TRABAHO bill
Gov’t to fine-tune ‘Trabaho’ bill
12 November, 2018 at 12:00
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is in talks with the Department of Finance (DOF) to fine-tune some provisions in the so-called “Trabaho” bill, and ensure it would have only “minimal risk.”
Trade dep’t makes pitch for TRABAHO bill...
31 October, 2018 at 08:00
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is hoping to reach a compromise with the Department of Finance (DoF) on provisions of the Tax Reform for Attracting Better and High-quality Opportunities (TRABAHO) Bill…
Ecozone group says tax reform could affect...
26 October, 2018 at 10:39
Jobs in economic zones may be affected should their incentives be changed under the second tranche of tax reforms, the head of an industry group said Wednesday.
TRABAHO Bill could cut apparel work force...
23 October, 2018 at 17:00
Apparel exporters said layoffs in the industry could amount to 40% of the workforce if investment incentives are rationalized under the Tax Reform for Attracting Better and Higher-Quality Opportunities bill.
PEZA open to making GIE incentive time-bound...
22 October, 2018 at 17:00
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) is open to making the five percent gross income earned (GIE) incentive enjoyed by locators time-bound, if the rate will be raised to seven percent.
Keep Peza firms’ tax perks, gov’t urged
22 October, 2018 at 13:00
The former head of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza) urged lawmakers to spare a crucial tax perk that has for long shielded companies from local governments that might strong-arm projects to gain favors.
Japanese envoy takes up cudgels for investors...
22 October, 2018 at 10:26
Japanese Ambassador Koji Haneda made this pitch during the Special Session on “Towards a Deeper PH-Japan Economic Partnership” on the last day of the 44th Philippine Business Conference at the Manila Hotel yesterday.
Corporate Income Tax Reform Bill to create...
19 October, 2018 at 10:25
Around 1.4 million jobs are expected to be created between 2021 and 2029, when the corporate income tax (CIT) will have been cut by a third to 20 percent under the second package of the comprehensive tax reform package…
‘Trabaho’ bill hangs till jobs data finished;...
18 October, 2018 at 10:26
Until the study on its labor impact is completed, all discussions about the next-round reforms in the comprehensive tax package, as embodied in the so-called Trabaho bill, are suspended…
[OPINION] TRABAHO: Setting free an urgent reform
17 October, 2018 at 17:00
The House of Representatives passed the Tax Reform for Attracting Better and High-Quality Opportunities or TRABAHO Bill in early September.
Companies seen looking for ‘exit strategies’
17 October, 2018 at 15:33
PwC Philippines said some of its clients were now asking for “exit strategies” amid concerns about the government’s second tax reform package.
‘Trabaho’ bill could cost local firms P298...
15 October, 2018 at 13:00
Local firms might be in support of the Trabaho bill—the second part of the tax-reform package now pending in Congress—but they could be committing a fatal mistake, in the view of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority.
Peza gives up on Trabaho bill talks...
12 October, 2018 at 12:00
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza) has given up on asking the Department of Finance (DOF) to spare the agency from the next tax reform plan, opting instead to go directly to President Rodrigo Duterte.
[OPINION] Our two economic legs
11 October, 2018 at 13:19
Our economy has been standing precariously on two legs all these many decades — OFW remittances and BPO earnings. Both have provided jobs to Filipinos many of whom would otherwise be jobless.
