The Philippines may have taken its sweet time. But, alas, the gears have started moving. The 15 percent global minimum tax may soon arrive on Philippine shores in the form of the Qualified Domestic ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate impeachment court granted yesterday the request of the prosecution team of the House of ...

Oral arguments on House prosecutors' request to subpoena the bank records of Vice President Sara Duterte are scheduled on ...

My two US-based daughters made a side trip to Da Nang in Vietnam two weeks ago in the course of a balikbayan visit here. They commented that prices in Metro Manila, especially in restaurants, are a ...

Economist Dr. Arthur Laffer says repeated Philippine tobacco excise tax hikes have cut government revenues and fueled illicit ...

Economic managers expect growth to moderate this year due to 'heightened domestic and external uncertainties,' including ...

The Senate impeachment court has approved the request of the House prosecution to subpoena the financial, tax, and anti-money ...

The Philippine government recently celebrated the renegotiation of its double taxation agreement (DTA) with Japan. Officials have framed it as a diplomatic success—a modernization of a decades-old ...

LAST May 28, 2026, the Philippines and Japan signed a new tax convention that will replace the convention governing tax relations between the two countries since 1980 and which was partially updated ...

ITAT Delhi held routine support and HR services are not royalty under the India-Philippines and India-Thailand DTAAs. Without a PE, Article 7 bars ...

India has remained stuck in the lower-middle-income group as Vietnam and the Philippines have moved up. The gap exposes the ...

The Philippine government also loses an estimated P200 billion annually to corruption, undervaluation, and smuggling in its revenue agencies, according to local news channel Bilyonaryo ...