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From pricing and reputational risks to the threat of systems overload and cash flow disruption, indirect taxation is nothing like as easy as it seems. So how do you manage the hidden complexities of indirect taxation?

There may be a storm brewing in some of the world’s largest economies as businesses come to terms with a skilled worker shortage. Are technology and mobility two options for businesses struggling to find talent?

After all the firecrackers have been lit, after all the food have been eaten, and once all the noises have dissipated, we remember that we now have to turn the pages of our calendars or replace them with new ones. We face another new year filled with unknown challenges and surprises. There is also the realization that, while the year is definitely new, we, on the other hand, have gotten older and fallen prey to the unstoppable hands of time once again. Isn’t it ironic that one of the most accepted symbols of the new year is an infant in a top hat, sash, and diaper? The Baby New Year is an avatar of optimism as the clock ticks down to midnight on December 31. The infant symbolizes on top of everything associated with it humanity’s desire to forever hang on to youthfulness. The reality of it, however, is that every new year we grow older; we age.

On December 25, Christmas Day: Filipino families will gather in their homes to share sumptuous food and exchange gifts under the bright and colorful lights of Christmas lanterns.

For someone to be forgiven, the truth must first be told. Be it in a quarrel between lovers, wrongdoing by a child, or even in confession to a priest, you must first admit the truth before being forgiven.

UNDER Republic Act 10963 or the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (Train) Law, a taxpayer may file an application for value-added tax (VAT) refund when there is excess input VAT within two years after the close of the taxable quarter when such sales were made.

I just finished reading the book The Wealth of Humans: Work, Power, and Status in the 21st Century by American journalist Ryan Avent. It took me 10 months to finish the book. My son who gave me the book as a Christmas gift in 2017 was shocked to find out around the third week of October that I have not finished reading the book yet. The excuse I gave him was that the book was quite heavy. Avent admitted in the epilogue that his book is rather gloomy at parts. The Wealth of Humans will probably go down my personal history as the book that took me longest to finish reading.

IN RESPONSE to the protection of rights and continuous development of the welfare of occupationally disabled workers, the Social Security System (SSS) issued SSS Circular 2018-023 to inform all employees’ compensation (EC) pensioners of their entitlement to additional benefits