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[Title] => BIR backs 10% VAT on softdrinks
[Summary] => The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) supports a proposal that seeks to impose a 10 percent ad valorem tax on soft drinks and other sweetened beverages in a bid to shore up government revenues.
[DatePublished] => 2014-12-08 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña
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[Title] => Gov’t mulls tax on text messages anew
[Summary] => The government may attempt to revive plans to impose a tax on text messages as it searches for other ways to raise revenue amid a looming passage of a bill raising the tax exemption cap for 13th month bonuses.
[DatePublished] => 2014-10-01 00:00:00
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[Title] => DOF backs bill on higher softdrinks taxes
[Summary] => The Department of Finance (DOF) is backing a bill that seeks to impose higher taxes on carbonated drinks as the government stands to generate as much as P10.5 billion in additional revenues.
[DatePublished] => 2014-03-09 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña
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[Title] => Government to borrow more from local sources in 2013
[Summary] => The government is expected to borrow more from the domestic market in 2013, beyond the programmed 75 percent share of local funding for next year, National Treasurer Rosalia de Leon said.
[DatePublished] => 2012-11-15 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales
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[Title] => Public sector incurs P8.6-billion H1deficit
[Summary] => The country’s consolidated public sector deficit (CPSD) for the first semester of the year is estimated at P8.6 billion, Finance Undersecretary Jeremias Paul said in the latest CPSD report.
[DatePublished] => 2012-11-12 00:00:00
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[Title] => Gov’t reduces share of foreign loans in borrowing mix
[Summary] => The government has so far reduced the share of its foreign borrowings to 16 percent as of end-September and increased the share of domestic funding to 84 percent, according to the Department of Finance (DOF).
[DatePublished] => 2012-11-08 00:00:00
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[Title] => PEZA defends incentives
[Summary] => The Philippine Economic and Zone Authority (PEZA), an investment promotion agency of the government, defended the fiscal incentives it provides to PEZA locators, saying that the incentives to do not intend to hurt local industries.
[DatePublished] => 2012-10-06 00:00:00
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[Title] => Government officials open Asia Pacific Tax Forum
[Summary] => Senior government officials and industry representatives from the Asia Pacific region yesterday opened the Asia Pacific Tax Forum for its 9th annual meeting.
[DatePublished] => 2012-10-04 00:00:00
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[Title] => 'Sin' tax collections down
[Summary] => Collections from sin taxes declined by roughly 20 percent to P25.4 billion in 2011 from the 2010 tax-take, the Action for Economic Reforms (AER) said, citing data from the Department of Finance (DOF).
[DatePublished] => 2012-05-07 00:00:00
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[Title] => P32 billion allotted for rice imports
[Summary] => MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Finance (DOF) is allotting P32 billion for the National Food Authority’s rice importations this year using the Tax Expenditure Fund (TEF), Finance Undersecretary Jeremias Paul said.
[DatePublished] => 2009-03-02 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
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