DOF underscores consensus-building in crafting tax reform package

The Department of Finance (DOF) said a consensus-building approach has enabled the Duterte administration to refine the tax reform package it has originally submitted to the Congress, taking into account…

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CTRP ‘cornerstone’ of infra buildup funding

The Duterte administration’s unmatched infrastructure buildup over the next five years will be funded by a combination of resources from its proposed comprehensive tax reform program (CTRP), foreign development aid…

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SP Pimentel gives full support to CTRP bill

Senate President Aquilino Pimentel Jr. himself has filed a counterpart measure to the Duterte administration’s pending tax reform bill in the House of Representatives as he underscored the importance of…

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Phoenix Petroleum to pre-pay 2017 taxes in support of CTRP

Phoenix Petroleum has announced plans to voluntarily pre-pay excise taxes due for its gasoline and petroleum-based product sales in 2017 to demonstrate its full support for the Comprehensive Tax Reform…

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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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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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