BPLO: 5,000 business establishments failed to renew permits after Jan. 31 deadline lapsed

Wenilyn Sabalo 02/17/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 5,000 business establishments (BE) in Cebu City failed to renew their business permits as of Jan. 31, 2023. Latest data from the Cebu City Business Permit and Licensing Office (BPLO) showed…

Councilor on revising real property tax ordinance: Consider the plight of businessmen, taxpayers

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 02/16/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — As the Local Finance Committee of Cebu City’s (LFC) executive department is currently preparing a new proposal after Mayor Michael Rama rejected the ordinance approved by the council on raising the real property…

House OKs bill imposing tax on digital transactions; solon says ‘this isn’t the way forward’

Beatrice Pinlac 11/15/2022

MANILA, Philippines – A bill taxing transactions with foreign digital service providers (DSPs) like Netflix and Spotify has won the approval of the House of Representatives in its third and final reading. House Bill No. 4122, which…

Robin Padilla says higher taxes for PH’s super rich is ‘lunacy’

Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ 07/22/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Robin Padilla on Friday called the proposal to impose higher taxes on wealthy people a “big insanity” amid currently overlapping crises. According to the neophyte senator, imposing more taxes on the wealthy may…

Spare small online sellers, BIR urged

Ben O. de Vera, Julie M. Aurelio, Leila B. Salaverria 06/12/2020

Several senators are questioning the move by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to press owners of online shops to register their businesses during an economic crisis, saying this would burden and not help small entrepreneurs who…

Palace backs taxing online sellers, but those earning P250K below are exempt

Darryl John Esguerra 06/11/2020

MANILA, Philippines — While it supports the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) directive to online sellers to settle their taxes, Malacañang on Thursday said those earning below P250,000 yearly are exempted from paying taxes. In a televised…

Aboitiz Power posts P2.1 billion consolidated net income for 1st quarter of 2020

Irene R. Sino Cruz 05/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The Aboitiz Power Corporation registered a lower consolidated net income for the first quarter of 2020. In an emailed statement, Aboitiz Power placed its consolidated net income at P2.1 billion for the period, 43…

Cebu City earns P7 billion from tax collection in 2019

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/31/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines –The Cebu City government reported an earning of P7 billion from the city’s tax collection from January 2019 to October 2019, which already includes business taxes, permits and licensing community taxes, and other collections.…

Former Finance Secretary De Ocampo favors TRABAHO Bill, sees tax compromise for ecozone firms

Irene R. Sino Cruz 08/10/2019

CEBU CITY— Former Finance Secretary Roberto De Ocampo favors the Tax Reform for Attracting Better and Higher-quality Opportunities (TRABAHO) bill, the second package under the administration’s comprehensive tax reform program (CTRP).  “The thrust of the administration in…

BREAKING: Duterte signs higher sin tax for tobacco

07/25/2019

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte signed on Thursday a law that would increase further the excise tax imposed on tobacco products, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said. Duterte signed Republic Act 11346. “To address the urgent need…

Self-employed professionals exempted from paying business permit fees for clinics, offices

07/03/2019

The government has harmonized the taxes and other fees that self-employed professionals such as doctors, accountants and lawyers pay to local government units to cut red tape. In a statement, the Department of Finance said Local Finance…

DepEd: Higher tobacco tax to make cigarettes less available to youth

Inquirer.net 02/07/2019

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) has expressed support to the proposal to impose a higher tax on tobacco products, saying it would make cigarettes “less available and affordable” to the youth. “Significant increase in…

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