The Philippine tax landscape in 2025 was shaped by three main forces: enactment/enforcement of new tax laws, issuances of ...

THE GOVERNMENT has been urged to harness artificial intelligence (AI) to overhaul the tax audit system and lower Court of Tax ...

One of the first decisive acts of Frederick Go as the new secretary of the Department of Finance (DOF) was to order the ...

The country’s largest business group has expressed support for initiatives aimed at addressing the reported abuse and misuse of letters of authority (LOAs) within the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).

THE Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) has voiced support for government reforms aimed at curbing alleged misuse of audit powers by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), citing ...

It could be said that the Philippines began the year on solid footing after hitting—or coming close to hitting—its goals in 2024. We were afloat. We ...

PHILIPPINE business groups are urging lawmakers to pass a general tax amnesty and review the value‑added tax (VAT) on electricity as part of their tax wish list for 2026.

Finance Secretary Frederick Go has laid out additional measures to tighten the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) crackdown ...

The government’s budget gap rose 7.38 percent on an annual basis in end-November 2025 as growth of spending surpassed tax ...

PH debt stock rose in October on a weaker peso MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government’s budget deficit in November narrowed by almost a third to P157.6 billion. This, as spending ...

MANILA, Philippines - Government revenue collections from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) ...

Revenue collection of the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Bureau of Customs has been “softer” than the projected yield of ...