{"id":198194,"date":"2019-01-18T01:27:29","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T06:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=198194"},"modified":"2019-01-18T01:27:29","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T06:27:29","slug":"dfa-monitoring-impact-of-italys-money-remittance-tax-on-ofws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/18\/dfa-monitoring-impact-of-italys-money-remittance-tax-on-ofws\/","title":{"rendered":"DFA monitoring impact of Italy’s money remittance tax on OFWs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The remittance tax of 1.5 percent will be imposed on top of the service charge migrants pay for money transfer transactions to non-EU nations, which includes the Philippines. (File Photo:<\/a> Kelvin Servigon\/Flickr,<\/a> CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday it will monitor Italy’s impending imposition of a new remittance tax on non-European Union (EU) states and its effect on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) sending money to the country.<\/p>\n

The remittance tax of 1.5 percent will be imposed on top of the service charge migrants pay for money transfer transactions to non-EU nations, which includes the Philippines.<\/p>\n

Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Elmer Cato said the tax decree is not yet fully implemented, but “the Philippine Embassy in Rome is continuously monitoring the matter.”<\/p>\n

According to Cato, Italian law still requires the issuance of implementing regulations within 60 days upon entry into force of the law, which was passed on December 17, 2018.<\/p>\n

Some 170,000 Filipinos are working in Italy, majority of whom are in the domestic services sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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