Key reforms crucial to economic growth—Diokno
Department of Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno welcomed the endorsement by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council of five key fiscal and ...
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Philippines secures $1.14-billion World Bank loan
The Department of Finance and the World Bank signed on Monday four loan agreements amounting to $1.14 billion or around ...
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Gov’t adds ‘sweetener’ on sugar tax
Allowing industrial users to directly import their own sugar requirement will serve as “sweetener” for them to accept the new ...
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Panel yet to get proposal on salty food tax
Albay Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda on Thursday said that the House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means has not ...
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Junk food, softdrinks tax eyed
Gov’t aims to curb people’s poor diet, raise funds for vital projects The government will push for the passage of ...
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DOF eyes P2.5b from sale of idle state assets this year
The government is eyeing to raise P2.5 billion from the privatization of idle assets to finance vital development projects this ...
Read moreDOF: IMF study to help gov’t boost, max VAT base, collect up to P539b
The Marcos administration is working with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a study aimed at addressing the low value-added ...
Read moreDOF vows to support Mindanao growth development
The Department of Finance on Thursday vowed to support the Mindanao Development Authority in its mission to bolster economic growth ...
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Chiz urges government to focus on tax cheats instead of tax hikes
Senator Chiz Escudero has warned the government against introducing new tax measures as they would burden the public which have ...
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‘Govt needs to return franchise tax to POGOs’
The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld its decision issued last year which declared as unconstitutional the government’s imposition of a ...
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