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Senators revisit Duterte admin's 2nd tax reform package

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Posted at Sep 17 12:18 AM

The Duterte administration's second tax reform package, also known as the TRABAHO bill, died in the Senate during the 17th Congress. Read more »

Exporters bat to keep incentives as tax reform bill advances in House

Warren De Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 11 11:00 PM

Electronics and garments exporters joined the call of other industry groups for the government to retain their tax incentives as a bill seeking to limit tax perks advanced in the House of Representatives.  Read more »

Corporate tax reform bill gets Congress nod on 2nd reading

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Posted at Sep 09 10:10 PM

MANILA - Lawmakers on Monday approved on second reading a lower House bill that seeks to reduce corporate income taxes and limit fiscal incentives.  Read more »

NGO wary of immediate corporate income tax cuts

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Posted at Aug 31 05:33 PM

A non-government group cautions against the planned immediate reduction of corporate income tax that is included in the proposed Corporate Income Tax and Incentive Rationalization Act (CITIRA) bill. Karla Yu of Action for Economic Reforms says the government has to first assess whether or not it could afford the planned reduction even as the country's economic status is due to change in the next few years. She also urges Philippine lawmakers to expedite budget deliberations to speed up the rollout of the government's infrastructure projects. Read more »

PEZA, DTI spar over proposal to rationalize incentives

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Updated as of Aug 29 10:13 PM

The Philippine Economic Zone Authority again questioned proposals to rationalize tax perks for select firms, even as the Department of Trade and Industry insisted that changing the system of fiscal incentives was necessary.  Read more »

House panel approves TRABAHO Bill

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Posted at Aug 14 10:27 PM

The House Committee on Ways and Means approved House Bill 176, also known as Tax Reform for Attracting Better and High-quality Opportunities. Read more »

Finance dept seeks 'accelerated process' for tax reform: official

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Posted at Jul 29 10:04 AM

The Finance Department would work “round the clock” to get the Congress approval for the remaining packages of the administration’s Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP), an official said Monday.  Read more »

Senators looking for compromise to pass TRABAHO bill

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Posted at Jul 24 11:54 PM

Another measure President Rodrigo Duterte wants passed is the Tax Reform for Attracting Better and High-quality Opportunities Bill. Read more »

Ease of business, new infra will make up for loss of some incentives, says official

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Posted at Jul 24 07:24 PM

Officials pushing a bill seeking to bring down corporate income taxes and rationalize fiscal incentives played down concerns it will lead to job losses.  Read more »

Tax uncertainty may force more foreign funds to relocate: German chamber

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Posted at Jul 24 04:15 PM

Foreign investors in the Philippines warn the removal of incentives in economic zones may force investors to move elsewhere in Southeast Asia, notwithstanding cheap labor in the Philippines. Read more »

Duterte delivers 4th SONA

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 08:56 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his fourth State of the Nation Address at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City on Monday as Senate President Vicente Sotto III (left) huddles with newly-elected House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano. Read more »

Duterte tinulak ang death penalty, tinalakay ang West PH Sea sa SONA 2019

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Updated as of Jul 22 09:51 PM

Ang pagbabalik sa parusang kamatayan ang isa sa mga tinalakay ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa kaniyang SONA.   Read more »

Duterte to lawmakers: Pass second round of tax reforms

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Updated as of Jul 23 12:04 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte called on Congress to pass the bill reforming the country's corporate income tax system and rationalizing fiscal incentives. Read more »

Tax reforms likely to remain high on Duterte agenda: analyst

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Posted at Jul 22 02:03 PM

Euben Paracuelles of Nomura Securities believes passing the second tax reform package is the "appropriate path" to take to fund the massive infrastructure push. Read more »

Duterte must 'iron out' second tranche of tax reform for investors: analyst

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Updated as of Jul 22 11:07 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte should "iron out" the measure that aims to lower corporate income tax and to rationalize incentives as the market expects update on tax reforms, an analyst said Monday. Read more »

Duterte SONA: Financial markets seek action plan for next 3 years

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 20 06:38 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte should use his State of the Nation Address (SONA) set Monday to present concrete plans which ensure swift implementation of newly enacted laws as well as clear policy directions in terms of taxation, labor and foreign ownership to attract more investors, analysts and business group leaders said. Read more »

TRABAHO Bill could lead to job losses, exporters fear

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Posted at Jul 18 10:26 PM

Exporters believe that, while they support bringing down the corporate income tax rate, removing fiscal incentives could drive investors away.  Read more »

German firms 'very bullish' about Philippine market: trade group

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Updated as of Jun 26 04:41 PM

German firms are "bullish" about the Philippine market as qualifications of its English-speaking workforce offset risks such as inflation and the volatile exchange rate, the director of a German-Philippines trade group said Wednesday. Read more »

Investors to get 'superior incentives' with TRABAHO Bill, says Lambino

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Updated as of Jun 05 10:55 AM

MANILA - The second package in the Duterte administration's comprehensive tax reform program aims to give superior set of incentives to push investments in the country. Read more »

European chamber bats for 'bolder' corporate income tax reform

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Posted at Jun 04 07:35 PM

The Philippines should take a "bolder" move to reduce corporate income taxes so that the country can attract more foreign investors, an European business group said Tuesday.  Read more »