CITIRA Bill
Foreign business groups back calls for Peza...
4 September, 2019 at 11:31
The Joint Foreign Chambers of the Philippines (JFC), whose members have more than $30 billion worth of investments in the country, is asking lawmakers to exempt the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza) from a move to rationalize tax incentives.
[PRESS STATEMENT] Joint Foreign Chambers support to...
3 September, 2019 at 15:42
The Joint Foreign Chambers support the amendment to exempt PEZA from HB 4157 CITIRA because it preserves the immense gains over several decades of PEZA as a reliable and competitive administrative option for our investors seeking a foreign location for their manufacturing and IT/BPO projects.
‘CITIRA, easing foreign ownership crucial to FDI...
29 August, 2019 at 11:07
The immediate passage of the CITIRA (Corporate Income Tax and Incentives Rationalization Act) bill and the further easing of restrictions on foreign investments will enable FDI to recover after the record slowdown in May, economic managers and bank economists said yesterday.
TRABAHO measures to require only one hearing...
5 August, 2019 at 09:02
Representative Jose Ma. C. Salceda, who chairs the Ways and Means Committee, said that some of the 28 laws proposed by business groups can be expedited because they were passed on third reading by the previous Congress.
