Dominguez says inclusive growth goal now achievable with TRAIN

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said the infrastructure modernization plans of the Duterte administration are starting to click into place with the rollout of the initial list of big-ticket projects…

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10-M poor households to benefit from TRAIN

While individual taxpayers will get income tax breaks for the first P250,000 of their taxable income, the country’s 10 million poorest households will each receive almost P10,000 spread over the…

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Surfeit of PHL tax holidays lead to P300-B in foregone revenues yearly

Income tax holidays and other incentives with no time limits enjoyed mostly by large businesses is costing the government over P300 billion annually in foregone revenues, according to the Department…

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PHL seals two loan packages with ADB to help attain inclusive growth goal

The Philippines and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed Wednesday a loan agreement that aims to improve Mindanao’s links to international trade corridors and formalized the exchange of documents on…

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Fiscal incentives pull down corporate income tax collection rate

The government collects income taxes from large corporations and other private firms representing only 3.7 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), or a collection rate of a low…

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Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Carlos Dominguez holds a press briefing on the key provisions of the Republic Act 10963 or the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) for the Malacañang Press Corps (MPC) in Malacañang on January 8, 2018.

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BCDA remits P5.22 billion to National Treasury

The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has remitted to the National Treasury a total of P5.220 billion, including guarantee fees and dividends, from January to December 2017, the highest…

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DOF to submit CTRP’s Package 2 to Congress this month

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said the Department of Finance (DOF) will submit to the Congress this January the second package of the government’s Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP) after…

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