THE NATIONAL issue of “endo” (short for end-of-contract or the termination of a worker’s fixed short-term employment) has been in the limelight for some time now, but has not seen its conclusion yet.
MANY tax laws have been passed that affect Filipinos’ purchasing power. Not much effort was previously observed among lawmakers to lessen Juan dela Cruz’s tax burden—not until Duterte’s administration. Republic Act (RA) No. 10963 or Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) was signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte on December 19, 2017. The signing of the TRAIN law is a much-awaited gift in time for the holidays and new year.
A shift in risk management priorities Today’s senior leaders face a range of complex, interconnected and fast-evolving risks. Few of these are as critical and so poorly understood as the risk of cyber-attack.
MOST of us are being kept busy by two things—the First Quarter operations report and the tax filing deadline on April 15. And this being the Philippines, we’ll also be engrossed watching and listening to the candidates campaigning for their respective positions. Thus, it is understandable that only a few have given attention to the additional information being required of individual taxpayers for their Income Tax Return for calendar year 2015.
Businesses across Europe have greater concern about the prospect of the UK leaving the EU than Greece leaving the eurozone, according to new research from Grant Thornton. This comes just as the UK is about to go the polls in an election where a potential EU referendum is a major policy battleground, and just ahead of Greece’s deadline to repay almost €1billion to the International Monetary Fund in May.
