The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has issued updated guidelines prescribing a revised checklist of documentary requirements for registration-related frontline services through Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) No. 74-2025. This initiative is aligned with the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018, aiming to streamline processes and minimise delays in taxpayer transactions. The BIR emphasised that only applications with complete documentation will be processed, while incomplete or deficient submissions will not be entertained.

When we encounter number 13, at times, we kind of gasp because of the historical and cultural belief in some regions around the world about it being unlucky. However, during the holiday season in the Philippines, all fear is gone and 13 somehow becomes everyone’s favorite number!

The holiday season is here! Parties, gift shopping, and year-end deadlines are piling up. Thus, the Christmas lyric, “You better watch out, you better not cry…” rings true. Because after the holiday cheer, LGU deadlines are waiting for business owners and taxpayers.

It was the early 2000s, and I was preparing to fight one of the greatest battles of my childhood. My heart is pounding in my chest, every sense sharpened by the countless hours I had spent preparing for this moment. I had endured setbacks and trained tirelessly again and again. This was it: the ultimate test of patience and skill. But this scene wasn’t a battlefield marked by war and chaos. Instead, my opponent was the final boss in one of the most iconic video games of the 90s.