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The need to review the rules on VAT zero rating

Written on August 24, 2023. Posted in MTF Articles, News, News and Updates.

By Euney Marie Mata-Perez on August 24, 2023 THE amendments to the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997 (Tax Code), introduced by Republic Act (RA) 11534 (Create) and by RA 10963, or the “Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion” (Train), particularly on the imposition of value-added...

Improving board diversity in the Philippines

Written on August 17, 2023. Posted in MTF Articles, News, News and Updates.

By: Atty. Euney Marie Mata-Perez on August 17,2023 IMPROVING board diversity is increasingly seen as contributing to good corporate governance, and its promotion has attracted good governance advocates as well as regulators. There had been studies that suggested that corporate boards structured...

Fighting corruption in the Philippines

Written on August 3, 2023. Posted in MTF Articles, News and Updates.

By Euney Marie Mata-Perez on August 3,2023. I WAS invited by the Tax Accountancy Association Union of Chinese Taipei (Taauct) to speak during its Corporate Integrity and Sustainable Development Asia Regional Seminar recently held in Taiwan. Deputy ministers from the Ministry of Finance and Ministry...

The difficulty in proving tax evasion beyond a reasonable doubt

Written on July 13, 2023. Posted in MTF Articles, News.

By Stefan Miguel Raymundo Del Rosario on July 13, 2023 THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), pursuant to its powers to collect taxes, is empowered to institute criminal prosecution cases, including tax evasion cases, against erring taxpayers for criminal violations under the National Internal...

Call for SEC to pass the Draft Cross-Shareholding Regulations

Written on July 6, 2023. Posted in MTF Articles, News.

By Euney Marie Mata-Perez on July 6,2023 SECTION 2 of Republic Act 8799, or the “Philippines’ Securities Regulation Code,” declares that the State shall establish a socially conscious, free market that regulates itself, encourage the widest participation of ownership in enterprises,...

Election of directors and the holdover principle

Written on June 22, 2023. Posted in MTF Articles, News.

By Nica Marsha Gasapo on June 22,2023 THE board of directors of a corporation is the seat of corporate power. Under the law, the board is clothed with authority to exercise the corporate powers, conduct all business and control all properties of the corporation. The election of the members of...

The benefits of treasury shares

Written on June 15, 2023. Posted in MTF Articles, News.

By Euney Marie Mata-Perez on June 15,2023 THE outstanding capital stock of a corporation shall constitute a trust fund held by the corporation for the benefit of its creditors. It shall not be returned to the stockholders by repurchase of shares, except in the manner as provided for under...

The need to regulate cross-shareholdings in the Philippines

Written on June 8, 2023. Posted in MTF Articles.

By Euney Marie Mata-Perez on June 8,2023 THE structure of a company’s ownership and control greatly influences its corporate governance. Thus, the success of a company’s corporate governance is also determined by its permitted shareholding structure. A question that should then...

Are business taxes deemed to be business permit fees?

Written on May 11, 2023. Posted in MTF Articles, News, News and Updates.

By: Atty. Jan Ethan Gordola on May 11,2023 IN the recent decision of Bases Conversion and Development Authority and John Hay Management Corp. v City Government of Baguio City (BCDA v Baguio Case, GR 192694. Feb. 22, 2023), the Supreme Court stated that “[t]he payment of fees for the issuance...