Proposed memo establishes protocol for issuing alert orders in PH
The draft customs administrative order (CAO) that operationalizes how alert orders are to be issued and processed in the Philippines has been released by…
Draft order activating PH advance ruling system for I/E goods issued
The draft administrative order operationalizing provisions on advance rulings under the Philippine Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) has been released for stakeholders’ review.…
Draft memo aims to set in motion new PH de minimis rule
A draft Customs Administrative Order (CAO) that operationalizes the de minimis rule under the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) has been released by…
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) needs about P5.21 billion over three years beginning 2017 to modernize its technology environment as decreed by the…
Court case hamstrings implementation of CMTA provision on automation
While the new Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) has mandated automation at the Bureau of Customs (BOC), this may not see immediate implementation…
Weekly consults on Customs Modernization Act IRR starts Aug 25
Fourteen priority provisions under the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) have been selected by the Philippine Department of Finance (DOF) and its attached…
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on May 30 signed into law the long-awaited Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA). Republic Act (RA) No. 10863 or…
Philippine Customs deputy commissioner for Assessment and Operations Coordinating Group (AOCG) Atty Agaton Teodoro Uvero has been detailed to the Department of Finance (DOF) to…
PH Senate vows to approve Customs modernization act early next year
The Philippine Senate vows to approve the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) when it resumes sessions next year. Senate president Franklin Drilon said…
PH Senate oks on 2nd reading Customs modernization act
The Philippine Senate last night approved on second reading Senate Bill 2968 or the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA). The Department of Finance…
Bill raising tax exemption for balikbayan boxes folded into draft CMTA
Overseas Filipino workers and their families in the Philippines may soon no longer have to worry about paying taxes on their balikbayan (personal effects)…
