2018 Tax News - Archive 2

August 2019

• BIR still has no official count of POGO workers - Business World

• E-cigarette industry resisting taxes on par with tobacco - Business World

• Legislator proposes one-peso ‘climate tax’ on residential power - Business World

• PCSO, sin taxes could be tapped to fund SDG programs - Business World

• BIR vows relentless tax drive vs POGOs - Manila Bulletin

• Tax measures seen boosting PH credit ratings - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• House mulls road user’s tax hike - Philippine Star

• ‘Government lost P1.3 trillion in 3 years to tax exemptions’ - Philippine Star

• Tariff Commission proposes higher safeguard duty on cement - Philippine Star

• Bills cutting corporate income tax, raising alcohol levy to advance in next two weeks - Business World

• DOF pushes higher taxes on alcopops, e-cigarettes - Philippine Star

• House approves refiled alcohol tax hike bill - Philippine Star

• BIR loses P1.4-billion tax case vs Medical City - Manila Bulletin

• House panel OKs bill lowering corporate income tax - Manila Bulletin

• Tax amnesty for delinquency in document submission - Business World

• Peso recovers vs dollar as Trump delays tariffs - Business World

• DOF: Tax monitoring of POGOs easier if they are in hubs - Manila Bulletin

• First tax reform bill hurdles House panel - Business World

• Gov’t may lose P1B in taxes a year from horse racing - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Cash assistance to rice farmers firmed up - Manila Bulletin

• Tax court denies Maibarara appeal of tax refund ruling - Business World

• Royalties, Customs duties and post-clearance audits - Business World

• Higher taxes, public ban on alcohol pushed in House - Philippine Star

• 3 tax bills face rough sailing – Imee Marcos - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DoF: Mining tax reform still on the table - Business World

• Tax court OKs ABS-CBN’s P16-M settlement deal - Philippine Star

• Seminar on compliance with BIR’s Computerized Accounting System - Philippine Star

• Exporters seek perks for textile industry - Philippine Star

• ‘P504 B wasted due to loopholes in tax incentives’ - Philippine Star

• P186-M income tax collected from POGO workers in July - Philippine Star

• DOF pushes higher tax on ‘alcopops’ - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Manila reducing real property tax by 40% - Business World

• BOI, PEZA issue warning against cutting incentives granted to firms - Manila Bulletin

• Peza justifies tax perks, cites recipients’ contributions to economy - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Alcohol products soon to bear tax stamps - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Call centers may not make it to DOF’s tax perks list - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BOI pushes anew longer transition, higher GIE rate on tax incentives - Philippine Star

• Sotto wants public school teachers exempted from paying taxes - Philippine Star

• IRA to gobble up tax takes - Philippine Star

• Alcoholic beverage tax to be fast-tracked - Business World

• When tax cannot follow accounting - Business World

• No-tariff status for Korean autos eyed - Manila Bulletin

• Senate seen meeting DOF timetable for remaining tax reform packages - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF estimates incentive ‘giveaways’ at P1.2 trillion - Business World

• BIR sets Aug. 10 as POGO tax remittance deadline - Business World

• The rise and fall of tariffs - Manila Bulletin

• What’s new in BIR registration for employees - Business World

• PHL’s ‘Iron Lady’ leads push for fair alcohol tax - Business World

• TransCo seeks smaller feed-in tariff rate for 2020 - Business World

• CTA dismisses Petron tax refund claim; rules alkalyte not exempt - Business World
  

• Tax court upholds Ayala Corp. creditable withholding tax - Business World

• Being a top withholding agent: boon or bane? - Business World

• DoF sets alcohol, e-cigarette tax law timeline to help fund UHC - Business World
  

• Policy rate cut seen as inflation slows - Business World

• The case for increasing alcohol taxes - Business World

• Rice Tariffication Law — Duterte’s legacy? - Manila Bulletin

• First 18 months crucial for tax reforms — Dominguez - Manila Bulletin

• Foreign POGO workers start paying taxes - Manila Bulletin

• New business opportunity - Philippine Star

• DOF extends fund management expertise to Bangsamoro government - Philippine Star
  

• Readying compliance with BIR e-policies and audit procedures - Philippine Star

• BIR accepts P2.5-trillion collection target next year - Manila Bulletin

• Senators seek review of Rice Tariffication Act - Manila Bulletin
  

• DOF concerned over heightened US-China trade war - Manila Bulletin

• ‘Sin taxes’ seen to raise P370 B in 5 years - Philippine Star

• DOF: ‘Huge inequity’ in P441 B tax perks in 2017 - Philippine Star

• PHL factory gain strongest in 6 months - Business World

July 2019

• BIR celebrates 115th founding anniversary, 2 officers arrested for P 75-M extortion attempt - Manila Bulletin

• Mayor Isko grants amnesty to delinquent taxpayers - Manila Bulletin
  

• Tax reform now - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Business groups pitch reform bills to 18th Congress - Business World

• Senate, Finance department move to expedite tax reform legislation - Business World
  

• Senate to conduct inquiry on rice tariff law implementation - Philippine Star

• Business groups list 28 priority measures for competitiveness - Philippine Star

• Rice tariffication law yields P6.5 B - DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Philippine Tax Academy launching online portal - Philippine Star

• Fitch unit sees more FDIs in Philippines - Philippine Star

• Five truths about tax fraud - Philippine Star

• BIR starts TIN issuance to foreign POGO workers - Philippine Star

• Memento mori - Philippine Star

• PCSO funding for healthcare program just 1.2% of total requirements - DOF - Philippine Star

• Rice import duties on track to fund RCEF, BoC says - Business World

• Carry-over of excess EWT: Now an option - Business World

• SC rules PSALM’s sale of power assets not subject to VAT - Business World

• DOF expects taxes from POGO to snowball - Manila Bulletin

• Law signed hiking tobacco excise tax - Philippine Star

• House to initiate dialogues for Duterte’s priority bills - Philippines Star
  

• House eyes 2019 OK of tax reforms - Business World

• Protesting a business tax assessment - Business World

• DOH, health advocates back higher sin taxes - Philippine Star

• Pass tax reform bills – Dominguez - Manila Bulletin

• A tax on tampons - Manila Bulletin

• Fiscal balance swings to deficit in June, but 1st half gap shrinks - Business World

• SC upholds UP’s tax-exempt status in Techno Hub dispute with QC - Business World

• Notice for Informal Conference: after over a year of reinstatement - Business World

• Quick cut in corporate taxes to 25% pushed - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Fiscal deficit narrows to P42.6 B in H1 - Philippine Star

• BSP may further cut interest rates - Philippine Star

• TRABAHO bill may displace thousands of workers - Philippine Star

• All pending tax reform bills already filed in 18th Congress - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF to push Trabaho bill for 18th Congress' OK - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DoF claims support from business groups for tax reform, other measures - Business World

• Higher taxes on e-cig, vape eyed by DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Industry groups urge Congress to consider alternative PEZA perks - Philippine Star

• Tax Academy completes design of coursework for BIR, BoC - Business World

• Ecozone firms seek incentives status quo - Manila Bulletin

• Dominguez: No need to review rice tariff law - Philippine Star

• Withholding taxes: Are you on top? - Business World

• BOI revising MVDP to include e-vehicles - Manila Bulletin

• Review of rice tariff law pushed - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Fiscal perks seen to offset risks in hotel dev't - Philippine Star

• Less hurdles seen for other tax reforms - Business World

• Tax amnesty: The continuing saga - Business World

• LGU taxation of professionals - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Wanna be on top? - Philippine Star

• BIR, BOC ordered to strengthen drive vs illicit cigarette trading - Philippine Star

• Pagcor appeal: Don’t ‘overtax’ Pogos - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Pogos seek lower tax rates for alien workers - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF orders BIR, Customs to intensify drive against illicit tobacco trade - Manila Bulletin

• Dominguez: Fuel marking to address oil smuggling - Philippine Star

• Petron smarting from oil smuggling - Manila Bulletin

• San Juan failed to collect P736-M taxes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• POGO workers to pay P2-B withholding taxes monthly - Philippine Star

• Farmers say rice tariffs shortchange RCEF - Business World

• Urbanization: A challenging future - Business World

• BIR threatens gas station owners selling smuggle fuel with arrest - Manila Bulletin

• Government gears up for fuel marking, eyes additional P5 billion revenues - Philippine Star

• The ‘role’ of law - Philippine Star

• ERC to hear co-op plea to pass on realty tax - Business World

• Is rice tariffication working? - Business World

• POGOs promise to pay tax starting this month - Manila Bulletin

• PAMPI asks BOC to refund tariff payments - Manila Bulletin

• DOF, Pogo firms reach deal on taxation of Chinese workers - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Recto backs DOF plan to tax Chinese POGO workers - Philippine Star

• Rice tariff law yields P6-B new revenues – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• BoC rice import tariff collections at P5.9 billion - Business World

• Tariff Commission deadline to report on cement safeguards expires - Business World

• Property report PH – Right of way - Philippine Star

• BOC firm on collecting 40% tariff on MDM - Philippine Star

• Good job (despite rantings, distractions) - Philippine Star

• BIR making database for foreign workers - Manila Bulletin

• PEZA seeks audit of tax incentives - Manila Bulletin

• Senators shun top post in tax committee due to political stigma - Business World

• Regulating Vaping - Business World

• DOF harmonizes rules on taxability of professionals - Philippine Star

• PEZA to commission independent study on impact of eco-zone incentives - Business World

• Dyson seeks pioneer-status incentives for Philippine-made products - Business World

• Peza to do performance audit of tax incentives - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR eases rules on banks deposits of decedents - Manila Bulletin

• DOF bares economic priorities for next 3 years - Philippine Star

• Allowed double taxation? - Philippine Star

• Seminar on tax amnesty for estate taxes, delinquent accts - Philippine Star

• DOF: Election results proof tax reform was fair - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DTI-DOF compromise on tax incentives shaping up - Manila Bulletin

• BIR to collect POGO taxes starting this month - Manila Bulletin

• Finance chief seeks to assure new lawmakers on tax reform - Business World

• Tax exemption of expat employees under tax treaties - Business World

• BSP chief: Ease bank secrecy to flush out tax evaders, money launderers - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Gov’t eyes higher tax on low-alcohol drinks - Philippine Daily Inquirer

June 2019

• SEC tweaks rule on REIT property manager - Business World

• E-cigarette maker Juul enters Philippine market - Business World

• DoF to continue pushing tax, retail reforms in next Congress - Business World

• BIR amends criteria for top withholding agents - Philippine Star

• DoF, Congress amenable to weekly talks - Business World

• BIR files 15 tax cases in QC, Makati - Business World

• Revisiting the rules on claiming withholding tax credits - Business World

• BIR allows estate tax amnesty payment in installments - Manila Bulletin

• ‘Approval of higher tobacco taxes ensures adequate funds for UHC’ - Philippine Star

• Japan to expedite Philippines request on exports, tariff - Philippine Star

• Tobacco tax measure makes it out of Congress - Business World

• Tobacco tax bill tweaks to cover health care law’s funding gap - Business World

• E-vehicle players urge government to provide better incentive package - Manila Bulletin
  

• Higher tax on tobacco? Smokers seem undaunted - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Government seen to generate P126 billion from higher tobacco taxes - Philippine Star

• Senate approves proposed tobacco tax hike - Business World

• ITR compliance for expatriates - Business World

• Overhaul of property tax scheme to boost real estate market, says Dominguez - Philippine Daily Inquirer
  

• LGUs lose P30-B revenues from outdated property valuation – DOF - Philippine Star

• TIEZA OKs perks for Solaire Cruise Center, Iloilo hotel - Philippine Star

• Rules for working aliens - Philippine Star

• Taganito Mining VAT refund of P18.2 million upheld - Business World

• PAL P300-M tax refund ruling affirmed by CTA - Business World

• Automatic exchange of information: What’s in it for the Philippines? - Business World

• It’s up to House to pass ‘sin tax’ bill - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Foreign workers now required to secure TIN - Philippine Star

• PEZA-approved investments down 25% in January-April - Philippine Star

May 2019

• Nation joins World No-Tobacco Day today - Manila Bulletin

• Prioritize people’s welfare by passing bill on tobacco tax hike - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• e-Invoicing: Time to get ready! - Business World

• Fighting fire with fire - Business World

• Tax perks for electric vehicles readied - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tobacco tax bill certified as urgent, approval likely - Philippine Star

• Senate body nearly adopts House mining tax version - Business World

• BIR finalizing IRR for tax amnesty - Manila Bulletin

• The Big One - Philippine Star

• DoF, DILG move to ensure local fees 'just' - Business World

• Finance department asks Senate to adopt House alcohol tax version - Business World

• BIR to finalize rules governing tax amnesty this month - Business World

• Checkpoints on the VAT refund maze - Business World

• Duterte extends mandate of tourism regulator to grant fiscal incentives - Business World 

• ‘Sin’ taxes must rise - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Pass the Tobacco Tax - Business World

• The global taxpayers conference - Business World

• DOH, DOF make final push for higher sin taxes - Philippine Star

• DOF hopeful on passage of remaining tax packages - Philippine Star

• Fiscal surplus widens to P86.9 B in April - Philippine Star

• Senate pushes bigger increase in tobacco tax - Business World

• How governments expand - Business World

• More anti-diabetes, cholesterol drugs to be VAT-exempt - Philippine Star

• DOF wants to expand South Korea economic ties - Manila Bulletin

• SoKor digital invoicing seen as a model for tax reform - Business World

• Jump in illicit cigarette trade seen - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PEZA chief addresses talk she is at risk of losing post for opposition to tax perk revamp - Business World

• Hike in cigarette taxes seen to increase smuggling - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• No more tax reforms to make it out of 17th Congress - Business World

• Forgetting the past and moving forward for taxpayers - Business World

• Gov’t to tax, regulate e-cigarettes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Free healthcare hinges on higher ‘sin’ taxes – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Central bank moves, speculation over timing on REIT listing propel Ayala Land stock movements - Business World

• Cigarette industry targeted for death by sin tax - Business World

• DOF, PIDS at odds over TRAIN impact - Philippine Star

• PPA remits record dividends, taxes - Philippine Star

• BIR slaps fake cigarette trader with P213-M tax evasion case - Manila Bulletin

• Vital fiscal reforms seen with admin’s Senate win - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax effort improves to 14.6% of GDP - Manila Bulletin

• NEDA sees rice tariffs exceeding P10 billion quota for RCEF - Business World

• China hikes tariff in counter move to US - Manila Bulletin

• Shares plunge as China hikes tariffs on US goods - Business World

• Finance dep’t eyes approval of bank secrecy easing this year - Business World

• Taxpayers’ First Quarter Election - Business World

• Tax court drops tax evasion against talent promoter - Manila Bulletin

• DOF confident new Congress won’t delay CTRP - Manila Bulletin

• Revenue from sugar-sweetened beverages short of target - Philippine Star

• Gov’t probes low tax take - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Beverage industry to be audited over sugar tax collection shortfall - Business World

• Iligan City power plant purchases not subject to withholding tax, CTA rules - Business World

• Low growth, high taxes as election issue - Business World

• BIR warns vs fake tax clearances - Philippine Star

• TRAIN revenues exceed 2018 goal - Philippine Star

• Revenues from TRAIN exceeded gov’t target by 8.1% in 2018 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• TRAIN’s hike in disposable income felt by retail sector, restaurants – DoF - Business World

• Revisiting the TRABAHO (or no trabaho?) bill - Business World

• First-time jobseekers exempted from paying gov’t fees on documents - Manila Bulletin

• BOC bans transfer of TCCs - Philippine Star

• Scrap tax on teachers’ poll honoraria — ACT - Philippine Star

• Corporate tax reform OK seen in 2 years - Business World

• Teachers ask BIR to scrap 5% tax on poll duty compensation - Manila Bulletin

• DOF eyes ‘A’ credit rating for Philippines in 2 years - Philippine Star

• Transfer pricing of shared services - Business World

• BIR task force probing illegal foreign hires - Philippine Star

• Reforms boost Bureau of Internal Revenue collection - Philippine Star

• BIR efficiency improved under Duterte – DOF - Manila Bulletin

• Scrap 5% tax, teachers ask BIR anew - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOH seeks P60 hike in tobacco taxes - Philippine Star

• Tariff Commission sets new hearing on cement imports - Philippine Star

• DOF commits to push ‘game-changing’ reforms - Philippine Star

• DoF: No more cursed Manila Port with Batangas complement - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Shift taxes on oil products to private vehicles - Philippine Daily Inquirer

April 2019

• The parable of the tax collector… and the taxpayer? - Business World

• Lawmakers urged to pass higher sin tax on tobacco - Manila Bulletin

• The Tax Amnesty Act of 2019: Welcome news for delinquent taxpayers - Business World

• BIR, BOC post higher Q1 collections - Philippine Star

• 'Resolution of government, Shell tax case to boost investments’ - Philippine Star

• BIR issues revenue regulations draft for estate tax amnesty - Business World

• BIR issues draft rules on estate tax amnesty - Philippine Star

• SPEX wins US$1.1-B Malampaya tax case in arbitration - Manila Bulletin

• PH not scrapping tax perks, gov’t tells Japan investors - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF urges Japanese firms to invest in Philippines - Philippine Star

• 2019 Tax filing season: A reflection - Business World

• Tax after death: Gov’t sets reprieve - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR to finalize estate tax amnesty rules by May - Philippine Star

• BIR to grant discounts to “green” firms - Manila Bulletin

• DOF orders NFA to strengthen logistics operations - Manila Bulletin

• Tax audit set for foreign gaming firms - Philippine Star

• Tax reform uncertainty to linger - Business World

• BIR targeting unregistered foreign POGO workers - Business World

• Tax amnesty on delinquencies: Take it or leave it - Philippine Star

• Tax amnesty to boost 2019 collections - Philippine Star

• BIR collections may drop at first post-TRAIN tax deadline - Business World

• Don’t pay the taxman just yet - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DoF sees possible S&P upgrade within a year - Business World

• Solid Cement secures BOI perks under pioneer status - Philippine Star
  

• Threat of tariffication to farmers is real - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Nomura cites Duterte’s political clout to see tax reforms through Congress - Business World

• Get a ‘tax health checkup’ before it’s too late - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BIR releases revised rules on taxpayer feedback system - Philippine Star

• World Bank lends $450M to help develop PHL fiscal management - Business World

• It’s that time of year again - Business World

• Tax amnesty set as BIR issues rules - Business World

• Tax court voids P62.4-million BIR tax assessment - Business World

• A ‘hotter’ tax season - Manila Bulletin

• Gov’t scrambles vs new tax cheat scheme - Business World

• 2019 ITR filing reminders - Business World

• BIR, DTI step up battle vs illicit tobacco traders - Philippine Star

• Maynilad seeks ‘way forward’ on tariffs - Philippine Star

March 2019

• BoI approves tax incentives for Holcim Philippines’ new cement line - Business World

• House OKs travel tax exemption for seniors, PWDs - Philippine Star

• Priced out of a home - Philippine Star

• Post Clearance Audits: Are you prepared enough? - Business World

• Maria Ressa arraignment set for P70 million tax evasion raps - Philippine Star

• P22 billion taxes uncollected yearly from foreign POGO workers — DOF - Philippine Star

• Term deposit volume trimmed ahead of tax season - Philippine Star

• Facelift, lipo tax: IRR out on cosmetic procedures - Philippine Star

• Amnesty program for delinquent taxpayers eyed in April - Philippine Star

• Foreign POGO workers are registered with BIR - Manila Bulletin

• E-vehicle industry seeks more perks for battery maker - Manila Bulletin

• New fiscal regime for mining seen by June - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Trade data discrepancy worsens in 2018 - Philippine Star

• Senatorial aspirants seek harder look at TRABAHO bill - Philippine Star

• PIDS urges government to revisit taxes on financial services - Philippine Star

• Rice inventories increase 19.24% on eve of tariffication - Business World

• Tax amnesty clips government revenue target - Philippine Star

• PAGCOR says QC not authorized to regulate gaming, charge entry fees - Business World

• DoF sees 2018 FDI slump as temporary - Business World

• A new dawn of health care for every Filipino - Business World

• Dev’t planners turn cautious on outlook - Business World

• PH’s mining industry faces fin’l crisis with tax proposal - Manila Bulletin

• BIR releases draft tax amnesty guidelines - Manila Bulletin

• Feb. vehicle sales post slight growth - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Rice tariff and the dignity of farmers - Manila Bulletin

• DOF Bats for Simpler 5 Mining Royalty Scheme - Business World

• Revenue bureau releases draft tax amnesty rules - Business World

• DOF urges Senate to adopt uniform mining royalty rate - Manila Bulletin

• Benjamin Diokno hints at steady cuts in bank reserves - Philippine Star

• Inflation, tax perk jitters weigh on FDIs - Business World

• BIR to audit oil firms - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Alcohol excise tax seen to raise P237 billion - Philippine Star

• Inflation to ease back within target in Q1, economists say - Philippine Star

• ‘Rice tariffication needs delicate balance’ - Philippine Star

• Gov’t loses P3B/mo in tax revenues from foreign Pogo workers - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Inflation cools to year-low 3.8% in February 2019 - Philippine Star

• China cuts taxes, sees ‘tough struggle’ as growth slows - Manila Bulletin

• Rice Tariffication Law slated for implementation this week - Manila Bulletin

• Happy compliant selling - Business World

February 2019

• Gov’t to monitor proper tax payment of POGO workers - Philippine Star

• BIR has P80 B in uncollected taxes - Philippine Star

• CTA denies power firm CBK’s P50-million tax refund claim - Business World

• Offshore gaming workers targeted for tax enforcement - Business World

• Government eyes P27.5 B revenue from Tax Amnesty Law - Philippine Star

• Bill filed lifting bank secrecy in tax cases - Philippine Star

• DOF offices get ISO mark - Philippine Star

• Fitch: Tax take key to hike in debt rating - Business World

• Gov’t can impose import ban amid rice tariffication - Manila Bulletin

• Trust, but verify, tax returns - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Duterte: Taxes helped deliver economic promises - Business World
  

• Senate adopts House bill backing private-sector partners for farmers - Business World

• DOF sees faster economic growth in coming years - Philippine Star
  

• New tax amnesty bill addressing vetoed items filed in House - Business World

• Veto halves expected take from tax amnesty bill, DoF says - Business World

• Lawmakers eye lifting bank secrecy in tax cases - Philippine Star

• PhilHealth pushes for higher sin taxes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Gov’t eyes ‘suggested retail price’ on cement - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• No derailment in implementing rice tariff — Department of Agriculture - Philippine Star

• DOH chief seeks higher sin taxes to fund new health care law - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• ERC seeks comments on rural property tax treatment - Business World

   

• Tourism body gets 10 more years to offer perks - Business World

• The tax amnesty and its bittersweet Valentine plot twist - Business World

• Meralco ordered to use unclaimed tax refund to lower distribution rates - Business World

• Gov't moves to implement rice tariff act, projects P7-11B collection - Business World

• Proposal to ease bank secrecy still a hurdle for general tax amnesty - Business World

• The vetoed tax amnesty: Expectations vs reality - Business World
  

• BIR wants crackdown on offshore gaming firms - Manila Bulletin
  

• Rice tariffs to start March 3 - Manila Bulletin

• Duterte nixes amnesty for tax cheats - Philippine Daily Inquirer

   

• Gov’t zeroes in on online casinos - Business World

• Finance dep’t still open to general tax amnesty - Business World

• UHC can be implemented sans tobacco excise – senators - Manila Bulletin

• Dominguez lauds veto on general tax amnesty - Manila Bulletin

• Rice tariff law to boost farmers’ profitability - Philippine Star

• Rice tariffication law: Farmers worry; lawmakers wary - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Court denies Rappler motion to dismiss tax evasion case - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Corporate, business, professional taxpayers can start filing tax returns - Manila Bulletin

• Rice tariffication - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Philippines to score higher in economic freedom index — DOF - Philippine Star

• Tax bureau sets targets, priorities for this year - Business World

• DoF expects improved performance in 2020 economic freedom index - Business World

• BIR retains CTRP Package 1 billion collection target - Philippine Star

• Gordon reports out bill reducing national gov’t take from ecozone tax - Business World

• How much are we supposed to pay under the amnesty tax? - Business World

• CAMPI urges standards on tax exempt e-vehicles - Manila Bulletin

• Dealing with common issues in a BoC Audit - Business World

• CTA rejects BIR appeal of Ayala Land unit tax ruling - Business World

• Cemex posted P930-M net loss in ’18 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Palace rejects farmers’ call for rice tariffication veto - Business World

• Inflation and the Transportation sector - Business World

• Hybrid producers ask gov’t to exempt rice seeds from tariff - Manila Bulletin

• Gov’t launches move vs fuel smuggling - Business World

• Senate hearing starts on higher liquor tax rates - Business World

• Tariff Commission to summon DTI over cement duties - Business World

• House panel OKs tax-free contributions to political parties - Philippine Star

• DoF pins hopes on tobacco tax passage before Congress break - Business World

• Do VAT-exempt medicines need the BIR’s prescription? - Business World

• Senate body finalizing bill raising tobacco tax - Business World

• Tax bureau increases collections from 2017 but misses 2018 target - Business World

• BIR misses 2018 collection target - Manila Bulletin

• Rice tariffication is good for our rice farmers, our country - Business World

• Tobacco tax hike measure gains ground in Senate body, mining bill struggles - Business World

• Overcoming tax filing predicaments under TRAIN - Business World

• DOF reduces taxes on Meralco refund to customers - Manila Bulletin

• House committee okays bill on exemption of donor’s tax - Manila Bulletin
  

• P20 excise on cigarettes saved lives of 70,000 — doctors - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Withholding tax on Meralco refunds brought down to 15% - Philippine Star

• Local businessmen warn vs high sin tax proposals - Philippine Star

• CTA cancels tax claimed against Manila Doctors - Business World

• Mining, tobacco tax hikes, MACR and PSA liberalization - Business World

• Groups warn ‘grave consequences’ of higher tobacco tax - Manila Bulletin

• DOF expects higher BIR attainment rate - Manila Bulletin

• BIR to step-up tax drive to raise P2.3 trillion - Manila Bulletin
  

• BOC to audit vehicle importers’ tax compliance - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF chief expects BIR to hit collection target - Philippine Star

• Tax amnesty: Conscience in play - Philippine Star

• DoF signals opposition to VAT exemptions for fuel products - Business World

• Cigarettes top fake-goods seizures amid rising taxes - Business World

• Sin taxes - Philippine Star

• DOF confident of bill passage on higher sin taxes - Philippine Star

January 2019

• DOF: Editorial cartoon 'inaccurately' depicts TRAIN 2, fuel tax - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Senate tackles bill seeking to raise excise on cigarettes - Manila Bulletin

• House panel supports travel tax exemptions for OFW dependents - Business World

• Wrapping up your January tax checklist - Business World

• CTA affirms cancellation of P1.8-B tax assessment vs Cebu Air - Business World

• Senate bill seeking to restore VAT exemptions for petroleum products - Business World

• How to optimize tax savings for real estate transactions - Philippine Star

• Cancer and Tobacco Tax - Business World
  

• Hardware stores padlocked for tax misdeclaration - Manila Bulletin

• Congress urged not to rush hike in sin tax - Manila Bulletin
  

• SEC moves to keep REIT proceeds in PH - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Investment plans on hold due to tax concerns - Philippine Star

• Local businessmen warn vs high sin tax proposals - Philippine Star

• Farmers’ group urges veto of rice tariffication bill - Business World

• Economic prospects 2019 and cement tariff - Business World

• Mining jobs slumping amid tax uncertainty - Business World

• Government sticks to robust 7% growth outlook - Philippine Star

• Business groups push enactment of rice tariffication bill - Philippine Star

• TRAIN, inflation barrel down on car importers’ sales - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF optimistic Congress will pass TRABAHO bill - Manila Bulletin

• ECCP seeking corporate tax reduction - Manila Bulletin

• Cheaper medicine for every Juan - Business World
  

• Wage, tax concerns weigh down Japanese firms’ business plans - Philippine Star

• Business groups urge Duterte to sign Rice Tariffication bill - Manila Bulletin
  

• The $23-billion FDI potential - Business World

• Pump prices up anew; DOE widens monitoring of excise taxes implementation - Manila Bulletin

• Opposition to cement import tax mounts - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• More wealth from savings on VAT - Philippine Star

• BIR destroys seized cigarettes, equipment - Philippine Star

• Diesel costs P5 more due to TRAIN — lawmaker - Philippine Star

• Economy poised for 2019 comeback - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Dominguez pitches TRABAHO as winning issue in midterm polls - Business World

• Tax amnesty bill due at Palace - Business World

• Suarez urges full implementation of attrition law at BIR, BoC - Business World

• Conflict on the irrevocability rule - Business World

• Drugstores told: Give VAT exemptions - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Additional tax on cement imports opposed - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax bureau lines up priorities for this year - Business World

• BIR to audit compliance to TRAIN law - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Road Board abolition now a tax measure - Philippine Star

• Revisiting the TRAIN Law - Business World

• Revolutionizing tax filings and payments - Business World

• Consumers brace for higher oil prices, new round of fuel tax - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Philippines Tax Academy eyes New Clark City, Tagaytay campuses - Philippine Star

• Collections under first tax reform ‘pretty good’ so far — DoF chief - Business World

• Tobacco Tax: Good for the tobacco farmers, too - Business World

• MRT 3 private owner must pay P1.7B in tax liabilities - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• How taxpayer money is wasted on big-ticket public works projects - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PEZA investment pledges down 41% in 2018 - Philippine Star

• TRAIN revenues for Jan to Sept 2018 below target - Philippine Star

• DoubleDragon plans to list 4 subsidiaries under REIT - Philippine Star

• Mining firms ‘guarded’ about 2019 amid trade war fears - Business World

• CTA denies BIR petition vs cancellation of P46.2-million tax deficiency - Business World

• CTA upholds P26.07-M VAT refund for P&G - Business World

• Rice tariffication improving PHL’s WTO standing - Business World

• Palace approves urgent certification for P60 tobacco tax - Business World

• Duterte approves higher taxes on alcohol, tobacco - Philippine Star

• Duterte eyes road tax for Manila Bay rehab - Philippine Star

• The first order of business: Local business tax and real property tax - Business World
  

• Tax amnesty: A welcome bonus - Philippine Star

• ‘Latest oil price hike not yet due to TRAIN’ - Philippine Star

• Inefficient use of government funds - Philippine Star

• Gov’t reports record dividends from GOCCs - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Property players prepare to participate in REIT industry - Philippine Star

• CTA partially grants mining firm’s nickel VAT refund claim - Business World

• Duterte wants P46-B road tax used for disaster areas - Philippine Star

• New year tax updates and remedies - Philippine Star

• YEARENDER : Major change in fiscal system as TRAIN starts rolling in 2018 - Philippine Star

• DOH to pharmacies: Exempt maintenance meds from VAT - Philippine Star

• Inflation downtrend continues in December - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Duterte: Bicol first to get road tax funds once Road Board is abolished - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Excise tax take on sugary drinks misses target - Philippine Star

• Cebu Pacific urges removal of taxes paid by passengers - Philippine Star

• Six fuel sellers jump the gun on collecting new tax - Business World

• BIR checking drink firms’ tax compliance - Business World

• After the holidays: Some FX guidance for your travels back home - Business World

• Taxpayer’s suit backs Supreme Court bid vs 3rd telco award - Philippine Star

• Uncertainties at the start of 2019 - Philippine Star

December 2018

• ‘With fuel tax hike, workers face tough 2019’ - Philippine Star

• DoF to target major government contractors who pay bribes - Business World

• BIR to exempt diabetes, hypertension drugs from VAT - Business World

• Finance chief wants ‘big fish’ catch for PACC - Philippine Star

• TRAIN cuts cost of diabetes, hypertension meds starting Jan. 1 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOE, DTI urged to monitor premature fuel price hikes - Philippine Star

• DOF sees inflation slowing in 2019 - Philippine Star

• Tax court rejects P219-M Petron refund claim - Business World

• Unfinished convention center costs P585M - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• US citizen-based taxation: A drawback for American expats - Business World

• Tax Amnesty Bill awaits Duterte’s OK - Philippine Star

• REIT implementation likely next year - Philippine Star

• 6 CA, tax court seats open to aspirants - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• 42 House reps, 2 Senators seek release of P1.9-B road tax funds - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DENR pushes, DoF backs tax on use of plastic - Business World

• DENR positive on mining industry’s revenue capacity - Business World

• House members covet road tax fund – Diokno - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• NFA ponders role under rice tariff regime - Philippine Star

• The truth will set us free: Availing of the proposed general tax amnesty - Business World
  

• Pump prices nearing pretax reform levels, but will downtrend continue? - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DoF still banks on watered-down tax amnesty program to deliver - Business World
  

• ‘Higher sin taxes not enough to fund health program’ - Philippine Star

• Alvarez: House row with Diokno about control of road user’s tax - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Risks to economic growth abound - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Analysts’ inflation forecasts helped spur price growth – DoF - Business World

• Rice tariff bill not expected to significantly raise imports – USDA - Business World

• VAT refund claim deadline extended; PERA rules clarified - Business World

• Defeated in victory - Business World

• LGU business permits in spotlight after raid on tobacco factory - Business World

• Higher ethanol blend can keep fuel prices low – Imee Marcos - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Season of hope - Philippine Star

• Lawmaker pushes tax amnesty measure - Philippine Star

• House summons DBM chief on ‘pork’ in 2019 budget - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• BOI OKs tax perks for Cargill’s P2-B cut chicken production - Philippine Star

• BIR launches certification for software providers - Philippine Star

• Cigarette-making machinery the latest front in government’s war on smuggling - Business World

• Stable fiscal regime needed for energy exploration activities - Philippine Star

• Proposed financial tax overhaul seen to raise revenues - Philippine Star

• Customs’ 2018 collection goal slashed - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Comprehensive tax amnesty just a step away from enactment - Business World

• Vehicle sales continue to slump in Nov. - Business World

• NEDA: Delayed budget approval likely to slow down economy in 2019 - Philippine Star

• Welcome to the club! - Philippine Star

• Incentives for PWDs' employment - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF concedes: No new tax package before year-end - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• 17th Congress clock ticks on tax reform - Business World

• DoF wants assurances REIT gains will be reinvested - Business World

• Royalties: Active or passive income? - Business World

• Ex-mayor fined for tobacco tax misuse - Philippine Star

• Senators warn Palace on fuel tax: Don’t wait for riots - Philippine Star

• Rice Tariffication Bill up for signing - Philippine Star

• House panel signals openness to lowering P10 plastic bag tax - Business World
  

• House panel hears bills calling for fuel tax hike suspension - Business World

• SC upholds decision clearing Mikey Arroyo from tax case - Business World

• Some ease on the tax clearance - Business World

• PSEi also buckles after ‘Tariff Man’ muddles hope for trade war end - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Palace OKs implementation of 2nd fuel tax hike - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• House panel tackles scrapping of fuel tax hike - Philippine Star

• Senators: Federal charter won’t pass muster - Philippine Star

• 6% - Philippine Star

• Government dismantling REIT hurdles - Business World

• NFA incentive payment boosts procurement from domestic farmers - Business World

• Finance dep’t to lobby Senate for P60 cigarette tax - Business World
  

• Gov’t move to proceed with fuel tax hike backed - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Duterte, Cabinet OK fuel tax hike - Philippine Star

• Business group backs additional fuel excise tax - Philippine Star

• House passes three tax measures on 3rd reading - Business World

• Tax relief scheme questioned in student fare discount bills - Business World

• Stocks surge as US, China suspend new tariffs - Business World

• Palace: It’s a go for fuel tax hike - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax-free status of health premiums - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax case hampers Shell’s plans for exploration in PH - Philippine Daily Inquirer
  

• Senate to fast-track bills freezing fuel tax after House passage - Business World

• BIR launches US-funded system to certify tax software providers - Business World

• Senate: Speedy budget OK if fuel tax hike suspended - Philippine Star

• ‘Lower tax could encourage youth to smoke’ - Philippine Star

• Simplified tax on stocks to boost trades - Philippine Star

• DoF presses for easing bank secrecy - Business World

• House bills seek to impose P10 tax on plastic bag use - Business World

• BIR to begin using DENR certification for e-vehicle tax - Business World

• ‘Stop inflation first before fuel tax hike’ - Philippine Star

• DOJ files tax evasion case vs. Rappler - Philippine Star

November 2018

• BIR withdraws tax on health card premiums - Philippine Star

• DOF belies ‘debt trap’ claims to Chinese, Japanese financing - PS/PIA

• DBCC: Oil tax hike should proceed - Business World

• Bill adding energy efficiency office to DoE bureau approved - Business World

• Tobacco excise bill hurdles House on 2nd reading - Business World

• QC tax hike deferment approved on 3rd reading - Business World

• BIR threshes out tax on health card premiums - Philippine Star

• House OKs higher tax on liquor, cigarettes - Philippine Star

• House hearing bills on P40-P60 per pack increase in cigarette tax - Business World

• Senate panel opens hearing on raising tobacco tax - Business World

• OPCs: A new way of doing business for solo entrepreneurs - Business World

• NFA expected to survive under rice tariffication regime as keeper of buffer stock - Business World

• Tax on health premiums immoral, say labor groups - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Budget deficit widens 87% to P438B as of Oct - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Another tax amnesty looms - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Fiscal gap swells as spending surges in Oct - Philippine Star

• Health premiums: taxable wealth - Philippine Star

• Farmers wary of politicians getting hands on rice tariffs - Business World

• Palace urged to rescind fuel taxes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Lower taxes for ‘footloose’ firms eyed - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Gov’t eyes VAT refund system for foreign tourists - Philippine Star

• Rice tariff law to shave 0.3%-point off inflation - Philippine Star

• CEZA tax payments rise as fintech lifts revenue - Philippine Star

• Customs starts fuel marking system next year - Philippine Star

• Snatching from the taxman - Philippine Star

• Electronics makers back higher tax on GIE - Philippine Star

• DOF: SMEs support Trabaho bill - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Bicameral body OKs rice tariffs - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• TIEZA hopeful of DOF support on incentives to tourism zones - Philippine Star

• Tabula Rasa: A clean slate through tax amnesty - Business World

• It’s about expanding the mining tax base - Business World

• Tax amnesty, alcohol levy hike advance - Business World

• PHL improves ranking in WB/PwC in study on ease of paying taxes - Business World

• DoF tells PEZA that TRABAHO reflects Duterte’s wishes - Business World

• Rice tariffication bill seen OKd by early Dec - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Senate OKs general tax amnesty bill - Philippine Star

• Rice farmers see P60 billion loss under tariffication bill - Philippine Star

• Senate OKs higher BSP capitalization - Philippine Star

• Plan ahead for a Merry Christmas - Business World

• House committee approves tax measures on passive income - Business World

• Philippine Tax Academy taps UPLB for post graduate program - Philippine Star

• CTA cancels P1.15-B tax assessment vs drug firm - Business World

• QC realty tax hike suspension bags 1st OK - Business World

• Rice tariffication bill seen to save tons of palay - Philippine Star

• DOJ denies harassment in P108 million tax raps vs Rappler - Philippine Star

• Non-extension of TEZ incentives may adversely impact tourism competitiveness - Philippine Star

• Senate approves proposed general tax amnesty on 2nd reading - Business World

• Government revenue, spending at record levels as collections surge - Business World

• DOJ indicts Rappler on tax evasion charges - Philippine Star

• DoF: TRABAHO opponents playing up job loss fears - Business World

• Palace OK’s oil tax hike suspension - Business World

• Fiscal deficit widens by 78% in 9 months - Philippine Star

• BSP seeks to exempt gold sale by small-scale miners from taxes - Philippine Star

• Senate gives final green light for rice tariff bill - Business World

• Tax amnesty bill bags 2nd reading House approval - Business World

• DoF to pursue bank secrecy easing alongside tax amnesty bill - Business World

• Banana industry lobbying South Korea for tax-free imports - Business World

• Top withholding agents — In for the greater good - Business World

• Fuel tax hike suspended, but current tax stays - Philippine Star

• 4th tax reform package seen to boost capital market - Philippine Star

• ABS-CBN’s DTT service now available in Batangas - Business World

• Ipsos continues expanding in PHL - Business World

• Removing developers’ incentives may worsen housing backlog, says think tank - Business World

• Tax bureau moves to make refunds easier in ‘simple cases’ - Business World

• 2019 budget, rice tariff bill top Congress priorities - Business World
  

• Consumption of smuggled, fake cigarettes down 52% in ’17 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax bureau moves to make refunds easier in ‘simple cases’ - Business World

• 2019 budget, rice tariff bill top Congress priorities - Business World

• Consumption of smuggled, fake cigarettes down 52% in ’17 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

October 2018

• Zubiri backs action on 'non-inflationary' tax reform - Business World

• BoC cases ID rules for balikbayan box tax-free privilege - Business World

• Tax court rejects Napoles daughter's plea - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Lawmakers urge scrapping of fuel taxes under TRAIN - Philippine Star

• Suspension of fuel excise hike still on, but doubts to creep in - Business World

• DoF says profitable firms enjoyed P86B worth of incentives in 2015 - Business World

• Bam Aquino seeks to repeal of fuel excise tax - Philippine Star
  

• DOF: Recommendation to suspend fuel tax stands - Philippine Star

• DOF backpedals on fuel tax suspension - Philippine Star

• Keep Peza firms’ tax perks, gov’t urged - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• TRABAHO bill seen to create 1.4 million jobs in 10 years - Philippine Star

• DoF: less pressure to put off oil tax hike - Business World

• Oil tax hike suspension and newbie electricity companies - Business World

• DoF sees reduced corporate taxes creating 1.4 million jobs - Business World

• Fuel excise freeze expected to bring down food prices - Business World

• Premiums on health care are taxable, now what? - Business World

• Reducing fuel tax up to Congress – DOF - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• TRABAHO Bill could cut apparel work force by 40% - Business World

• Lawmaker says suspension of fuel tax hike misleading - Philippine Star

• BIR confirms San Miguel share swap transaction is tax-free - Business World

• Handling tax assessments - Business World

• Gov’t eyes cuts in ‘non-infra’ spending - Business World

• DOF to suspend fuel tax hike - Philippine Star

• Senators urge Duterte to suspend excise taxes on fuel - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Invalidating the BIR audit - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• How are online merchants and intermediaries taxed? - Business World

• PEZA seeks Palace dialogue on ecozone incentives reform - Philippine Star

• DBP, MCC set up e-payment scheme for property taxes - Philippine Star

• Inflation Jam - Business World

• Two more tax reforms move towards final House OK - Business World

• Solon wants lotto victor to have say on use of winnings tax - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• PHL missing out on investment amid US-China tensions – PEZA - Business World

• ADB backs move away from ‘paper-based’ SALN administration - Business World

• DoF still hoping to get its way on mining royalty - Business World

• Fuel tax suspension seen in January 2019 - Philippine Star

• Rice tariff scheme remains goal despite ‘surprise’ order to import more freely - Business World

• Securing advance rulings on tariff classification - Business World

• The risks of shifting to federalism - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DoF chief to seek growth outlook of IMF, WB - Business World

• BPO sector seeks 10-yr transition to ‘Trabaho’ tax regime - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• E-invoicing, electronic sales reporting… and the lottery? - Business World

• Red flags in rice tariffication - Business World

• Tax stamps system on alcoholic drinks seen to start in January - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• TRABAHO: Setting free an urgent reform - Business World

• Inflation king of Asia, world’s second worst stock market - Business World

• Clarifying the cost of filing an amended tax return - Business World
  

• Senators: Duterte can ask Congress to suspend fuel taxes - Philippine Star
  

• Rice tariff law a priority, says economic team - Philippine Star

• Ecozone investments drop 55% to P88 B in 9 months - Philippine Star

• ‘Higher inflation should lead to fuel tax suspension’ - Philippine Star

• Bill exempting small miners from tax on BSP gold sales clears 2nd reading - Business World

• DoF estimates P40B in lost revenue if fuel excise suspended - Business World

• PEZA-registered investment pledges down 55% in 9 months - Business World

• BSP ready to manage ‘growing pains’, says exec - Philippine Star

• PCCI backs calls to suspend fuel tax hike - Philippine Star

• Finance department queried on fuel excise suspension plans - Business World

• Customs exceeds collection target anew - Philippine Star

• Customs, BIR expect to hit ’18 collection goals - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• World crude prices graze $83 per barrel - Philippine Star

• Can BIR rulings be declared void ab initio? - Business World
  

• How sincere can you be? - Philippine Star

• Priority attention on inflation - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• 2nd tax package allots P45B for ‘safety nets’ - Philippine Daily Inquirer
  

• WESM operator flags tax reforms’ price impact - Business World

• Seminar on tax rights and remedies - Philippine Star

• DoF: TRABAHO Bill targets abuse of investment perks - Business World

• Taxes on beer, other alcohol products to go up - Philippine Star

• Senators, DOE want fuel tax hike suspended - Philippine Star

• Transfer pricing costs gov’t P43 billion a year, says DOF - Philippine Star

• No US tax issue for Manny Pacquiao - Philippine Star

September 2018:

• Property valuation bill approved by House - Business World

• Japanese investors anxious on TRAIN 2 impact - Philippine Star

• 12% tax to kill mining sector, says top exec - Philippine Star

• House suspends mining tax hearing pending further talks - Business World

• Duterte inflation in prices and political insecurity - Business World

• House body turns to financial products as it presses on with tax reform - Business World

• Key Senators flag opposition to TRAIN 2 over plan to tax books - Business World

• Can you impose interest on a refund? - Business World

• Fiscal deficit marks Aug. on spending hike - Business World

• Supreme Court: Straight to the FAN! - Philippine Star

• Job risks in focus as Senate starts work on 2nd tax reform - Business World

• DENR backs House legislation to prohibit open-pit mining - Business World

• A regressive approach to the mining fiscal regime - Business World

• 12% tax to kill mining sector, says top exec - Philippine Star

• House body turns to financial products as it presses on with tax reform - Business World

• Key Senators flag opposition to TRAIN 2 over plan to tax books - Business World

• Can you impose interest on a refund? - Business World

• Fiscal deficit marks Aug. on spending hike - Business World

• Supreme Court: Straight to the FAN! - Philippine Star

• MGB seeks lifting of ban on mining permits issuance - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Senate to begin hearings on second tax reform - Business World

• TRAIN Law: Revisions to Income Tax Return forms - Business World

• Senate likely to block higher taxes for schools, hospitals - Philippine Star

• Writers, publishers urge Senate: Leave books out of tax bill - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Lopez-led EDC says tax reform to hurt renewables - Business World

• Leave tax incentives for books alone - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• House sends proposed mining tax reform back to DoF - Business World

• Fitch downplays corporate tax cut's lure - Business World

• Trump, transport, trade and TRAIN - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Mining exec: New tax bill will kill the sector - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Rules for implementing the sweetened beverage tax - Business World

• SC sides with oil firms in P3-B tax case vs BIR - Business World

• TRAIN 2 to deter mine investment - Business World

• How do Philippine tax incentives stack up against those of rivals? - Business World

• Trump slaps tariffs on $200B more of Chinese goods - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax bureau clarifies interest charge on unpaid tax is 12% - Business World

• Senate’s rice tariffication bill reported out to plenary - Business World

• The rise of POGOs: A new landscape in e-casinos and sports betting - Business World

• No small fry to the BIR - Philippine Star

• BIR sets 12% interest rate for delinquent, deficient tax payments - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax court drops utilities firm’s bid for review - Business World

• Can the PHL fully participate in ASEAN Taxation Cooperation? - Business World

• Bill filed to exempt OFW dependents from travel tax - Business World

• Reason, enlightenment and inflation - Business World

• Questions on TRAIN 2 a.k.a. TRABAHO - Business World

• Meat processors seek retention of tariff on raw material imports - Philippine Star

• TRAIN 2: Stop, look and listen! - Philippine Star

• A supertyphoon - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• NTRC backs Package 4 of tax reform - Philippine Star

• ‘Suspend oil taxes under TRAIN to arrest inflation’ - Philippine Star

• TRAIN 2 to tax books? - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Gatchalian open to keeping perk - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Oil, gas firms oppose scrapping of tax incentives - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Gov’t urged to address widening trade deficit - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Premiums on group insurance: Taxable or non-taxable? - Business World

• DoF flags tax reform bill’s fiscal impact - Business World

• Senate sets work on 2^nd tax reform - Business World

• BIR letter notices: Not enough for a tax assessment - Business World

• House gives final approval to TRAIN 2 bill - Philippine Star

• Duterte told: TRAIN, not Trump, to blame for high inflation - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• ASEAN taxation cooperation via automatic information exchange - Business World

• BIR clarifies tax status of offshore gaming firms - Philippine Daily Inquirer
  

• BSP seen raising rates by 50 basis points - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Government to harmonize tariff codes - Philippine Star

• Tax Amnesty Bill passes House committee - Philippine Star

• British chamber remains positive on growth despite inflation, tax issues - Business World

• No demand, no pay - Business World

• Ejercito, Hontiveros want tobacco tax increased to P90 per pack - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Government urged to consider various views on TRAIN 2 - Philippine Star

• Schools welcome removal of add’l tax in TRAIN 2 - Philippine Star
  

• Gov’t ready to roll out TRAIN safety net benefits - Business World

• The irrevocability rule and income tax credits carried over to the next quarter - Business World

• Finance sees GDP growing by about 6.8% - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• ‘Made in Cambodia’ may become new fashion label with tariffs hitting China - Business World

• Shift to federalism to cost gov’t P253.5B, says Neda - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Fiscal perks overhaul seen keeping investors on edge - Business World
  

• TRAIN Law: PEZA tax incentives for registered enterprises - Business World

• Tax sharing in the ConCom’s draft charter - Business World

• Subic investors turned off by TRAIN 2 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Philippines, SoKor discuss tariff cuts on banana exports - Philippine Star

August 2018:

• Diokno says local gov’t code allows Palace to reduce IRA - Business World

• Dominguez presses Congress on passage of tax reforms - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tariff on rice to curb inflation by 0.4 percentage point - Philippine Daily Inquirer
  

• Ecozone developers nix tax cuts under TRAIN 2 - Philippine Star

• TRAIN 2 causing uncertainty among investors — AmCham - Philippine Star

• Japanese firms seek tax perk extension to deal with difficult PH economy - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Diokno dangles supplemental budget to tax package-leery Congress - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax guidelines on sugar sweetened beverages out - Philippine Star

• US, China raise tariffs in new round of trade dispute - Philippine Star

• Economic managers, investors tackle infra, taxes at EJAP Forum - Philippine Star

• Higher power rates seen with TRAIN 2 - Philippine Star

• CTA allows partial VAT refund of P5.8 million for data processing firm - Business World

• Tax appeals court rules against BIR on firm’s P12.9-million VAT deficiency - Business World

• Proposed amendments to the Corporation Code - Business World

• PEZA still optimistic of higher investments - Philippine Star

• Investors concerned about gov't delivering on lower taxes -- Habito - Business World

• Gov't workers appeal Supreme Court ruling on BIR plan to collect fringe benefits tax - Business World

• DoF says tax cuts starting to reflect in retailers' results - Business World

• Corporate farming act offers incentives to firms producing rice and corn - Business World

• Tax reform not to blame for FEMSA exit, DoF says - Business World

• DBM releases P2.29B for Marawi residents - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• 'TRAIN 2 to result in job losses? Government prepared' - Philippine Star

• Tackling runaway inflation with alacrity - Philippine Star

• BFAR tightens fish import monitoring - Philippine Star

• DoF proposes student vouchers instead of tax cuts for schools - Business World

• Difficult to quantify inflation impact of lower food tariffs — BSP - Business World

• The Barangay System - Business World

• Nonprofit schools, hospitals to keep special tax rate - Philippine Star

• Finance chief sees faster GDP growth in H2 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Financing economic growth - Philippine Star

• Rice tariff bill hurdles House on third reading - Business World

• Tax amnesty package stalls in committee on LGU worries - Business World

• Probe on alleged smuggling of cigarette-making machines urged - Philippine Daily Inquirer 

• DoF projects P61.3B in collections from higher sin taxes in 2020 - Business World

• Credit raters caution against watering down tax reforms - Business World

• DOF keen on higher alcoholic drink tax - Philippine Star

• DOF backs bills on property valuation reform - Philippine Star

• FFCCII backs TRAIN 2 - Philippine Star

• Gov't to address supply issues after ruling out lower tariffs - Business World

• BIR found to have illegally collected VAT from Semirara - Business World

• Great equalizer: TRAIN law introduces uniform transfer tax rates - Business World

• Federalism or tax reform? - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tariff cuts on food imports junked - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• On TRAIN(s), taxes and governance - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• TRAIN 2, the kinder - Philippine Star

• DOF sees faster GDP growth in H2 - Philippine Star

• 'Trabaho' will reduce your taxes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Unacceptable tax avoidance - Business World

• Tax reform: Single tax rate on investment income? - Business World

• TRAIN 2: A tax reform for businesses - Business World

• Tax academy certified for CPA continuing education - Business World

• Advancing fiscal incentive reform - Business World

• Don't forget the date - Philippine Star

• Tariff pushed on sugar imports - Philippine Star

• Gov't revenue as share of GDP hits record levels; deficit below target - Business World

• Taxation of fintech companies in the Philippines - Business World

• Hyundai sales skid on tax, inflation - Philippine Star

• Inflation and tax administration - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• 2nd tax package could lead to higher tuition, warns Bam - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• First round of US tariffs on Chinese goods to hit $50B – USTR - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Executive order sets zero tariffs to ease food inflation - Philippine Star

• Data Privacy Act: Compliance in convenience - Business World
  

• 5% tariff on key farm items may curb inflation - Business World

• House version of tax reform bill could dampen expenditure - Business World

• Economic managers say rising revenues to help keep budget gap manageable - Business World

• Tax reform to generate P181 billion in 2019 - Philippine Star

• TRAIN 2 finds sponsor in Senator Tito Sotto - Philippine Star

• Foregone revenues due to tax perks reach P178 billion in 2016 - Philippine Star

• BSP expects July inflation at 5.1 to 5.8% - Philippine Star

June 2018:

• Tax effort improves in 5 months - Philippine Star

• 'Better-than-expected' tax gains cited - Business World

• Finance dep't sees GDP targets within reach due to revenue, spending growth - Business World

• Local governments back Peza in fight to maintain investors’ tax perks - Philippine Daily Inquirer
  

• Inflation, taxation, and protectionism - Business World

• Unlocking the BIR’s ‘Oplan Kandado’ program - Business World

• IMF backs plan to cut corporate taxes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• May sees state revenues, spending rise - Business World

• To withhold or not to withhold: That is the question - Business World

• ‘Duterte, Cabinet to gain P8,500 a month from TRAIN law’ - Philippine Star

• Tax amnesty futile without bank waiver, says think tank - Philippine Star

• ‘Safeguards’ needed in proposed tax amnesty measure - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF chief urges foreign funds to invest in Build Build Build - Philippine Star

• Cynthia Villar eyes P10-billion subsidy under rice tariffication bill - Philippine Star

• Taxation by LGUs emerging as a key TRAIN concern - Business World

• Only indigent seniors entitled to TRAIN subsidy - Philippine Star

• Oil explorers bat to retain perks under service contract system - Business World

• Foreign chambers blame TRAIN uncertainty for flat FDI outlook - Business World

• Tax amnesty could be a double-edged sword — Fitch - Business World

• Trump and tariffs - Philippine Star
  

• Are dividends and interest subject to local business tax? - Business World
  

• State think tank backs higher taxes on alcohol, cigarettes - Philippine Star
  

• Estate tax under TRAIN - Business World
  

• Finance dep’t eyes April 2019 for tax amnesty - Business World
  

• Raise tobacco excise tax to lower smoking rate - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Electronics firms brace for higher tax cost - Business World
  

• Crackdown on fake cigarettes set - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Angara to TRAIN doubters: Go slow on VAT - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Planned tax amnesty gaining ground in House Ways and Means committee - Business World

• DoF seeks to improve carriers’ tax - Business World

• BIR’s 5-month tax take exceeds goal, up by 15% to P827.9B - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• EU businessmen want early implementation of lower corporate tax - Philippine Star

• BIR told to refund Stradcom - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• TRAIN’s next stations: Package 1B and 2 - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Senate eyes reduction of 12% VAT to 10% - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Government keeping P26 B in TRAIN subsidy — lawmaker - Philippine Star

• World Bank keeps 6.7% growth forecast for Philippines - Philippine Star

• Tax-free exchange as estate planning tool is back - Business World

• Regulatory implications of Boracay closure - Business World

• MNCs nix fiscal policy changes under TRAIN 2 - Philippine Star

• P24-B TRAIN subsidy to be released by September - Philippine Star

• 4.6 percent May inflation highest in 5 years - Philippine Star

• Moving the immovable - Philippine Star

• Labor eyes seat in incentives board - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Doing business in the Philippines made easier - Business World

• BIR seeks to speed up transactions - Business World

• Tax plan seen hurting small firms - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• TRAIN 2 and The Fatal Conceit - Business World

• Tobacco taxation, smuggling and plain packaging - Business World

• Villar eyes early passage of rice tariffication bill - Philippine Star

• Low-cost housing for the rich - Business World

• Barking up the wrong tree - Philippine Star

• Fast-track subsidies to offset TRAIN law -- Poe - Philippine Star

• Customs exceeds collection goal in 5 months - Philippine Star

• PHL counted among economies that will benefit from tax reform - Business World

• Moody’s sees strong support for ongoing tax reform in Philippines - Philippine Star

May 2018:

• TRAIN: A second look - Philippine Star

• Federalism, Money, and Taxes (Second of two parts) - Business World

• LGU TAX EXEMPTION: House panel mulls local tax shield for firms in line with TRAIN 2 - Business World

• Fuel marking system eyed by July - Philippine Star

• ‘Runaway TRAIN’ - Philippine Star

• House economic affairs panel adopts resolution on VAT exemptions in REIT - Business World

• DOF: No suspension of excise tax on fuel - Philippine Star

• Federalism, Money, and Taxes - Business World

• TRAIN: Enhancing the VATmobile for refunds - Philippine Star

• SPECIAL REPORT: The business environment under President Duterte: Business as usual or unusual for business? - Philippine Star

• No underspending in Jan to April — DOF - Philippine Star

• Business groups support TRAIN 2 - Philippine Star

• Temper the TRAIN fare (Part 2) - Philippine Star

• DOF pushes higher alcohol, cigarette taxes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Second tax package to create more jobs - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• TRAIN law may be reviewed due to rising prices - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• House committee eyes retention, expansion of tax, non-tax incentives - Business World

• Refunding input VAT upon dissolution or change of VAT status - Business World

• DOF seeks further hike in ‘sin’ taxes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Tax effort improves to 14.5% of GDP in Q1 - Philippine Star

• Convene wage boards, labor urges gov't - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• S&P expects inflation rise to be temporary; no overheating seen - Business World

• Keep the TRAIN rolling - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF: Gov't cannot suspend fuel excise taxes under TRAIN - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DoE cites role as arbiter of fuel tax suspension - Business World

• Axing consumption tax is 'credit 'negative' for Malaysia -- Moody's - Business World

• Fuel excise tax may be suspended - Philippine Star

• Tax perks reform may still change -- DoF exec - Business World

• To reduce the corporate tax rate and reform investment incentives - Philippine Star

• OGCC lawyers may face tax raps - Philippine Star

• Tax amnesty bill eyed for passage in June 2018 - Philippine Star

• Keeping up with the TRAIN - Philippine Star

• US agrees with China to shelve tariff threats - Business World

• Prima facie correctness of a tax assessment: When does it not apply? - Business World

• Suspension of TRAIN may affect philippines credit rating -- economist - Philippine Star

• PEZA investments continue to drop - Philippine Star

• TRAIN 2 will harm airline industry -- PHL AirAsia - Business World

• Former DoF officials support second package of tax reform - Business World

• What's your digital tax strategy? - Business World

• Bill exempts poll allowance from tax - Philippine Star

• Incentives now available to microenterprises - Philippine Star

• LGUs to get P575.52 billion IRA next year - Philippine Star

• TRAIN to keep inflation manageable -- DOF - Philippine Star

• Staggered cuts in corporate income tax pushed - Philippine Star

• Davao City to review investment code, hoping to offer new incentives - Business World

• Rice tariff to raise P28 billion additional revenues - Philippine Star

• BIR reports increase in electronic ITR filing - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• TRAIN boosts tax collection by P12.5 billion in Q1 - Philippine Star

• Disruption, inflation, and taxation - Business World

• Mitigating oil price hikes - Philippine Star

• House, Senate bills filed seeking to amend TRAIN - Business World

• TRAIN suspension to slow BBB, other critical projects - Philippine Star

• Philex income falls 30% to P303 M - Philippine Star

• BIR, Customs collections rise strongly in April - Philippine Star

• April tax collections, gov't spending surge -- DoF - Business World

• Senator seeks trigger to suspend TRAIN - Business World

• Halting TRAIN 'will do more harm than good' - Business World

• Why not make FQ like EQ? - Business World

• Senate starts probe on TRAIN's ill effects - Philippine Star

• Draft bill raises tax cut of LGUs where plants are located - Business World

• Task force vs cigarette smuggling formed - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Legislators call for review of TRAIN amid rising prices - Business World

• Cigarette, oil smuggling rampant again - Philippine Star

• Rappler wants P133.8-M tax evasion case dropped - Philippine Star

• On TRAIN 2 -- Are we excited to board? - Business World

• Mobilizing finance for sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth in Asia - Business World

• BIR issues revised policies and guidelines for conversion of TCC - Philippine Star

• Customs waives BIR clearance for brokers - Philippine Star

• TRAIN halts Philippine auto sales growth, slumps to 2nd worst in Asean in Q1 2018 - Philippine Star

• Where does the power to obtain information begin and end? - Philippine Star

• OSG to SC: Dismiss anti-TRAIN petitions - Business World

• BIR revised guidelines and procedures in registering new businesses - Business World

• Customs exceeds April collection target - Philippine Star

• TRAIN sideswipes 'puto', forces increase in prices - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOF: Inflation likely rose to 4.5% in April - Philippine Star

• More taxes needed for gov't reforms - Business World

• BOI, Peza OK P181.8B worth of investments - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Teachers assail 5% tax on poll pay - Manila Bulletin

• Technology and tax - Business World

April 2018 (Cont.):

• Fixing unfairness of incentives and more in TRAIN 2 - Business World

• JCCI warns tax reform will drive out investors - Business World

• DOJ starts probe into Rappler’s alleged tax evasion - Philippine Star

• Global guide for fighting tax crimes - Business World

• Sales of sugar-sweetened drinks slump in Feb. amid higher taxes - Business World

• Excise tax increase triggers widespread cigarette smuggling - Business World

• The 8% tax for self-employed individuals - Business World

• The TRAIN in the eyes of the DoF and BIR - Business World

• Tax perk removal ‘unconstitutional’ - Philippine Star

• Sugary beverage tax raises P6B in Q1 - Business World

• BIR collects P6B from sugary drinks tax - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• DOJ summons Rappler execs in P133-million tax raps - Philippine Star

• DOF, PEZA set to clash over TRAIN 2 incentives - Philippine Star

• Vehicle sales skid on TRAIN impact - Philippine Star

• BIR files tax evasion charges against 5 firms - Business World

• Higher tax continues to dampen demand for cars - Business World

• No filing extension for April 16 income tax deadline, BIR warns public - Business World

• Withholding taxes made easier? - Business World

• BIR excise tax collection exceeds target in Jan-Feb - Philippine Star

• Rules clarifying REITs’ VAT status out; public ownership unresolved - Business World

• Bumper harvest of taxes - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• China slaps retaliatory tariffs on 128 US imports - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Revenue loss feared under 2nd tax reform - Business World

• Amendments on compensation tax - Business World

• The price is not right, is it? - Philippine Star

• It’s the time of the year to think about tax - Business World

• DOF, PEZA argue over 2nd tax reform package - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• To be forgiven, but not to be forgotten - Philippine Star

• ENR to back greater LGU share of mining taxes - Business World

• Investors awaiting clarity on tax reform -- DTI - Business World

• BIR ordered to halt tax case vs mining firm - Business World

• BIR seizes P80M worth of smuggled cigarettes in Malabon, Manila - Philippine Daily Inquirer

• Navigating the TRAIN tracks - Business World

• Navarro Amper & Co.: Offering unparalleled tax services - Business World

• Trust and TRAIN 2 - Philippine Star

• SGV & Co.: Decades of exceptional tax expertise - Business World

• Tax amnesty: Thy sins are forgiven thee - Business World

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