Over 200 informal lenders have applied for registration before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after the government initiated a crackdown against loan sharks engaged in “five-six” and other usurious…
Raw data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) showing that 27.9 percent of taxes that high-income earners should pay the government are uncollected…
The Department of Finance (DOF) has cited the “crucial role” that customs brokers play as among the lead partners of the Duterte Administration in its campaign to lick official corruption,…
Various groups back DOF call for lower estate tax, one-time amnesty The National Tax Research Center (NTRC) and several other groups have expressed their support for a legislative proposal granting…
The multi-stakeholder Technical Working Group (TWG) of the Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC) is forming five technical groups that will conduct an “objective, fact-finding, science-based” review of the orders issued…
Some 4.66 million taxpayers, or more than double the current figure of 1.8 million, will no longer pay their personal income tax (PIT) under the government’s highly progressive Comprehensive Tax…
Israel has expressed its continuing support for the development of the Philippines’ farm sector by proposing to expand its current exchange program for Filipino agricultural students who want to learn…
Top officials of the Philippines and New Zealand have reaffirmed their cooperation in implementing two projects that will help improve the Duterte administration’s efforts to improve the ease of doing…
The president of the largest organization of hotel and resort owners nationwide has expressed his full support for the proposed Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP) as this would guarantee, he…
The order of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to either shut down or suspend the operations of 28 mine sites across the country will cost 17 affected…
