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Published every Tuesday in BusinessWorld, the "Let's Talk Tax" column seeks to advance thought leadership and advocacy on tax issues and provide relevant tax information to the public.

This weekly column features articles by partners and managers of P&A’s Tax Advisory & Compliance Division.

2012 Let's Talk Tax Archive:

December

Stock transaction tax or capital gains tax?

Tax treatment of financial instruments

Effectivity of BIR issuances

November

Pre-audit of annual income tax returns

Membership fees and tax issues

Guidelines affecting the advertising industry

VAT on sale of adjacent real properties

October

Depreciating the taxpayer's rights

Minimizing tax risks on tax assessment

ASEAN economic integration

Tax on campaign contributions

Appealing an assessment

September

Irrevocability rule on income tax

Taxation under AEC 2015

VAT audit checklist for non-large taxpayers

VAT audit program for large taxpayers

August

ASEAN Economic Community in 2015?

Branch securities deposit: boon or bane?

Recent issuances on clubs and senior citizens

Simplifying the VAT invoice system

July

When best evidence obtainable isn't at its best

Determining who is (and is not) an employee

Animus donandi or donative intent of parents

Cash for your VAT TCCs

June

Taxing joint ventures

100 tax evasion cases

Deductibility of donations

Reckoning of the two-year prescriptive period revisited

No new taxes - just new interpretations

May

Appealing BIR assessment at the CTA

Ambiguity with NOLCO

Attracting investments

Substantiating losses from destruction of goods or assets

Wage hike: Is it the only option?

April

From an employee to a self-employed

Old BIR rulings are no longer binding

Clarifying withholding tax on minerals

Protect your worldwide income from double taxation

March

Tax treatment of liquidating dividends in limbo

The tax multiplier effect of the new IAET rules

Beyond the limits of authority

How can a credit card protect a taxpayer from tax assessment?

February

Significant tax changes

Revocation of BIR Rulings

BIR's net worth method and tax fraud

January

Update for PEZA firms

Taxation of sale of listed shares

Renewal of business permits for PEZA-registered enterprises

Starting the year right

The year in review

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Press Room Highlights

Transfer pricing regulations issued
The transfer pricing regulations implementing Section 50 of the Tax Code on the power to distribute, apportion or allocation gross income or deductions between or among related organizations has been issued by the BIR. Please see attached copy of . . . Read More »»

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