Pro-poor SSB tax gains wider support

Assorted institutions have expressed their support for the proposed tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), which its main proponent in the Congress has described as a pro-poor measure meant to curve…

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Dominguez urges youth to effect change via public service

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has called on socially responsible young Filipinos to pay forward the opportunities given to them by joining the government service, where they can become “enablers of meaningful change” and play a key role in revolutionizing the country’s institutions of governance.

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BPOs to continue high growth under tax reform

The thriving business process outsourcing sector will keep its global competitiveness in the export market despite the implementation of a progressive tax reform program because, contrary to the apprehension of…

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PHL is fiscally secure–Dominguez

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said Thursday the Philippines is now “fiscally secure” and its government ready to fund its ambitious infrastructure program that will sustain the economy’s growth momentum…

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DOF taps DTI marketing expert for 2018 ADB meeting in Manila

A marketing and communications expert at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) with a sterling record in handling major tourism projects in Mindanao is working closely with the Department…

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TRAIN to end ‘unjust taxation’, shift tax burden to the rich

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said the tax reform agenda being pushed by the Duterte administration seeks to end “decades of unjust taxation that polarized wealth rather than distributed it”…

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DOF eyes merger of PhilExim with other guarantee firms

The Department of Finance (DOF) is looking at the possible merger of the Philippine Export-Import Credit Agency (PhilEXIM) with other state-run guarantee firms to create a new single entity that…

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DOF to hold tax reform awareness forum this week

The Department of Finance (DOF) will conduct a forum this Wednesday to heighten public awareness of, and support for, the Duterte administration’s proposed Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act…

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