New Senate bill to help local water districts with unpaid taxes
The Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading a bill removing the conditions for the condonation of unpaid taxes due from local water districts (LWDs). The post New Senate bill to help local...
View ArticleSenate urged to protect typhoon-hit farmers from debt trap
The Senate has been urged to help protect farmers rendered vulnerable by calamities from predatory informal lenders, to ensure they would not fall into a debt trap The post Senate urged to protect...
View ArticleTito Sotto makes it 3-way fight in Senate
Will it be a three-way fight for the Senate presidency? The post Tito Sotto makes it 3-way fight in Senate appeared first on Inquirer News.
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More reforms in the estate tax system mulled
Sen. Sonny Angara on Sunday said the planned estate tax amnesty gaining traction in the Lower House should be coupled with reforms in the estate tax regime, including an increase in deductions for the...
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Angara finds proposed excise tax on sweetened drinks too high
The Senate began to hear on Thursday the House bill imposing a P10 per liter excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. The post Angara finds proposed excise tax on sweetened drinks too high appeared...
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Duterte’s martial law is tamer, milder than 70s version—Angara
The martial law in Mindanao was “much milder” and “tamer” compared to the martial rule in the 70s, Senator Sonny Angara said on Tuesday. The post Duterte’s martial law is tamer, milder than 70s...
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Sen. Angara wants revision of tax rules on balikbayan box
The Department of Finance (DOF) should revise its implementing rules on duty- and tax-free balikbayan boxes to give due benefits to millions of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), Senator Sonny Angara...
View ArticleGov’t offers to drop tax on beverages
Economic managers have told senators they are willing to drop the proposed tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in exchange for passing in full the proposed higher excise tax on oil products. The post...
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Sen. Loren Legarda shepherded the passage of the General Appropriations Act of 2018 as chair of the Senate finance committee. Following the signing of the P3.767-trillion national budget on Tuesday,...
View ArticleAngara: Why not legalize motorcycles-for-hire?
It’s time to make motorcycles-for-hire a legitimate means of public transport for good amid the worsening traffic in Metro Manila, Sen. Sonny Angara said on Thursday. Angara noted that the...
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