Category: Press Room

Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition thumbs up identical provisions of FOI bills in the HoR; notes differences for further discussion

by Action for Economic Reforms | Apr 11, 2021 | Access to Information, Press Room | 0 |

The Right to Know, Right Now! (R2KRN) Coalition submitted its position paper to the House of Representatives (HoR) Committee on Public Information under the leadership of Rep. Joseph L. Lara during the hearing on the Freedom of...

Statement of Action for Economic Reforms on Signing of the CREATE Bill Into Law

by Action for Economic Reforms | Mar 27, 2021 | Press Room, Tax Reform | 0 |

Action 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...

Amid COVID surge, think tank urges government to adopt aggressive fiscal policy, provide social amelioration

by Action for Economic Reforms | Mar 22, 2021 | COVID-19, Press Room | 0 |

Following the spike in COVID-19 cases, economic think tank Action for Economic Reforms (AER) urged the government to impose stricter quarantine measures in Metro Manila and adopt several policy recommendations, including...

Statement of Action for Economic Reforms on Recent Spate of Extra-judicial Killings

by Action for Economic Reforms | Mar 9, 2021 | Press Room | 0 |

Action for Economic Reforms (AER) strongly condemns the recent killings of citizens, including political activists, politicians, bureaucrats and drug users. We call on the government to put an end to the perpetration of these...

AER to Salceda: Domestic oil refining not a vital industry that deserves tax breaks

by Action for Economic Reforms | Feb 24, 2021 | Press Room, Tax Reform | 0 |

Action 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...

AER: DA’s Agriculture 4.0 needs revving up

by Action for Economic Reforms | Feb 17, 2021 | Press Room, Rice Tariffication | 0 |

Action for Economic Reforms (AER), in its fourth policy note entitled “Rice Industry’s March Towards Agriculture 4.0” lauded the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) effort in promoting data- driven development in the agriculture...

AER: Tax breaks for oil refineries in CREATE Bill a futile policy; local refineries not economically viable

by Action for Economic Reforms | Feb 17, 2021 | Press Room, Tax Reform | 0 |

Action 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)...

Statement of Action for Economic Reforms (AER) on the Bicameral Approval of the CREATE Bill

by Action for Economic Reforms | Feb 3, 2021 | Press Room, Tax Reform | 0 |

Action 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...

AER demands transparency from House leaders on CREATE bicam delay

by Action for Economic Reforms | Jan 28, 2021 | Press Room, Tax Reform | 0 |

Action for Economic Reforms (AER) has called on the House of Representatives to explain the delay behind the passage of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Bill, which was passed by the Senate on...

Statement of Action for Economic Reforms (AER) on the Bicameral Conference Committee on the CREATE Bill

by Action for Economic Reforms | Dec 16, 2020 | Press Room | 0 |

Action for Economic Reforms (AER), informed that the bicameral conference committee will meet to reconcile the Senate and House versions of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives Reform Act (CREATE) Bill, has called on both...

AER urges Speaker Velasco to adopt Senate version of CREATE

by Action for Economic Reforms | Dec 9, 2020 | Press Room | 0 |

Action for Economic Reforms (AER) urged the House of Representatives, through Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, to adopt the Senate version of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Bill. The bill was...

AER refutes PEZA locators: “Raising threshold amount for FIRB approval unreasonable, self-serving”

by Action for Economic Reforms | Dec 1, 2020 | Press Room, Tax Reform | 0 |

In a statement today, Action for Economic Reforms (AER) criticized the statement of some leaders of Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) locators, asking that the CREATE (Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for...