The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has increased available funding for the Philippines’ infrastructure-related investments from 34 percent of actual lending approvals covering the 2011-2016 period to 48 percent over the…
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has expressed its “ardent support” for the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act (TRAIN), notably its proposed hefty personal income tax (PIT) cuts for…
The Department of Finance (DOF), along with the Departments of Information Technology (DICT) and of Interior and Local Government (DILG) led the launch today (December 4) of a digital platform…
Nineteen former heads and deputy chiefs of the Department of Finance (DOF) and the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) have given their full support to the DOF’s comprehensive tax…
A combination of tough bureaucratic and economic reforms, a long-due tax system overhaul and an unprecedented infrastructure buildup is guaranteed to enhance the country's image as an investment haven at…
The inflation rate in November likely slowed to 3.2 percent from its intra-year high of 3.5 percent last October owing mainly to more stable food prices after last month's weather…
In compliance with the directive of Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, Commissioner Isidro Lapeña of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) has issued a memorandum to all district directors of the…
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said the government is now one big step closer to reforming the country's tax system for the first time in over two decades--and providing a…
The implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) will be contained in about 42 Customs Administrative Orders (CAOs) that the government plans to complete…
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has cited the reforms being undertaken by the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) to develop the domestic capital market, among them, the launching of its…
