Finance

BSP open to more foreign currency trading platforms

MANILA -- A ranking Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) official said monetary officials are open to the creation of additional Peso-foreign currency trading platforms to ease business transactions by skipping the use...

BSP open to more currency pair trading

MANILA -- A memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the ratification of renminbi trading in the Philippines is set to be signed next week and similar pacts for trading other currency pairs are...

BSP cuts 7-day, 28-day TDF offering for next week’s auction

MANILA -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) cut the offering for the seven and 28-day Term Deposit Facilities (TDF) in its auction on October 31, 2018. The offering for the seven-day facility...

TRAIN’s 2018 revenue target cut

MANILA -- Economic managers have reduced the revenue goal from the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law this year, mainly because of the delayed implementation of electronic invoicing (e-invoicing) and...

No to extending sunset provision of TEZ incentives: Dominguez

MANILA -- Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has opposed an extension of the period, wherein companies in Tourism Enterprise Zones (TEZs) may avail of government incentives. Republic Act (RA) 9593, otherwise known as...

VAT collections to soften brunt of oil excise tax hike suspension

MANILA — Value added tax (VAT) collections from petroleum products are expected to partially compensate for lost government revenues arising from a suspension of the oil excise tax hike scheduled for 2019. Finance...

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