The results of the latest OBG Business Barometer: Philippines CEO Survey shed light on how President Rodrigo Duterte’s tax reform packages have been received by the business community. Effective since January 1, 2018, the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) programme has exempted many low-wage workers from income tax but was also partly blamed for causing...
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Articles & Analysis | C-suite executives have their say on the impact of tax reforms in the OBG Business Barometer: Philippines CEO Survey from The Report: Philippines 2019
Articles & Analysis | The Philippines establishes the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in order to create prosperity from The Report: Philippines 2019
The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has long been associated with insurrection, conflict and extremism. Although much of Mindanao has been integrated into the mainstream Philippine economy and political system, the ARMM maintains uneasy relations and resistance to central government authority, which has led to economic isolation...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Charito Plaza, Director-General, Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA): Interview from The Report: Philippines 2019
How will the rationalisation of tax incentives in the proposed tax reform package affect foreign investment pledges in economic zones?
Articles & Analysis | Duterte administration seeks to empower the Philippines' regional governments under a federal system from The Report: Philippines 2019
With some 175 ethnolinguistic groups spread across the vast archipelago of the Philippines, uniting some of the more remote regions and distinct communities under a national identity has been a challenging task for the central government. Political power gradually became concentrated in the present capital Manila under Spanish and US colonial...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Nestor Tan, President and CEO, BDO Unibank: Interview from The Report: Philippines 2019
How have high inflation and the first package of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) affected the banking sector?
Interviews & Viewpoints | Benjamin E Diokno, Governor, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP): Interview from The Report: Philippines 2019
Which monetary policy tools can be used to ensure inflation stays within the central bank’s target?