform agenda will pass before term ends - Business World

• DOF backs DepEd complaint over WB education report - Business World

• Mining industry seeks policy changes - Business World

• 15 business groups push passage of 17 priority bills - Manila Bulletin

• CTA denies P305-M tax refund claim of foreign cigarette company - Manila Bulletin

• Duterte raises tax evasion complaint vs Pacquiao: ‘When you cheat gov’t, you’re a corrupt official’ - Manila Bulletin

• Pangilinan: Duterte admin did well on adjusting taxes, but… - GMA News

• Finance dep’t says manageable fiscal deficit, BoP keys to recovery - Business World

• DBM says 85% of budget released in first half - Business World

• De Lima files reso urging Duterte to suspend new tax scheme for private schools - Manila Bulletin

• Pork imports jump amid lower tariffs – Customs - Manila Bulletin

• BIR collects P995 million for Oplan Kandado - Philippine Star

• NG outstanding debt hits P11 trillion - Business World

• AMLC says implementation of freeze orders will be closely monitored by FATF - Business World

• Gov’t fully awards T-bills even as yields rise on inflation bets - Business World

• PEZA locators mull TRO vs VAT - Manila Bulletin

• PEZA ties up with universities in Negros Occidental, Cordilleras - Business World

• In 5 months, LANDBANK hits over 80% of farm loans target - Philippine Star

• BOI eyes disaster response guidelines for businesses - ABS-CBN News

• Coco levy law IRR takes effect - Manila Times

• Customs exceeds June collection target by 11% - Business World

• AMLC tracks P62.5 trillion suspicious transactions - Philippine Star

• Work-from-home BPOs still eligible to tax incentives – Bello - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Consumers to save millions with reduced tariffs on imported rice – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Poe seeks AMLC explanation as PH lands anew in ‘dirty money’ watchlist - Manila Bulletin

• Ouch! BIR loses P105-M tax collection case due to procedural botch - Manila Bulletin

June 2021

• ‘Final nail in coffin’: BIR urged to halt tax rate hike on private schools - Philippine Star

• Duterte signs law extending estate tax amnesty - Manila Bulletin

• Drilon wants bill and reso OKd to correct BIR’s regulation on school tax - Manila Bulletin

• BIR ends two amnesty programs without extension - Business World

• PEZA wants ecozone devt in NCR - Manila Times

• PEZA seeking VAT deferment on local purchases of locators - Manila Bulletin

• BOI approves hidrobag manufacturer’s investment project - Manila Bulletin

• Philippines borrows P145.9 billion in new US dollar bond sale - Philippine Star

• Philippines targets removal from dirty money list by 2023 - Philippine Star

• PEZA targets 7% investment growth in 2021 - Manila Bulletin

• BOC-seized goods add Pts4.43B to govt coffers - Business Mirror

• Implementing the tax incentives provisions of CREATE - Business Mirror

• Export group makes appeal on 12% VAT - Manila Times

• DOF sets up registry for coco levy assets - Manila Bulletin

• WFH extension, NCR location for BPOs likely - Manila Bulletin

• OECD downgrades ‘harmful’ tax status on regional HQ in Philippines - Philippine Star

• Iloilo City seeks refund of P51 million power franchise tax from PECO - Philippine Star

• PH secures $400-M World Bank loan for financial sector reforms - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF, DTI sign IRR of CREATE law - Manila Bulletin

• PEZA, Baguio universities team up for mutual economic, academic partnership - Manila Bulletin

• BIR files P330M in tax evasion cases, hikes penalties, and fines - Manila Bulletin

• BIR lists transactions qualified for tax perks under FIST Act - Business World

• BIR says list of penalties for violating fuel marking rules highlights TRAIN changes - Business World

• CREATE norms for tax perks favor activities high on value chain - Business World

• ¥20-B loan funded subsidiaries, pandemic response – DOF - Business World

• Budget gap trimmed to P200.3 billion in May - Philippine Star

• DOF, ADB tie-up to expand real property tax collection - Philippine Star

• Reforms may boost LGU property tax haul by P113 billion - Business World

• CREATE IRR, framework for SIPP now finalized, says DTI - Business Mirror

• PAL wins P402-M tax refund claim vs BIR, BOC - Manila Bulletin

• COCOPEA says new BIR circular did not ‘rectify’ 150% tax hike policy vs private schools - Manila Bulletin

• DOF eyes higher real property tax revenues from LGUs - Manila Bulletin

• DOF justifies contract with communications manager linked to ‘fake’ Facebook pages - GMA News

• Private schools appeal to BIR again to repeal higher tax - Business World

• IMF urges Philippines: Step up fight vs dirty money - Philippine Star

• Valenzuela grants tax relief for disclosure of real estate - Business Mirror

• DOF hires ‘fake’ Facebook account operator - Philippine Star

• BIR should revoke ‘anti-student’ tax hike on private schools – Hontiveros - Manila Bulletin

• Ineligible employers, employees have until June 30 to return subsidies - Manila Bulletin

• VAT and percentage tax amendments in light of the coronavirus pandemic - Business World

• Exporters say new BIR issuances to cripple industry - Business World

• Foreign debt slips to $97 billion - Philippine Star

• Palace to extend estate tax amnesty law - Philippine Star

• Dominguez named chair of coco levy committee - Philippine Star

• DOF sees further economic opening as workers get jabs - Philippine Star

• Another blooper: CTA voids BIR’s P28-M tax collection case due to auditing error - Manila Bulletin

• House officials lauds BIR for rectifying error in taxing schools - Manila Bulletin

• Finance department prefers emissions trading scheme over carbon tax - Business World

• IMF trims GDP growth forecast for Philippines to 5.4% - Philippine Star

• DoF firm on keeping stimulus at P173B - Business World

• Duterte urges Congress to pass economic, public service measures - Philippine Star

• PH recovery starts in Q2, says gov’t economic team - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• LGUs tax share up by P263B - Manila Times

• Senate finance panel to tackle Bayanihan 3 in July – Angara - Manila Bulletin

• Gov’t vows fiscal prudence to revive ailing economy - Business World

• Trade panel to streamline Customs processes to aid small businesses - Business World

• Dominguez justifies P3-trillion borrowings by gov’t in 2021 - Manila Bulletin

• DoF warns climate change could wipe out PHL economic gains - Business World

• DOF open to amending tax code for private schools - Philippine Star

• Finance chief tells local firms: Spend more for digitalization - Business World

• Dominguez: PH debt level amid pandemic ‘high’ but ‘sustainable’ - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Budget for LGUs seen to hit P986.4B in 2022 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• House panel OKs bill vs higher taxes on private schools, hospitals - Manila Bulletin

• BIR awaiting Duterte’s signature on estate tax amnesty extension - Business World

• Gov’t debt service bill falls in April - Business World

• Philippines needs P20 billion more in COVID-19 vaccine drive: Dominguez - ABS-CBN News

• Excise tax on plastic bags to hurt ‘sari-sari’ stores, says group - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Gatchalian to lot owners: Take advantage of tax relief, disclose your undeclared, under-declared real property - Manila Times

• BIR wins P1-B estate tax assessment case - Manila Bulletin

• Dominguez calls on GOCC council to improve oversight - Business World

• BIR starts enforcing 12% VAT on exporters, citing TRAIN law - Business World

• Budget deficit to remain wide until 2022 - Business World

• Palace supports tax rate hike on private schools amid group’s plea - Philippine Star

• FDI inflow surges in March - Philippine Star

• SEC backs moves to ease bank secrecy law - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Solon decries BIR’s “unconscionable” decision to hike taxes on private schools - Manila Bulletin

• Lower inflation in June likely – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Palace supports BIR tax hike on private schools - Manila Bulletin

• PEZA sets sights on Saudi Arabia fund investment - Business World

• Philippines rounding up funding to support sustainable energy shift - Business World

• World Bank trims Philippine growth forecast to 4.7% - Philippine Star

• Lawmaker urges Duterte to certify Bayanihan 3 as urgent - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• AER calls on BIR to exclude private schools in tax hike - Manila Times

• Japan issues 3rd tranche of its standby loan to PHL - Business World

• PEZA facilitates credit facilities for investors - Manila Bulletin

• PEZA flags ‘more restrictive’ import tax rules under CREATE - Business World

• Tighter watch on rice imports sought - Business World

• House leader pushes bill scrapping new higher tax on private schools - Manila Bulletin

• TIEZA seeks $150 million loan from World Bank - Philippine Star

• Vaccine production to get tax perks - Philippine Star

• Dominguez supports tax amendments - Philippine Star

• More senators object to BIR’s tax rate hike on private schools - Philippine Star

• Review board adopts incentives framework for qualified firms - Manila Standard

• 2021 invest plan draft ready - Daily Tribune

• Investments in science, technology to get longest period of incentives - Business World

• BSP outlines application process for COE to sell assets under FIST Law - Business World

• Senate sets August timeline to pass key liberalization bills - Business World

• Senate asked to look into increased tax rate on private schools - Manila Bulletin

• PRRD’s signs EO devolving basic services to LGUs but increasing their share from national taxes - Manila Bulletin

• BOI courts Japanese pharma firms - Manila Bulletin

• BIR files tax evasion raps against Rico’s Lechon founder, 5 others - Philippine Star

• Revoke ‘erroneous’ IRR raising tax rate on private schools, BIR told - Manila Bulletin

• Locals dominate investments in Q1 as foreigners defer projects - Philippine Star

• Q1 foreign investment pledges fall - Business World

• Government debt nears P11 trillion as of April - Business World

• BOC exceeds May collection target - Philippine Star

• Hazy economic outlook sinks FDI pledges in Q1 - Philippine Star

• BIR sets up ‘chatbot’ to answer taxpayers’ queries 24/7 - Manila Bulletin

• Commission sets hearing on petition seeking to increase pork tariffs - Business World

• Online filing rate for tax returns nearly 100% during pandemic - Business World

• Senate approves new tax on POGOs - Business World

• Senate measure seeking to clear up tax treatment of private schools - Business World

• Private schools question tax hike; BIR stands firm - Business World

• PCCI wants Congress to fast-track changes to Bank Secrecy Law - Philippine Star

• House approves 3rd stimulus package amid pandemic - Business World

• Gov’t eyes P60 billion from POGO taxes in 2 years - Business World

• Fuel marking nets P236.5 billion for govt since 2019 – DOF - Business Mirror

• Senators press BIR to collect P40-B in POGO taxes to finance COVID-19 programs - Manila Bulletin

• Tax on POGOs would yield P28.7B in revenues in 2021 – Pia Cayetano - GMA News

May 2021

• Duterte certifies urgency of bill taxing POGOs - Manila Bulletin

• House panel OKs measure exempting poll workers’ benefits from income tax - GMA News

• Palace signals intent to slow-walk Bayanihan III - Business World

• FDI inflows to recover this year – S&P - Philippine Star

• Business groups push lifting of bank secrecy law - Philippine Star

• BSP ready to implement FIST Law – Diokno - Philippine Star

• Gov’t Q1 tax take exceeds goal but spending falls short of program - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Bayanihan 3, Cha-cha bills set for House okay this week - Malaya Business Insight

• Tax court dismisses Cross Country Oil and Petroleum officers’ tax evasion case - Business World

• NG borrowings hit P1.65 trillion as of April - Business World

• Salceda nudges govt on Create IRR - Business Mirror

• Congress extends estate tax amnesty - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Dominguez sees economy starting to rebound in Q2 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PEZA wooing Saudi Arabia investors to PH ecozones - Manila Bulletin

• DTI optimistic of recovery in manufacturing - Philippine Star

• PEZA seeks more American investors - Philippine Star

• S&P affirms Philippines’ BBB+ rating - Business World

• Dominguez sees economy picking up in 2nd quarter - Business World

• BIR keeps close eye on Airbnb’s tax compliance - Business World

• DOF looks to squeeze more revenues from fuel-marking program - Business Mirror

• Dubai Port invests in PH, more ME capital seen - Manila Bulletin

• BIR files P410-M tax evasion cases vs 18 Metro taxpayers - Manila Bulletin

• BSP wary of inflation impact of oil prices - Business World

• Budget gap narrows to P44 billion in April - Philippine Star

• BSP reviews P43B in proposed LGU loans - Business World

• COVID booster shots, LGU assistance are 2022 budget priorities - Business World

• Senate OK’s estate tax amnesty extension - Business World

• House passes Bayanihan 3 on second reading - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF: Capital markets to lead economic recovery - Manila Bulletin

• Senate starts deliberations on bill proposing tax regime for POGOs - Manila Bulletin

• Pressed for time, House adopts Senate tax amnesty extension bill - Business World

• House plenary passes e-cigarette bill amid claims of weaker health safeguards, youth protections - Business World

• BIR’s ‘new normal’: 99.6 percent of ITRs filed, paid online - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PEZA promises to help businesses rise again amid health crisis - Manila Bulletin

• House committee approves bill creating 3-year development plan for domestic auto industry - Business World

• BOI sees CREATE IRR completion this month, SIPP in January 2022 - Manila Bulletin

• BSP Monetary Board approves FIST law guidelines for banks - Business World

• Amid shipment delays, Peza keeps $100-B goal - Business Mirror

• MSME processed fruit exporter gets BOI perks - Manila Bulletin

• Adjusted pork import tariffs now being enforced at Customs - Business World

• Improved collections boost tax effort in Q1 - Philippine Star

• Ex-VP Binay: Gov’t can give tax breaks to firms with 100% immunized workforce - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Bayanihan 3 ready to be tackled on House plenary floor - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR files P291-M tax evasion cases vs. 8 Manila business entities - Manila Bulletin

• D.M. Wenceslao’s income up 24% to P552M due to tax credits - Business World

• House panel agrees to adopt Senate two-year estate tax amnesty - Business World

• PH tobacco tax policy receives ‘highest score’ - Manila Bulletin

• PH continues to attract more FDIs despite pandemic – BOI - Manila Bulletin

• PEZA optimistic of luring more Japanese investors - Philippine Star

• Government readies sale of mining assets - Philippine Star

• Franchise tax on ‘e-sabong’ pushed - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Another Palace-Senate tiff looms over tariff cut on imported rice - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Gov’t can pay its foreign debts, Finance chief says - Business World

• BIR sets floor price for tobacco, vapor products - Business World

• BIR April take up 142% but misses P235-billion goal - Business Mirror

• BIR clarifies issues on reduction of corporate income tax rate - Manila Bulletin

• GMA Network's profit jumps 246% - Manila Standard

• FCF is top taxpayer in Runrono - Philippine Star

• For industry to grow, gov’t should amend tax on horse racing – Philracom - Manila Bulletin

• Japan tops PEZA investor; pours in P716B since 1995 - Manila Bulletin

• Gov’t sees digitization of property valuation boosting LGU revenue - Business World

• Senate panel OK’s estate tax amnesty extension - Business World

• Senators agree to hold more session days to pass priority bills - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• House panel approves tax exemption on poll service income - Manila Bulletin

• House committee approves tax breaks for companies hiring elderly workers - Business World

• Debt service bill surges in March - Business World

• Palace issues 2 orders on tariffs for rice, pork - Business Mirror

• Last chance for admin’s tax, financial reforms – solon - Business Mirror

• Senate committee studying options to boost GUIDE funding - Business World

• GOCC regulator backs proposed dividend hike - Business World

• Contagion risks threaten economic recovery – DOF - Philippine Star

• House panel sets eyes on key tax measures on resumption of sessions next week - Manila Bulletin

• DOF: P20 billion needed for youth vaccination - Philippine Star

• Ecozone investments climb 54% to P25.4 billion - Philippine Star

• Presidential power to grant tax incentives coming soon - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• 80% of 2021 budget released – DBM - Manila Times

• Gov’t tax collections from cellphone units rise to P2B - Manila Bulletin

• Q1 PEZA investment approvals rise 54% - Business World

• Perpetual Help Cavite campus declared an economic zone for science and technology - Business World

• LT Group income up 4.5% to P6.49 billion in Q1 - Philippine Star

• DBP eyes creation of LGU credit rating system - GMA News

• Lawmaker bats for non-tax incentives to help small private schools - Business World

• Government to implement austerity measures if budget falls short - Philippine Star

• POGO, e-sabong taxes eyed for Bayanihan 3 - Daily Tribune

• Defense firms eye industrial zone manufacturing in the Philippines - Business World

• FDI inflows slip in February as investors turn wary - Business World

• Gov’t eyes $600-million World Bank loan to boost disaster resiliency - Business World

• Loans to enterprises reach P197B - Manila Times

• DBM still working on how to fund third stimulus package - Business World

• Gatchalian pushes tax cuts for employees to offset work-from-home expenses - Manila Bulletin

• BIR helps taxpayers get a better grasp of CREATE - Manila Bulletin

• Globe income rises 11% on lower non-operating charges, CREATE law - Business World

• Revised pork tariff rates await Duterte’s signature - Philippine Star

• Unemployment rate eases in March - Business World

• ADB, South Korea to co-finance $700 million for climate projects - Philippine Star

• World Bank to fund $1.8 billion Philippines projects - Philippine Star

• D&L Industries forecasts profit rebound this year - Manila Bulletin

• Domestic bond market seen to sustain growth - Manila Bulletin

• DOF agreed to change EO on pork imports – Sotto - Business World

• End-March state-backed loans to MSMEs surge by sevenfold - Business World

• Carbon tax to aid Philippine’s green recovery - Philippine Star

• Philippines wants ADB to expand lending - Philippine Star

• Ecozones continue operation despite lockdown - Manila Bulletin

• Philippines eyes $400-million loan from World Bank - Business World

• DOF backs tax amnesty extension - Business World

• ADB urges countries to lessen dependence on foreign borrowings - Philippine Star

• Funding for COVID-19 measures to reach P2.5 trillion this year - Philippine Star

• House panel approves P405.6-B Bayanihan 3’s revenue provisions - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DTI, PEZA push for lifting of ban on new BPOs in MM - Manila Bulletin

• NG borrowings hit P1.38 trillion in Q1 - Philippine Star

• DOF aims to finish reform agenda by mid-2022 - Manila Bulletin

• Tax the wealthy to correct some faults of free market – Salceda - Business Mirror

• Pork tariff, MAV ‘Compromise’ up at Senate caucus - Business Mirror

• Redefining Philippine Taxation: CREATE – 4th of Four parts - Business World

• Covid response financing accelerates to $18B - Manila Times

April 2021

• China Bank Q1 profit hits P3.6 billion - Philippine Star

• Japanese firm setting up wiring harness plant in Batangas - Philippine Star

• Landbank releases P60 billion in UCTs - Manila Bulletin

• Give fiscal management of new mining deals to House, DOF - Salceda - Business Mirror

• Electronics makers warn of exit on CREATE impact - Philippine Star

• ADB targets $3.9 billion lending for Philippines in 2021 - Philippine Star

• LGUs banned from collecting illegal transport fees, taxes - Manila Bulletin

• Yields on term deposits drop on tax flows, gov’t euro bond issue - Business World

• Gov’t to audit 4 mines in BARMM beginning October - Business World

• Duterte forms new task force on real property tax reform - Business Mirror

• Fitch cuts Philippine growth forecast to 6.3% - Philippine Star

• Government debt share to GDP rises to 42% - Philippine Star

• Dominguez: CCC to lead global movement for climate justice from international community - Manila Times

• DoF chief says consumer gains outweigh P14-B revenue loss from EO 128 - Business World

• Government to borrow P170B in May - Business World

• March deficit spending balloons - Business World

• DTI backs bill taxing digital transactions - Philippine Star

• More reforms needed to revive economy – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• DoF eyes hike in GOCC dividend rates - Business World

• Lawmaker pushes fund source for Bayanihan 3 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Economy shows signs of rebound - Manila Times

• House panel approves bills creating multiple ecozones - Business World

• House panel says P12.3-B shortfall found in excise tax collections on sweet drinks - ABS-CBN News

• Biotech Farms gets tax perks for P1.33B hogs expansion - Manila Bulletin

• BOI registers energy projects worth P122 B in first quarter - Manila Bulletin

• Two cigarette manufacturers in ecozones defy PEZA suspension order for producing illicit tobacco products - Manila Bulletin

• Energy efficiency incentive rules nearing approval - Business World

• Philippines’ BBB+ rating affirmed - Business World

• BoI approves P2.8-B investments - Business World

• Chua named NEDA chief - Philippine Star

• DTI backs passage of Bayanihan 3 - Philippine Star

• PHL raises P122B from euro bond sale - Business World

• Peza to assist Covid-19 jab procurement of locators - Business Mirror

• Philippine economy remains fragile - Philippine Star

• DOF wants pedestrian-friendly cities - Manila Bulletin

• DTI makes tax pitch to Japan auto wiring firms - Business World

• Real property valuation reform seen to boost government revenues - Business World

• BSP wants Bank Secrecy Law eased - Business World

• Landbank doubles funding support for distressed swine industry to P30B - SunStar

• Lawmakers urged to ease restriction on pork imports - Manila Times

• IRR on new mining deals are being drafted, MGB says - Business World

• Economic managers to report on economy, infrastructure - Business World

• Palace asks Senate to give pork tariff EO a chance - Business World

• BOI-approved investments up 66% to P138 billion in Q1 - Philippine Star

• PEZA optimistic of attaining investment target this year - Philippine Star

• DOF pushes passage of pending tax reform bills - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Duterte ready to revoke EO cutting imported pork taxes - Daily Tribune

• High food prices to continue driving inflation – NEDA - Business World

• BIR to tax COVID-19 vaccines once they hit the market - Manila Bulletin

• Marked fuel program raises over P218 billion in tax as of mid-April - Business World

• Wealth Tax, Junking ‘Odious Debt’ Key to Recovery – NGOs - Business Mirror

• Gov’t debt repayments rise to P253 billion - Business World

• Palace expects $4B in mining investments after ban lifted - Business World

• FIRB targets May 17 to pass CREATE IRR - Business World

• Solon seeks tax perks for vax donors - Manila Standard

• Peso to rise on flows from tax payments - Business World

• Redefining Philippine Taxation: CREATE - Business World

• Long-term plan on debt sustainability stays – DOF - Philippine Star

• ADB OKs P24-million grant to support MSMEs - Philippine Star

• NEDA: Hike in pork imports won’t kill Philippine hog industry - Philippine Star

• BIR suspends tax deficiency audit, collection for 60 days - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Lawmaker hits 3 bills as ‘piecemeal Cha-cha’ - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Moratorium on mining projects lifted - Business World

• Tax on ‘super rich’ seen to yield P237 billion yearly - Philippine Star

• Dominguez joins call for rich countries to share excess vaccines - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• US grants $4M to fund PHL vaccines, traffic study - Business World

• BIR collection slips amid lockdown - Business World

• Finland aims to expand economic cooperation with PHL, envoy says - Business Mirror

• Shell sole energy firm among top taxpayers cited by BOC - Manila Bulletin

• Duterte certifies three economic bills as urgent - Business World

• Duterte creates new agency to tackle red tape - Business World

• Loans for pandemic response now $15.5 billion - Business Mirror

• DOF, DBM still seeking sources of funds for additional aid - Business Mirror

• Banks' soured loans up at end-Feb - Manila Times

• Bayanihan 3 approval seen in House - Manila Times

• Salceda pushes resiliency innovations under CREATE Act - Manila Standard

• Foreign chambers, exporters urge passage of bills to support CREATE - Manila Bulletin

• Duterte willing to lend an ear to senators’ plea vs lowering taxes on imported pork - Manila Bulletin

• WHO launces new manual for tobacco taxation strategy to help in post-COVID health system recovery; cites PH ‘sin tax’ success story - Manila Bulletin

• House leader backs reduced taxes for pork imports: ‘We need it now’ - Manila Bulletin

• January FDI inflows highest since 2019 - Business World

• As POGO exit, e-commerce, BPOs buoy office space demand during pandemic: Leechiu - ABS-CBN News

• FIRB to discuss priority industries under Create - Manila Times

• DOE crafting rules for project’ tax perks - Manila Bulletin

• Mandaue 2021 tax collection decline - Daily Tribune

• DoF pushing for localized lockdowns, unhampered logistics - Business World

• Gross borrowings plunge in February - Business World

• Extend tax-return filing to 30 days, Solon urges - Business Mirror

• Extension please! Taxpayers make case for ITR deadline deferment - Manila Bulletin

• Redefining Philippine Taxation: CREATE - Business World

• Gov’t urged to cut agricultural insurance tax - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BCDA not recognizing ancestral lands in Camp John Hay - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BOC gains over P287M from shipments found violating tax rules - Manila Bulletin

• Gatchalian wants tax-free allowances for teachers on duty for May 2022 polls - Manila Bulletin

• It’s here: BIR releases rules on lowering corporate income tax rates - Manila Bulletin

• Salceda wants BOI to release initial list of industries for incentives grants under CREATE - Manila Bulletin

• PDIC hikes deposit insurance fund to P216.85-B in 2020-DOF - GMA News

• BoI to identify industries for CREATE incentives - Business World

• DOF cites capital infused to LBP, DBP hits P53.3 billion - Business Mirror

• BOC, BIR to start tests for compliance of oil firms with fuel marking - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Salceda urges PRRD to reconsider EO lowering taxes on imported pork - Daily Tribune

• PDIC remits P7.1 billion to Treasury - Philippine Star

• Finance chief wants functioning FIRB - Manila Times

• PEZA welcomes signing of CREATE - Manila Times

• BIR: April 15 deadline for filing ITRs, tax payment stays - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Binay urges BIR, DOF to extend deadline for filing of ITRs - Manila Bulletin

• Govt collects P210B from fuel-marking program - Manila Times

• Manila Water can’t pass corporate income tax to customers in new deal - Business World

• BIR releases draft IRR for CREATE Law - Business World

• BoC, BIR performance evaluations to add review of economic conditions - Business World

• CREATE to generate 1.4 million new jobs – lawmaker - Philippine Star

• DOF to release P22-B cash aid today to local gov’ts - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Create most likely to raise GDP by up to 1% - Manila Times

• Tobacco group wants ‘reasonable’ tax stamp cost - Manila Bulletin

• CREATE Law: 10 most asked questions - Philippine Star

• Singapore’s P30-B fiber optic cable network project gets pioneer tax incentives - Manila Bulletin

• Gov’t urged to scrap onerous taxes burdening agri sector - Daily Tribune

March 2021

• Duterte asked to appoint Dominguez as overall COVID-19 crisis manager - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• CoA rejects more tax incentives granted to textile firms - Business World

• Budget deficit widens in February despite higher revenue take - Business Mirror

• NG debt rises to P10.4 trillion in February - Philippine Star

• PH borrows again through 55-B yen samurai bonds - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Create to help attract more investments - Manila Times

• Real property tax payment in QC extended until April 20 - Manila Bulletin

• BOI expects more projects to materialize with signing of CREATE Act - Manila Bulletin

• Over P150B in bad assets likely to be disposed under FIST law – BSP - Business World

• BIR allows filing, payment of tax returns ‘anywhere’ - Business World

• PHL secures P58-B loans for COVID-19 vaccines - Business World

• PSEi rebounds on passage of CREATE - GMA News

• PHL tariff revenue losses from RCEP deal expected to be mild - Business World

• How will CREATE Law affect your 2020 ITR? - Business World

• DOF lauds signing of Create - Manila Times

• Tobacco group rejects tax stamp price hike - Manila Bulletin

• Be lenient with delayed tax filings, Salceda asks - Business Mirror

• Singapore firms urged to collaborate with Philippines companies on tech development - Philippine Star

• Biz groups welcome signing of Create Act - Manila Times

• CTA upholds cancellation of P45-million BIR tax assessment on Xylem Water Systems - Business World

• CREATE law signed, with vetoes - Philippine Star

• House pushing for another COVID-19 stimulus package - Philippine Star

• AIIB Okays $300-M loan for PH COVID-19 vaccination program - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Napocor, Transco target 30,000 households - Manila Times

• BoI investment pledges reach P137 billion so far - Business World

• Govt to lose P60 million annually on lower rice-import tariffs - Business Mirror

• ‘Successful REIT listings show investor confidence in Philippines’ - Philippine Star

• BSP keeps interest rates steady but warns of higher inflation ahead - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PH urged to tax digital platforms, online transactions - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• House thanks DOF for tax aid - Manila Standard

• Cigarette makers need BIR registration to locate in ecozones - Philippine Star

• BIR to extend ITR filing deadline for companies - Business World

• PhilGuarantee to expand MSME guarantee portfolio to P4 billion - Philippine Star

• DOF: $500M in World Bank loan to pay for Moderna vaccines - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Govt collects more than P200B thru fuel marking - Manila Times

• BIR urged to adopt ‘virtual stamp’ for cigarettes - Business World

• Dominguez: Government loans weren’t just for COVID-19 vaccines - ABS-CBN News

• External debt soars 18% to $98.5 billion in 2020 - Philippine Star

• DOF credits 2 factors for keeping PH debt bearable - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PNB to tap FIST firms - Manila Times

• ‘Private sector can’t buy vaccines’ - Manila Times

• Court denies FCF Minerals’ tax refund claim - Business World

• DOF: COVID-19 vaccine loans only P58.5 billion - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF supports PDIC charter changes - Manila Bulletin

• Senators keen to raise funding for GUIDE bill beyond P10 billion - Business World

• Solon appeals to gov’t: Allow private firm to import vaccines tax-free - GMA News

• ARTA to stop travel charges on basic goods distributors - Philippine Star

• LGU real property tax cases worth P4.53B resolved in 2020 - Business World

• NEDA identifies 4 programs under 2021 national priority plan - Business World

• PEZA approves P13B in new investments - Business World

• BOI OKs tax perks for bicycle manufacturer - Philippine Star

• Bill exempting senior citizens from income tax filed - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PH secures $14.29B in loans, grants to fight COVID-19 in 2020 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Big catch! BOC prevents over P1-M tax loss after intercepting this hulking equipment - Manila Bulletin

• Budget swings to P14-B deficit in Jan. - Business World

• IT infra ramp-up, more revenue boost PHL’s recovery prospects - Business Mirror

• Salceda bats for digitization of PCSO products to generate revenues - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Pia Cayetano eyes higher minimum age of access to ‘sinful’ products - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Drilon calls P10-B rescue package for pandemic-affected firms a ‘joke’ - GMA News

• Corporate tax-reform bill’s bicam version elates PEZA - Business Mirror

• Finance chief says fiscal prudence prepared PH to handle new COVID-19 surge - ABS-CBN News

• CREATE bill to lapse into law on March 27 - Philippine Star

• Philippines gets share in £19-M UK Prosperity Fund, says DOF - GMA News

• Taxing single-use plastic seen to raise P4.8 billion annually - Business Mirror

• ‘Strong revenue efforts cause for government to issue big stimulus’ - Business Mirror

• Tax effort tumbles in 2020 - Philippine Star

• Mazda starts collecting deposits for import tax - Philippine Star

• Salceda renews call for Bayanihan 3 package - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Gov’t debt service bill reaches P962B - Business World

• Environment dep’t agrees PHL not ready for carbon tax - Business World

• IT-BPM spearheads property recovery, no POGOs - Manila Bulletin

• Philippines, US sign P4.8 billion educational aid - Philippine Star

• DBP refinances $300 million bonds at lower rate - Philippine Star

• Filipino-Israeli firm to invest over P1B for Covid vaccine - Manila Times

• PH open finance rules readied for Q2 – BSP - Manila Bulletin

• Inflation will peak in 2Q – Diokno - Manila Bulletin

• BOC to donate new PCs, cellphones to DepEd - Manila Bulletin

• BIR collection barely exceeds target in Feb. - Business World

• Drilon pushes for ‘clearer’ rules on violations of GUIDE Act conditions - Business World

• BIR reshuffles 15 district officers to intensify P2.08-T tax drive, anti-corruption effort - Manila Bulletin

• PEZA eyes potential sites away from ‘danger zones’ like Taal Volcano: official - ABS-CBN News

• Philippines still not ready for carbon tax – Cusi - Philippine Star

• DOF recognizes Parañaque as Philippines sixth richest city - Philippine Star

• Govt collects more than P199B from fuel marking - Manila Times

• Tax appeals court clarifies who among BIR execs can issue letter of authority - Manila Bulletin

• Customs audit generates revenue of P247 million - Business World

• Bangsamoro rules for accepting foreign grants approved - Business World

• BOC lists acceptable security for duty, tax payments - Business World

• Taxpayers can now verify TIN with phone app, says BIR - Manila Bulletin

• Indian ambassador links up with PEZA, bares high hopes for PH economy - Manila Bulletin

• Cut NTMs on rice, PH tells Asean - Malaya Business Insight

• PEZA probes 2 cigarette makers without BIR registration - Business World

• FIST oversight panel wary of incentives abuse - Business World

• Bad loans pick up anew in January - Business World

• DOF for easing tariffs, NTBs on inflation worry - Business Mirror

• BOC tariff take from rice imports rises 58% in January - Business Mirror

• Salceda: CREATE bill will help PH boost innovation - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax incentives, smuggling make ecozones the country’s ‘trillion peso blackhole’ – Salceda - Manila Bulletin

• BIR rolls out online system for tax clearance submissions - Manila Bulletin

• PEZA automates processes to ease ecozone transactions - Philippine Star

• BIR proposes suspension of POGOs, firms that fail to file income tax returns - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR: POGO revenues to hit below P4B this year - Manila Times

• Gov’t sells P463 billion in RTBs - Business World

• Inflation to taper off by 2nd half – BSP - Business World

• Duterte reduces, condones real property taxes of independent power producers - ABS-CBN News

• BSP seeks Congress OK of new law to protect financial consumers - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Senators back bill taxing POGO operations - Manila Bulletin

• BSP seeks comments on draft guidelines for FIST law - Business World

• BOI-approved pledges rise to P122B - Business World

• PHL, Russia set another meeting on tax digitization - Business World

• House committee approves P10 plastic bag tax - Business World

• PEZA, AFP partner to build defense industrial ecozones - Manila Bulletin

• NG debt rises to P10.3 trillion in Jan. - Business World

• Gov’t loses P30 billion a year to cigarette smuggling - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Property taxes reforms to speed econ recovery - Manila Times

• LEDAC bares priority economic bills to be passed within 2021 - GMA News

• Pangilinan expresses mixed feelings about new coco levy fund law - ABS-CBN News

• PH looks into carbon tax to fight climate change - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR promises to remove export cigarettes’ tax-stamp exemption - Business World

• Tobacco excise tax collections exceed target - Philippine Star

• House panel approves bill lifting bank secrecy - Business World

February 2021

• Budget gap widens to record P1.371 trillion - Philippine Star

• Economic frontliners to get vaccine priority too, says finance chief - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Fiscal sustainability to support PH growth - Manila Times

• Duterte signs bill creating coco levy trust fund - Business World

• Dominguez sees OK of 14 reform measures before legislators get busy with 2022 campaign - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Dominguez: PH needs ‘more years’ to fully recover losses from pandemic - ABS-CBN News

• LandBank approves P62-B loans to LGUs - Manila Times

• DOF includes COVID-19 vaccine imports in Mabuhay Lane - Manila Bulletin

• PIDS: Tax gaps in PHL digital economy may require infrastructure expansion to resolve - Business Mirror

• FDI pledges slump to three-year low - Business World

• Financial execs ‘strongly urge’ passage of GUIDE bill to aid small businesses - ABS-CBN News

• P260-M in smuggled cigarettes, rice seized in Bataan - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Government lost P7.7 billion in 2020 after 119,596 businesses close - Philippine Star

• Gov’t lost P357 billion to fuel smuggling – Salceda - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Electric vehicle fast charger maker gets tax breaks - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Fuel marking program yields P193 billion in taxes - Business World

• Senate OK’s bill allowing President to suspend hike in SSS contributions - Business World

• Credit guarantee program for MSMEs to be extended until September - Philippine Star

• Expansion of local amusement tax eyed - Philippine Star

• House OKs bill expediting COVID-19 vaccine purchase - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• After FIST, BSP wants bank secrecy, 3 other measures passed - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax filing and RATE - Manila Times

• NEDA sees no need for Bayanihan III if economy reopens - Business World

• Regulator warns against possible weakening of competition under FIST law - Business World

• BOI: Innovators may enjoy tax perks for new products - Business Mirror

• SEC releases draft IRR on FIST law - Philippine Star

• BIR files P698-M tax evasion cases vs. nine companies - Manila Bulletin

• FIST ensures financial system stability – Dominguez - Manila Bulletin

• Tycoons push tighter drive vs tax evaders - Philippine Star

• Biz group: FIST law will hasten recovery - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF to study CREATE ‘insertions’ amid calls for veto - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Let’s talk about it: BIR willing to compromise deficiency taxes - Manila Bulletin

• BIR digitalization efforts can help save 25k trees yearly – Dominguez - GMA News

• FIST law to bring down banks’ bad loan ratio - Business World

• Duterte sign Financial Institutions Bill into law - Philippine Star

• Dominguez counting on BIR to beat collection target this year - Business World

• Savings from CREATE tax cuts to be re-invested back to the economy: business leaders - ABS-CBN News

• BIR eyes 24/7 online taxpayer services - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Freelancers up for tax amnesty under Congress proposal - Daily Tribune

• House claims support from 224 legislators in show of force for 3rd stimulus - Business World

• Banks seek safe harbor clause - Philippine Star

• BIR aims 7.23% hike in 2021 tax collection - Manila Bulletin

• House panel OKs tax exemptions for COVID-19 vaccines purchased by LGUs - GMA News

• FIST law urgently needed as bank relief measures to expire - Business World

• Angara bats for donor’s tax exemption for donations for COVID-19 vaccines, other urgent supplies - Manila Bulletin

• House adopts resolution lauding BIR for ‘efficient’ tax collection in 2020 despite pandemic - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• P3.19-billion of Bayanihan-2 P165.5-billion fund remains unreleased-DBM - Business Mirror

• PHL to secure additional $425-million ADB loan for Covid vaccines - Business Mirror

• Dominguez commends Customs’ performance - Manila Bulletin

• Lopez urges MSMEs to avail of gov’t micro financing - Manila Bulletin

• Unit of Globe subsidiary’s tax payment hits P1.5-billion - Business Mirror

• Duterte to ABS-CBN: Settle your taxes first - Philippine Star

• CREATE to ease the burden due to pandemic - Business Mirror

• Panelo advises ABS-CBN to pay its tax obligations - Manila Bulletin

• Gov’t raises initial P221 B from RTBs - Manila Bulletin

• House approves GUIDE bill - Business World

• Gov’t readies debt consolidation plan - Business World

• ADB issues $57-million education bond to Asia Pacific nations, including PHL - Business Mirror

• No red tape: House leaders file bill to fast-track LGU COVID-19 vaccine procurement - ABS-CBN News

• CREATE seen luring P200B in investments, create 2M jobs - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF to seek passage of other priority bills - Manila Times

• DOF eyes $23B in external financing - Manila Times

• CREATE Act to relax taxation scheme for oil refiners - Manila Bulletin

• CREATE’s amendatory provision on withholding tax - Business World

• Here comes CREATE - Business World

• House approves POGO tax bill, fate now up to Senate - Business Mirror

• BIR simplifies requirements for VAT refund - Philippine Star

• Philippines on its way to recovery – DOF - Philippine Star

• Go pushes economic recovery measures - Manila Times

• Duterte urged to veto 3 provisions in CREATE bill - Philippine Star

• BOI targets P1.25 trillion project approvals this year - Philippine Star

• Philippines, Russia eye cooperation on tax data capture - Philippine Star

• Debt-to-GDP ratio expands to 54.5% - Philippine Star

• Duterte wins stimulus, incentive battle with CREATE passage - Philippine Star

• Lockdown hopes, Create OK lift stocks - Manila Times

• Las Piñas LGU offers real property tax amnesty until May 15 - Manila Bulletin

• ARTA flags LGUs corruption-prone tax assessment - Manila Bulletin

• ADB provides $25 million to help PHL procure Covid vaccines - Business Mirror

• Bicam OKs CREATE bill for business recovery - Philippine Star

• Philippines welcomes US rejoining Paris accord on climate change - Philippine Star

• DOF vows full support to blended learning - Manila Bulletin

• Peso remains firm despite extreme volatility – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Pagcor’s 2020 net income plummets by nearly 84% - Business Mirror

January 2021

• ‘Bayanihan 3 necessary to salvage economy’ - Philippine Star

• Passage of tax perks bill expected in 2 weeks - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Hampered by pandemic, BIR racing to collect P4-billion Isabela taxes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• ‘ABS-CBN franchise issue best left to next Congress’ - Philippine Star

• Duterte signs measure boosting Anti-Money Laundering Law - ABS-CBN News

• DOF sees full implementation of fuel marking in Q1 - Philippine Star

• NEDA: Pass liberalization bills before Cha-cha - Philippine Star

• DOF chief: Open PH economy to foreigners, but not land - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR collected P7.2 billion from POGOs in 2020 - Business World

• House panel OKs bill easing payment of taxes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Salceda wants cedula abolished, gov’t processes streamlined - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Duterte asked to allow duty-free pork imports to ease meat shortage - Manila Standard

• Tax effort decline to 10.67% in 2020 - Malaya Business Insight

• Over 500,000 containers undergo Customs X-ray inspection; more than P100-M in additional duties, taxes collected in 2020 - Manila Bulletin

• House approves on second reading income tax discounts for medical frontliners - Manila Bulletin

• ‘Worst is over’ but FDI flows seen to remain low - Business World

• Economists warn vs upside risks despite benign inflation - Business Mirror

• Lawmaker eyes new revenue stream from digital tax law - Business Mirror

• Customs says achieved 2020 automation goals - Business Mirror

• Solons seeks suspension of amusement tax for 2 years - Manila Bulletin

• Congress ratifies AMLA changes - Philippine Star

• Proposals to defer PhilHealth, SSS premium hike OK’d - Philippine Star

• DOF, analysts upbeat on Biden presidency - Manila Times

• Duterte promises continued support for Bangsamoro as it marks its 2nd year - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR to penalize electronic taxpayers for manual tax filing - Manila Bulletin

• DOF working on grant for BIR digitization tack - Business Mirror

• 4 inter-gov’t mechanisms approved for BARMM - Manila Bulletin

• Duterte says businesses seeking franchise should pay right taxes - Philippine Star

• Duterte signs EO keeping deboned meat tariff at 5 percent - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BOC seizes P9.75-B smuggled goods in 2020 - Manila Times

• Govt collects P178B thru fuel marking - Manila Times

• Bill granting income tax discount for 270,000 medical frontliners inches closer to plenary approval - Manila Bulletin

• Senate OK’s AMLA amendments - Business World

• FIST still in Senate over a month since getting ratified - Philippine Star

• Economic Cha-cha opposed by another biz group due to timing - Philippine Star

• P15B tariff collected from rice imports in ‘20 - Malaya Business Insight

• Dominguez confident PH economy to rebound this year - Manila Bulletin

• PCCI reiterates call for Congress to prioritize CREATE - Manila Bulletin

• Congress sessions resume; CREATE, Amla among top priority - Business Mirror

• PHL gets $77.4-M China grant for infra, other devt initiatives - Business Mirror

• BOI, Peza set varying investment goals in ‘21 - Business Mirror

• Over 50 business groups back passage of CREATE - Philippine Star

• QC gov’t waives real property tax penalties until March 31 - Manila Bulletin

• Philippines eyeing $800 million loan for vaccine program - Philippine Star

• PEZA investments drop 19% as pandemic drags on - Business World

• Fintech group, business organizations seek speedy passage of CREATE - Business Mirror

• Court order worries BIR about its case vs suspected trader of fake cigarettes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Finance department: Stronger program needed to fight ASF - Manila Times

• Strong credit ratings strengthen PH’s negotiation position in vaccine procurement – Salceda - Manila Bulletin

• Consumer Act, CREATE named DTI priorities - Business World

• Govt pandemic response hits P2.6T in 2020 – DOF - Manila Times

• PSE, PDS strongly call for passage of CREATE Bill - Manila Bulletin

• Budget deficit soars to record high in 2020 - Business World

• DOF: P62.5 billion in loans ‘lined up’ for purchase of vaccine - Business Mirror

• Finance chief backs Cha-cha to ‘open the economy more’ - Philippine Star

• Dominguez, tired of unfeasible plans, threatens to pull out NAIA from PPP - Philippine Star

• Government revenues reach P2.84 trillion in 2020 - Philippine Star

• BIR transfers to reg’l OAS investigation of all small business taxpayers - Manila Bulletin

• SEIPI asks lawmakers to reconsider FIRB cap - Business World

• DOF ‘rigorous’ lifestyle checks continue – Dominguez - Manila Bulletin

• Fitch maintains PH’s credit rating - Manila Bulletin

• BOI-approved investment pledges hit P1-T in 2020 - Business World

• Banks’ bad loans rise for 10th straight month - Business World

• DOF-led panel formed to extend relief to private projects - Manila Times

• House acts to defer PhilHealth, SSS rate hikes - Manila Standard

• NG debt hits P10.13 trillion - Philippine Star

• Lawmaker wants tax-free COVID-19 shots for private workers - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Navotas LGU extends business permit renewal, tax payment for computer shops - Manila Bulletin

• BSP grants new P540-B loan to gov’t - Business World

• DOF halts franchise tax on POGOs to comply with SC ruling - Manila Bulletin

• BIR to speed up return of excess tax payments to claimants - Manila Bulletin

• Duterte orders BIR to reshuffle personnel - Philippine Star

• JICA releases another 10 billion yen loan to Philippines - Philippine Star

• DOF sets up anti-corruption web page - Manila Times

• BIR, BOC surpass 2020 collection targets - Philippine Star

• Gov’t slaps new tax on vehicle imports - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• SC suspends 5 percent POGO taxes under Bayanihan 2 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Easier tax payments available online - Daily Tribune

• Landbank’s agricultural loan hits P232 billion - Business World

• San Miguel airport franchise lapses into law - Philippine Star

 

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