Taxwise or Otherwise

"Taxwise or Otherwise" discusses the latest developments in tax and business law in the Philippines. It also dissects current issues affecting the business community, including policy development.

Writers are taken from a pool of business and tax consultants of Isla Lipana & Co., the Philippine member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers global network. Columns regularly appear in the BusinessWorld newspaper.

Latest column

Non habemus decisione (14 March 2013)

COMING from a trip abroad, a co-worker gave me a box of Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Beans. Harry Potter fans would recognize this as a popular jelly bean candy from the fictional wizarding world with the ominous tag line -- "a risk with every mouthful".

 

Columns

Non habemus decisione (14 March 2013)

Trade compliance -- at what cost? (4 October 2012)

Security deposit -- clarifying the enigma (9 August 2012)

Monetization Program of Outstanding VAT Tax Credit Certificate (7 June 2012)

A retro topic: Retroactivity of rulings (22 September 2011)

Amusement tax ordinances on the rise (2 September 2011)

Like Father; Like Son (3 February 2011)

Tax treatment for cooperatives (20 January 2011)

Time for partnership (13 January 2011)