(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Thursday, June 29, said Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III’s proposal to give minimum wage earners P200 over a three-month period should be studied. Even then, Roque already showed he was cool to the idea, noting what he said would be the need for higher taxes for the proposal to push through. “Pero kung magbibigay na naman tayo ng benepisyo, ibig sabihin saan natin kukunin ‘yung ibibigay natin […]
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SC orders tax refund for minimum wage earners
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Supreme Court ordered the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Department of Finance (DOF) to give minimum wage earners a tax refund from July – December 2008 as provided by the Republic Act 9504 exempting minimum wage earners from personal income tax, including their bonuses, overtime pay and night shift differentials. Eagle News Service





