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Doctors reconcile with BIR, helps ITR filing campaign

by Rodel Flordeliz
April 12, 2014
3 minutes read
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MANILA, Philippines – Like her colleagues in the medical profession, Dr Minerva Calimag also felt strongly about the controversial advertisement that the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) put out, depicting doctors as tax cheats. Calimag, however, would rather let bygones be bygones. As the new president of the Philippine Medical Association (PMA), she appeared with

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Pay early to Avoid Long Lines – BIR Keeps April 15 Deadline for taxpayers

by Rodel Flordeliz
April 4, 2014
4 minutes read
3444 Views

Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Jacinto-Henares reminds all Filipinos that the BIR is keeping its April 15 deadline for the filing their income tax returns (ITR) despite falling within the Holy Week. Failure to submit their ITRs, Henares says will result in a penalty of 25 percent and 20 percent interest per annum. Income

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Paying your Taxes Right is as Easy as RFP

by Rodel Flordeliz
March 23, 2014
Less than a minute
1185 Views

Now paying your taxes right is as easy as RFP. Register, File and Pay. Groove to the beat of this easy to listen rap created by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).

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Should the Doctors be Offended? The Controversial BIR Ad scrutinized

by Rodel Flordeliz
March 13, 2014
5 minutes read
1739 Views

It is not as if this is the first time we are told that a great number of professionals (e.g., lawyers, accountants, doctors), and the rest of their self-employed, “own-account” brethren, don’t seem to be paying their fair share of taxes. One certainly remembers that P-Noy made a point of it in his State of