Value-added taxes could promote healthier, more sustainable diets
No value-added taxes (VAT) on fruit and vegetables, but increased VAT on meat and milk would have a positive effect on ...
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Tax Notes: VAT refund for non-resident foreign tourists
The Philippines has taken a step to boost tourism and enhance the shopping experience for international visitors through ...
Why is VAT being added to private school fees?
VAT is now being added to private school fees after new rules came into force on 1 January. The government plans to spend the ...
What is a national consumption tax? Here's how it differs from income tax.
Consumption tax is a tax on goods or services – what you spend, rather than what you earn. In the U.S., consumption tax comes ...
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BIR exempts securities, assets transfer from tax
THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has ruled to exempt from taxation the transfer of assets and the issuance and transfer of securities.  Signed by Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto, Revenue ...
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FG can retain VAT as it is – Oyedele
The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has said it is possible for the ...
Indonesia Waters Down Planned VAT Hike In Last-Minute Move
Indonesia scaled back its planned increase in the value-added tax rate just hours before it was set to take effect on January ...
‘Time for change’: Labour to fund state schools with private school tax revenue
After years of worsening educational inequalities, from January 1, private schools will have to pay 20 percent value added ...
UK to tax private schools in $1.9 B boost to public education
The U.K. will end a tax exemption for private schools Wednesday, the center-left Labour government has announced, in a move ...