A "SIGNIFICANT IMPACT" to employment "particularly in tobacco farming” is "unlikely" to arise from a reform of excise taxation in the country, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a…
Drug mules are unwelcome in the Philippines and offenders shall be punished to the full extent of the law! This is Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon's message to those wanting to…
14 March 2012, Manila, Philippines: The fiscal deficit of the National Government for January 2012 reached P 15.9 billion, or a reverse of the surplus registered during the same period…
BIR, Customs collections up THE GOVERNMENT'S fiscal performance for the first month of the year was marked by continued disbursement acceleration, primarily intended to boost economic growth. The Aquino administration…
While he could have availed of the birthday leave privilege granted to government officials, Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon preferred to spend his natal day, instead, presenting to media the results…
For the month of January 2012, the BIR collected Php 85.15 billion in tax revenues, Php 80.69 billion from BIR operations and PhP 4.46 billion arising from non-BIR operations. Compared…
Not wanting to have another missing containers controversy in their once glorious Port of Batangas , the Chamber of Customs Brokers, Inc. (CCBI) Batangas Chapter virtually threw in their support…
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) today filed a criminal complaint with the Department of Justice against WOODHEIGHTS REALTY AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (WOODHEIGHTS) and its corporate officers EDWIN L. GARDIOLA,…
Ten container vans of illegally imported agricultural products, hardware materials and used clothing worth Php23.1 million were recently seized by Bureau of Customs Port of Manila (BOC-POM) operatives for violation…
DISMANTLING the annexes and price classification freeze of certain brands are at the core of the excise tax reform proposals that we are pursuing, the Finance chief said. “These provisions…
