taxes
Tax the billionaires
September 29, 2021
IBON Executive Director on TRAIN and CREATE
July 26, 2021
CREATE Gives Up Revenues Just When They’re Needed Most
February 15, 2021
CREATE Bill Mainly Benefits Large Firms, Not MSMEs
February 15, 2021
CREATE Proponents Make Up Economic Gains
February 15, 2021
CREATE’s three mistakes
February 7, 2021
From a development perspective, the fundamental problem is that CREATE asks the wrong question: what CIT will attract foreign investment? This puts us in a mindless race-to-the-bottom where our fiscal policy is defined by what corporations want rather than what national development and upholding social and economic rights demands.
Money to Vaccinate Everyone for Free
December 22, 2020
Upon COVID-19: Time to tax the super-rich
May 25, 2020
FEATURES
The Philippines has never had a wealth tax. For as long as there has been a tax system in the country, taxes have been collected from what people pay for what they consume or from what they earn.
How do the senatoriables fare?: TRAIN LAW
March 22, 2019
WHO’S SCARED TO DEBATE THE TRAIN LAW? The TRAIN Law implemented since 2018 increased the tax burden on tens of millions of the poorest Filipinos while lowering taxes on higher income families including the country’s richest. Some lawmakers have reconsidered but others still defend the indefensible. Most aspiring senators are justifiably critical. Who’s who?
