IN LINE with Republic Act (RA) 10771, otherwise known as the Philippine Green Jobs Act of 2016, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has issued Revenue Regulations (RR) 5-2019 to clarify the coverage and tax perks of taxpayers who provide “green jobs.”
In the Christian scriptures, Jesus shared this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else: “Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity — greedy, dishonest, adulterous — or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income. But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’ I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
In today’s world of social media and technology, we expect many things to be instant. We do not accept failure, because we live in a world that will just easily give us another option. We do not want to look back and try again, because we know that there are so many alternatives available to us, rather than to stick and give a chance to the options where we first experienced failure. We live in a world where we can control the outcome and make our lives easier, even though it means forgetting how to live a meaningful and satisfying life.
Two days ago, we experienced a magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Luzon. Another one hit Visayas yesterday. From what has already been reported, there are a number of casualties mostly in Central Luzon and Eastern Samar.
Every year, Lent — which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Black Saturday — is observed by Christians all over the country. For many devout Christians, the season of Lent is a time for repentance, prayer, and self-reflection to strengthen one’s relationship with God.
April 16 or ‘the day after’: a day most auditors and accountants will consider as the start of their temporary emancipation because the tax deadline has passed. Temporary, however, because unless we shift careers, we will face the tax deadline again next year.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has issued Revenue Regulations (RR) No. 4-2019 last April 5, 2019 to provide guidelines for processing tax amnesty on tax delinquencies.
One spring afternoon nearly 2,000 years ago, a Roman centurion watched three men die slow, agonizing deaths. That soldier especially noted one of them — Jesus Christ. Jesus had been nailed to a wooden stake. The midday sky blackened as the moment of his death approached. When Jesus died, the earth shook violently, and the soldier exclaimed, “Certainly, this man was God’s Son.”
