The Sin Tax Coalition lauds House Ways and Means Committee Chair Rep. Joey Salceda and the Department of Health (DOH) for proposing higher excise taxes on sin products, including cigarettes, alcohol, sugar sweetened beverages,...
Read MoreYELLOW PAD By Arjay Mercado and AJ Montesa Everyone can feel the election season in the air. With recent presidential interviews, platforms and plans are beginning to unveil with each presidential candidate aiming to get the...
Read MoreIn a statement on Tuesday, economic think tank Action for Economic Reforms (AER) joined the call to cancel Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s Certificate of Candidacy for the 2022 presidential elections on the grounds of false material...
Read MoreYELLOW PAD By Pia Rodrigo and Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III A Pulse Asia survey conducted in June 2021 showed that the top issues Filipinos wanted President Rodrigo Duterte to discuss during his State of the Nation Address...
Read MoreYELLOW PAD By Pia Rodrigo The Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Law is now ready to be implemented. On June 21, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez and Department of Finance...
Read MoreYELLOW PAD By Jessica Reyes-Cantos Have you ever scrutinized the receipt that your local government issues whenever you pay your annual real property tax (RPT)? On top of the basic tax on your real property, you will find...
Read MoreAction for Economic Reforms (AER) welcomes the signing into law of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act, as well as the President’s vetoes of provisions that ran counter to the policy’s main...
Read MoreAction for Economic Reforms (AER) refutes the claim of House Ways and Means Chair Representative Joey Salceda that the crude oil refining industry makes up 5 to 6 percent of our country’s gross value added (GVA) in...
Read MoreAction for Economic Reforms (AER) opposes the insertion of tax exemptions for local oil refineries in the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprise (CREATE) Bill, which the bicameral conference committee (bicam)...
Read MoreYELLOW PAD By AJ Montesa and Pia Rodrigo VECTORPOUCH/FREEPIK When the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Bill was passed in the Senate in November 2020, a bicameral conference committee (bicam) was...
Read MoreYELLOW PAD By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III BW FILE PHOTO Congress has finally ratified the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Act (CREATE) bill. But controversy still hounds its passage in Congress. CREATE is a...
Read MoreAction for Economic Reforms (AER) welcomes the bicameral conference committee’s approval of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Bill last February 1, even as it raises concerns regarding...
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