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The secrecy of bank deposits in the context of taxation

Written on April 3, 2025. Posted in MTF Articles, News, News and Updates.

By: Atty. Lew Earvin Manarin on March 3,2025 The Secrecy of Bank Deposits Act (Republic Act No. 1405), often referred to as the Bank Secrecy Act, protects the confidentiality of bank deposit information, ensuring individuals and businesses can conduct transactions without fear of unauthorized...

Data privacy and the right to inspect corporate records

Written on March 27, 2025. Posted in MTF Articles, News, News and Updates.

By: Atty. Elaisha Nelle C. Espinosa on March 27,2025 DATA privacy is a key pillar of corporate governance. As companies store personal data in their business activities, harmonizing corporate and data privacy laws becomes more important not only to ensure proper compliance, but also to build trust...

Differentiating ‘digital goods’ and ‘digital services’ for VAT purposes

Written on March 21, 2025. Posted in MTF Articles, News, News and Updates.

By: Atty. Euney Marie J. Mata-Perez on March 20, 2025 THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) issued Revenue Regulations (RR) 3-2025, prescribing policies and guidelines for the implementation of Republic Act (RA) 12023, the law which imposes value-added tax (VAT) on digital services by amending...

Scope, limitations of BIR mission orders

Written on March 13, 2025. Posted in MTF Articles, News, News and Updates.

By: Atty. Rey Christian Guintibano on March 13,2025 In our article published on January 23, 2025, we discussed the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) Tax Compliance Verification Drive (TCVD), commonly known as tax mapping. One key requirement for Revenue Officers (ROs) to be able to conduct tax...

The need for gender equality in corporate boards

Written on March 6, 2025. Posted in MTF Articles, News, News and Updates.

By: Atty. Euney Marie Mata Perez on March 6,2025 SINCE March is Women’s Month, it’s timely to talk about gender equality and women representation in corporate boards. Gender equality is one of the sustainability goals of the United Nations. Ending all discrimination against women...

What Create More’s amendments mean

Written on February 27, 2025. Posted in MTF Articles, News, News and Updates.

By: Atty. Euney Marie Mata-Perez on February 27,2025 THE Department of Finance (DOF) and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) have released the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Create More Law (Republic Act 12066), which amended Title VIII of the National Internal Revenue Code...

Preserving the status quo

Written on February 20, 2025. Posted in MTF Articles, News, News and Updates.

By: Atty. Rio Krisel G. Bautista on February 20,2025 According to Section 1, Rule 58 of the Revised Rules on Civil Procedure, a writ of preliminary injunction is an order granted at any stage of an action, prior to the judgment or final order, requiring a party, court, agency or person to perform...

Guidelines in imposing VAT on digital services

Written on February 14, 2025. Posted in MTF Articles, News, News and Updates.

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (“BIR”) issued Revenue Regulations (RR) No. 3-2025 on January 16, 2025, the awaited regulations implementing the provisions of Republic Act (“RA”) No. 12023, which imposed a 12% value-added tax (“VAT”) on gross sales derived from the sale or exchange of digital services...

No to increase in taxes

Written on February 6, 2025. Posted in MTF Articles, News, News and Updates, Uncategorized.

By: Atty. Euney Marie J. Mata-Perez on February o6,2025 In our article published on January 9, 2025, we mentioned that we were hopeful for the passage of certain tax bills which are supposed to help boost our capital market, particularly (a) the PIFITA or the Passive Income and Financial Intermediary...