Clean Air Asia backs DOF tax reforms

An international nongovernment organization advocating clean air initiatives is backing the Department of Finance (DOF)-proposed reforms in excise taxes on fuel and vehicles as an effective measure to raise additional…

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‘Ambitious’ CTRP wins support in Congress

The senior vice chairperson of the House committees on ways and means, on appropriations and on economic affairs has given his full backing to the Duterte administration’s resolve to make…

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TUCP, FINEX lead groups for DOF income tax reforms

Various organizations led by the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), Financial Executives of the Philippines (FINEX) and the National Tax Research Center (NTRC) are backing the “long-overdue” reforms…

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Tax reform “key link” to redeeming PHL future—Dominguez

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has underscored the importance of public diplomacy to win popular support for the Duterte administration’s proposed Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP) by convincing ordinary Filipinos…

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Cabinet execs bat for speedy passage of DOF’s CTRP in Congress

Members of the Duterte Cabinet have appealed to the Congress to swiftly pass the proposed Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP) that will empower government to overhaul the country’s obsolete tax…

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Cabinet officials pitch support for CTRP before Congress

Seven Cabinet Secretaries and five undersecretaries came in full force at Monday’s hearing of the House ways and means committee on the proposed Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP) to demonstrate…

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Civil society coalition backs auto tax hike plan

A non-government coalition advocating tax and fiscal reforms has expressed its full support for the proposed adjustments in automobile excise taxes as way to help raise revenues that would fund…

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ADB backs DOF’s ‘progressive’ excise tax reforms

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has expressed its support for the proposed reforms in the excise taxes of automobiles and petroleum products being pushed by the Department of Finance (DOF)…

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Gov’t losing P145-B revenues from non-adjustment of fuel taxes

With global oil prices down and expected by experts to remain low in the few years ahead, the government is losing an estimated P145 billion in potential annual revenues or…

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