PDIC continues to pay depositors, creditors of Unitrust until October 7

The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC), the Liquidator of the closed Unitrust Development Bank (Unitrust), announced that it will continue to release cash payments to the depositors and creditors of…

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Philippines Signs Amended Tax Treaty With Germany

Purisima inks renegotiated deal during trip to Europe The Philippines and Germany recently signed a renegotiated version of the Double Taxation Agreement between the two countries, otherwise known as the…

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BOC orders all personnel back to mother unit

As part of continuing efforts to reform the Bureau of Customs, Customs Commissioner Rozzano Rufino B. Biazon directed all personnel of the Bureau, regardless of rank, position, designation and current…

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PH-Italy sign amendments in Double Taxation Agreement

Purisima urges Italy to remove PH from its blacklist of tax havens The Government of the Philippines, through the Department of Finance and the Bureau of Internal Revenue, negotiated and…

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Deficit-to-GDP ratio as of 3Q at 1.2%, way below 2.0% 2013 program

BIR posts highest tax effort since 2000 As of September 2013, the National Government posted a Deficit-to-GDP ratio of 1.2%, way below the projected 2.0% for 2013. The budget deficit…

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PhP 15 Million Smuggled Used Clothing Seized by BOC

PhP 15 Million Smuggled Used Clothing Seized by BOC Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon today (July 12, 2013) led the inspection of four (4) forty-footer container vans of used clothing (“ukay-ukay”)…

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BIR says no extension of July 15 second installment deadline

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is reminding all taxpayers who elected to pay their income taxes for 2012 in two (2) equal installments that the deadline for the payment…

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