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Sunday, September 20, 2009 |
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SPECIAL REPORT: MAGNA CARTA FOR INFORMAL SECTOR
(IS)
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Analysts: Informal sector to add P70-P100B to govt |
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Dr. Victor Abola of the economics department of the University of
Asia & the Pacific (UA&P), which has done an indepth study
on the informal sector, has told The Manila Times that every year
the government loses up to P100 billion in revenues from the
informal sector.
This amount is made up of about P30 billion in
unpaid value added taxes in informal transactions, unpaid business
permits and registration fees and such things.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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For decades, IS has kept expanding as
joblessness grows, formal sector shrinks
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The informal sector expands as more Filipinos become jobless and
companies close down or downsize and the National Economic and
Development Authority (NEDA) sees more of this happening.
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The MAGCAISA drive for a Magna Carta for IS workers
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Through the years, the advocacy to enact a Magna Carta for informal
sector workers has gained ground and strength.
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Benefits workers will get from the Magna Carta
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According to a presentation by Josephine Parilla, one of our
country’s staunchest advocates of the rights, dignity and
equitable treatment of workers in the informal sector and a moving
spirit of PATAMABA (the Pambansang Kalipunan...
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BIR moves to persuade informal entrepreneurs to
rear their heads
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IF luring the informal sector entrepreneurs and workers to join the
formal economy will add up to P100 billion to government revenues
annually, why doesn’t the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) do
something about it?
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