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)…

BOC seeks 4.7% higher budget for 2016

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is proposing a 2016 budget of P3.2 billion, 4.7% higher than this year’s P3.056 billion. The agency said the…