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BIR EYES TO MAKE PH TOP HUB FOR INVESTMENTS

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is ramping up efforts to support local and foreign investors, consistent with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s goal of making the Philippines a premier investment destination. This according to BIR Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr., who in a post on his official Facebook page revealed that he has directed “all BIR […]

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BIR INTENSIFIES DRIVE VS ILLICIT VAPE PRODUCTS

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), led by Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr., in coordination with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-Organized and Transnational Crimes Division, has cracked down on an online-enabled illicit vape operation fronting as a legitimate business, seizing 18,811 vape products and counterfeit tax stamps in Guiguinto, Bulacan. The enforcement operation, conducted on […]

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BIR TO INTENSIFY CAMPAIGN VS TAX EVADERS

There will be no sacred cows in the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) crackdown on tax evaders, as it hailed the Department of Justice (DOJ) for filing a ₱176 million tax evasion case against Hilmarc’s Construction Corporation—one of the country’s largest government contractors—for using ghost receipts to illegally reduce its tax obligations.  In a post […]