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SICPA stamp tax proposal dead, says BIR official

June 9, 2011 - 12:00am

A ranking official of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)has confirmed that the controversial tax stamp proposal of the Switzerland-based SICPA Product Security SA (SICPA) is dead and there are no efforts to pursue...

Business

China firm offers hologram-aided technology to address smuggling

By Iris Gonzales | October 12, 2010 - 12:00am

A Chinese firm is offering the government a hologram-aided technology, which it said would help address the problem of smuggling in the country.

Business

Javier wants Sicpa to address concerns in talks with BIR

By Iris Gonzales | April 22, 2010 - 12:00am

The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee wants Switzerland-based SICPA Product Security SA (Sicpa) to address the concerns raised by the committee on the firm’s allegedly anomalous negotiations with...

Business

Sicpa scheme lacks tracking requirements -WHO

April 15, 2010 - 12:00am

An international convention attached to the World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that the multi-billion peso tax stamp scheme being pushed by SICPA Product Security SA is not a track and trace system.

Business

IT experts urged to review Sicpa scheme

March 23, 2010 - 12:00am

The National Tax Research Center (NTRC) wants government information technology (IT) experts to review the expensive tax stamp system being proposed by SICPA Product Security SA to see if there are flaws in the multi-billion...

Business

Lawmakers score Sicpa claim on lost revenues

February 25, 2010 - 12:00am

Key leaders of the powerful House ways and means committee scored officials of SICPA Product Security SA (SICPA) for claiming that it could prevent the illicit tobacco trade, which it says is purportedly worth at...

Business

Tax stamp project could jeopardize thousands of jobs

February 17, 2010 - 12:00am

Thousands of jobs could be lost if the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) push through with their multi-billion peso tax stamp project that it is presently considering, the Philippine...

Business

Tax stamps can be forged - US government report

February 5, 2010 - 12:00am

Tax stamps can be forged, according to a November 2009 paper by US State of Indiana Revenue Commissioner John Eckart, who was tasked by the state’s general assembly to study the viability of adopting an encrypted...

Business

Lawmaker asks Teves to junk tax stamp proposal

January 14, 2010 - 12:00am

The chairman of the powerful House ways and means committee has advised Finance Secretary Margarito Teves to totally shelve the tax stamp proposal after two government agencies already doubted its viability.

Business

NEDA says it has not yet approved Sicpa proposal

By Lawrence Agcaoili | January 13, 2010 - 12:00am

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) clarified yesterday that it has not yet approved the unsolicited proposal of Switzerland-based SICPA Product Security SA.

Business