On 15 April 2024, the Philippines Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) published the Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 55-2024 of 15 April 2024. The Circular offers an extension of the transition period for digital financial services providers and

On 14 February 2024, the Philippines Department of Finance declared a refined proposal for a bill for simplifying passive income taxes. The bill entitled ‘Package 4 of the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP)’ is a measure recalibrated by

On 7 February 2024, the Philippines Department of Finance (DOF) published a release declaring that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will support the country’s tax collection strategy using digital technologies for a more efficient and aggressive

On 15 January 2024, the Philippines Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) published the Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 8-2024 of 15 January 2023, in which it clarified the imposition of the new 1% withholding tax for payments by online platforms to

On 29 December 2023, the Philippine News Agency (PNA) published a release declaring that the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) had imposed a 1% withholding tax on online merchants with earnings amounting to more than PHP 500,000 annually. BIR

On 8 November 2023, the Philippines joined as a member of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base-Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Inclusive Framework. The Inclusive Framework on BEPS is