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Lilian Hefti, was head of the BIR who assumed office in September 2007, but resigned in October 2008, for health reasons. [5] [6] On October 20, 2008, she was replaced by Sixto Esquivias, who served as deputy commissioner. [7] The Bureau currently has more than 75 BIR Forms [8] and tax classification for different professionals and businesses.
On the other hand, consumption taxes, in the form of higher excise tax on tobacco products, petroleum products, automobiles, tobacco, and additional excise tax on sweetened beverages and non-essential, invasive cosmetic procedures were introduced. It also expanded the VAT base by repealing exemption provisions in numerous special laws.
The value-added tax (VAT) rate since 2006 is 12%. [2] [5] The new VAT threshold was changed from Php 1,919,500 to Php 3,000,000 [6] [7] as a result of the passage of the Tax Reform for Inclusion and Acceleration (TRAIN) Law.
A value-added tax (VAT or goods and services tax (GST), general consumption tax (GCT)) is a consumption tax that is levied on the value added at each stage of a product's production and distribution. VAT is similar to, and is often compared with, a sales tax.
Fiscal incentives include: income tax holiday for a certain number of years, which translates to 100% exemption from corporate income tax; tax and duty-free importation of raw materials, capital equipment, machineries and spare parts; exemption from wharfage dues and export tax, impost or fees; VAT zero-rating of local purchases subject to ...
A value-added tax identification number or VAT identification number (VATIN [1]) is an identifier used in many countries, including the countries of the European Union, for value-added tax purposes. In the EU, a VAT identification number can be verified online at the EU's official VIES [2] website. It confirms that the number is currently ...
Non-tax revenues fluctuate much more from one year to another than taxes — three times as much in the European Union, [7] and slightly less than that for the globe as a whole. [8] Many countries in Africa can report changes in non-tax revenue of over 35 percent from one year to another due to variations in the price of their natural resources ...
Bir Tawil, a small area along the border between Egypt and Sudan which is claimed by neither country; Bir Tibetan Colony, Tibetan refugee settlement in the town of Bir in Himachal Pradesh, India; Bir Tungal, Hill area in Himachal Pradesh, India; Beed, Maharashtra, India, also known as Bir; Birecik, town on the Euphrates in Turkey, also known as Bir