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Decades-long fight to overhaul tax perks nears end as Senate OKs CREATE

By Prinz Magtulis | November 26, 2020 - 3:46pm

The Senate put its final stamp on the measure filed under Senate Bill 1357 on Thursday by a vote of 21-1 with zero abste...

Business

Senate to pass Bayanihan, CITIRA bills this week

By Paolo Romero | June 1, 2020 - 12:00am

The Senate may be able to pass the proposed extension of Republic Act 11469 or the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act and other...

Headlines

Ecozone pledges up despite CITIRA threat

By Ian Nicolas Cigaral | February 20, 2020 - 5:40pm

Foreign direct investment pledges in the country’s economic zones more than doubled last year, even as there are indications...

Business

IBON doubts Finance department claim CITIRA will create a million jobs

By Ratziel San Juan | October 4, 2019 - 7:10pm

IBON said the Finance department is only using the appeal of job creation to peddle regressive tax measures that would only...

Business

Biz groups, DOF clash on job impact of 'rationalizing' tax incentives

By Ian Nicolas Cigaral | September 30, 2019 - 2:31pm

The Department of Finance has maintained that the Corporate Income Tax and Incentives Rationalization Act, or CITIRA...

Business

Reduced corporate tax bill to create 1.6 million jobs — lawmakers

By Jess Diaz | September 16, 2019 - 12:00am

A proposed law reducing income tax on thousands of corporations could create more than one million new jobs over the 10-year...

Headlines

‘CITIRA, easing foreign ownership crucial to FDI recovery’

By Czeriza Valencia | August 28, 2019 - 12:00am

The immediate passage of the CITIRA (Corporate Income Tax and Incentives Rationalization Act) bill and the further easing...

Business