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Ex-BIR chief defends decision to waive excise tax on Shell

By Iris Gonzales | December 7, 2009 - 12:00am

Former Internal Revenue Commissioner Jose Mario Buñag defended his decision waiving excise tax on Pilipinas Shell’s imports of Catalytic Cracked Gasoline (CCG) and Light CCG (LCCG), stressing that these...

Business

The mess over income tax holidays

By Boo Chanco | November 20, 2006 - 12:00am

Some weeks ago, Trade Undersecretary Elmer Hernandez was reported to have said that some companies are enjoying income tax holiday despite the fact that they are not eligible to get these perks. Hernandez...

Business

BIR performs

July 12, 2006 - 12:00am

Not all rumors that float around Metro Manila’s coffee shops are bad news. We were glad to have come across one as we made the rounds of media’s favorite watering holes over the weekend. Here’s the...

Business

Has the Palace forgotten

February 1, 2006 - 12:00am

For some time now, we’ve been puzzled with the frequency of attacks and threats towards Meralco and the rest of the private energy sector, all seemingly mounted by people close to and even within both the National...

Business

Hamon kay BIR chief Buñag

By Al G. Pedroche | December 3, 2005 - 12:00am

DAHIL sa Expanded Value Added Tax na sa isang taon ay nagbabantang maging 12 percent pa, mabigat na hamon ang pasan ni BIR Commissioner Jose Mario Buñag. Pinakamahirap na gawain ang mangulekta ng buwis lalu...

PSN Opinyon