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TRAIN to drive workers even poorer—senator

WARNING that the proposed Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act could render 1.7-million “near poor” wage earners poorer, Akbayan Senator Risa Hontiveros called...

Electronics group opposes 5% VAT

Electronics and semiconductor companies oppose the imposition of a 5-percent value-added tax on locally-sourced materials under the proposed tax reform measure. The Semiconductor and Electronics...

Gulf states prepare for VAT amid crisis

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates"•Oil-rich Gulf countries, which for decades have attracted millions of foreign workers thanks to their reputation as tax-free havens, aim to...

Govt wants coops to start paying VAT

Retaining the value-added tax exemptions of cooperatives that already enjoy almost all types of tax-free privileges is unfair to the almost 100 million taxpayers...

Removal of exemptions to raise P29b, DoF says

The Department of Finance’s proposal to remove non-basic sector’s exemption from paying Value Added Tax will bring in additional P92 billion in revenues.  Finance Undersecretary...

Remittances to remain tax-free, says Angara

Money sent home from Filipino workers abroad will continue to enjoy tax exemption, despite a proposal to impose value-added tax on money transfer fees...

Tax liquor, not diesel, says solon

A PARTY-LIST lawmaker on Thursday urged the Finance and Budget departments to raise the value-added tax on so-called “sin products” instead of increasing the...

Govt wants to rationalize senior citizens’ VAT exemptions

The Finance Department said it will rationalize the value added tax exemptions enjoyed by senior citizens to make sure the tax reform program will...

Duterte should not increase the VAT

Carlos Dominguez, the incoming Finance Secretary of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte, recently announced that he wants an increase in the everyday (expanded) value added tax,...
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