BOC rolls out implementing rules for consolidated balikbayan box shipments
Just in time for the holidays, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) has issued rules for the simplified customs clearance procedures covering consolidated shipment of…
BOC extends suspension of rules on balikbayan box imports
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has extended the suspension of its 2016 guidelines implementing duty- and tax-free importation of consolidated balikbayan boxes until…
Guidelines implementing tax-free importation of balikbayan boxes on hold
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has temporarily suspended its guidelines implementing duty- and tax-free importation of consolidated balikbayan boxes due to complaints by overseas…
BOC order applies conditional tax, duty exemption on returning OFWs’ imports
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has released the guidelines implementing conditional tax and duty exemption on the importations of returning Philippine residents and returning…
Duty-, tax-free privilege for balikbayan boxes starts August
After months of delay, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and Filipinos residing abroad may start sending August 1 their balikbayan (personal effects) boxes to the…
Auction winner agrees to sell overstaying balikbayan boxes to owners
Some 400 balikbayan (personal effects from overseas Filipino workers) boxes overstaying at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) since March 2016 will be released to…
Customs modernization act may be signed into law this week – Lina
The Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) may be signed into law by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III this week, Customs commissioner Alberto Lina…
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)…
