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THE Philippine Tobacco Institute (PTI), an industry lobby, said taxes for tobacco need to be overhauled to contain the growing share of illicit…

PROPOSALS to increase capital gains tax (CGT), donor’s tax and estate tax could make land more expensive and weaken investor activity, the real estate…

Colin Grabow One hopeful theory behind the Trump administration’s “Liberation Day” tariff increases was that they were a negotiating tool to ultimately produce…

Michael F. Cannon I’m usually the guy reminding everybody, “It is not a ‘price control’ when the government reduces the prices [it] pays…

Michael F. Cannon UPDATE: The executive order President Trump signed today does in fact attempt to impose price controls on private purchases of…

Walter Olson I had missed the story from two weeks ago about what happened after (apparent) agents of the US Immigration and Customs…

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said the P20-per-kilo rice program will be offered in more regions, with funding and rice inventories deemed sufficient…

THE 17% tariff the US is poised to charge Philippine goods, while favorable compared to rest of the region, is not enough to…

THE Department of Transportation (DoTr) said a proposal to collect airport terminal enhancement fee by the three air carriers remains under review. “The…

By Aubrey Rose A. Inosante, Reporter FINANCE Secretary Ralph G. Recto said digital service providers (DSPs) are likely to absorb the new value-added tax…