ATTENTION all taxpayers: you have only seven days left to prepare the calendar year 2013 annual income tax returns (ITRs) before the deadline for filing and payment on April 15. As the deadline draws near, taxpayers should familiarize themselves with the guidelines for the preparation of correct and complete ITR and its proper filing especially since the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) just released new ITR forms.
THE PHILIPPINES and Singapore are looking to enhance trade and investment ties, officials said on Friday.
THE BATANGAS City government and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have launched a mobile payment system to benefit 4,000 business owners in the city.
AN AGREEMENT that will spur further talks on a possible trade arrangement between the Philippines and the four-member European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is expected to be signed in June, a Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) official said. “We’re hoping to sign the Joint Declaration of Cooperation in June in Europe. We are just now refining the declaration,” DTI Undersecretary Adriwan S. Cristobal, Jr. told reporters in a chance interview in Makati City.
THE PASSAGE of a competition policy will ensure competitiveness of local industries in the planned Southeast Asian economic integration next year and in other trade arrangements eyed by the government, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) yesterday said.
IN AN effort to curb incidents of smuggling that have robbed the government of billions of pesos, the Department of Finance recently issued Department Order (DO) No. 12-2014, requiring importers to secure an Importer Clearance Certificate (ICC) from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) as part of their accreditation process with the Bureau of Customs (BoC).
THE GOVERNMENT and AF Consortium yesterday signed the concession agreement for the P1.72-billion Automated Fare Collection System (AFCS), with a senior cabinet official saying that protests from a losing bidder will no longer be entertained.
POWER Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) has declared Therma Power Visayas, Inc. — a unit of Aboitiz Power Corp. — the highest bidder for the 153.1-megawatt (MW) power plant complex in Naga City, Cebu.
AS the April 15 filing deadline of income tax returns (ITRs) for taxable year 2013 draws near, taxpayers are advised to prepare as early as now rather than suffer the inconveniences encountered when trying to beat the deadline.
TWO STATE-OWNED power facilities are to be auctioned off by the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) today, a top official said over the weekend.