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                    [ArticleID] => 1540999
                    [Title] => BOC revenue shortfall due to unabated smuggling – COA
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For eight straight years, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) has failed to attain its annual revenue target due to unabated smuggling.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-09 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20160110/Bureau-of-Customs-Manila-10.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1503901 [Title] => Customs prodded to make public import prices of smuggled goods [Summary] =>

Stepping up their fight against smuggling, local business groups are urging the Bureau of Customs to make public declared import prices of the most commonly smuggled goods to enhance transparency and protect legitimate businesses from illicit trade.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-25 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/business-main/20150926/Bureau-of-Customs-Manila-4.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1489812 [Title] => BIR chief: Tax transparency to help Philippines rake in revenues [Summary] =>

Promoting tax transparency will help the country generate more revenues and therefore support fund its development goals, the chief of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-18 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1213316 [AuthorName] => Carlo S. Lorenciana [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1388091 [Title] => Henares named to UN body on tax matters [Summary] =>

Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim S. Jacinto-Henares is one the three newest members of the United Nations Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/business-main/20141105/kim-henares-1.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1387990 [Title] => UN appoints BIR's Kim Henares as tax expert [Summary] =>

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon appointed Kim Henares to a post as a tax expert, the Department of Finance (DOF) announced Tuesday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-04 17:29:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212169 [AuthorName] => Camille Diola [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20141104/Kim-Henares-BIR-United-Nations.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1287143 [Title] => Illicit [Summary] =>

Those are staggering numbers featured in a recent report put out by Global Financial Integrity (FGI), an anti-graft research group looking into illicit money flows worldwide.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1286783 [Title] => $400-B illicit money flowed through Phl [Summary] =>

An anti-graft watchdog yesterday said the Philippine government was cheated of $3.85 billion in tax revenues in 2011, part of massive illicit money flows that totaled more than $400 billion in the past five decades.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img854/929/bus1l.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1286637 [Title] => Gov't implements 'systemic reforms' to fight smuggling: official [Summary] =>

The government has adopted "systemic reforms" to combat rampant smuggling in the country, a senior government official said here today.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-04 20:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1286575 [Title] => P357 billion lost to corruption, crime yearly [Summary] =>

P12.6 trillion fueled criminal activities via smuggling |

A study says the Philippine economy was cheated of $132.9 billion or more than P6 trillion in illicit money outflows in the past five decades, incurring losses of over P357 billion yearly on average.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-04 15:16:22 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212169 [AuthorName] => Camille Diola [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/819/xb1y.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 913181 [Title] => Editorial - Illicit fund outflow [Summary] =>

The period covered is in the previous administration, but the problem mentioned is certainly not yet eradicated, even under the watch of the daang matuwid team.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img856/5197/startoon.jpg ) ) )
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