{"id":238857,"date":"2019-12-01T03:45:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T08:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=238857"},"modified":"2019-12-01T03:45:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T08:45:23","slug":"pogos-other-gaming-firms-required-to-pay-taxes-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/12\/01\/pogos-other-gaming-firms-required-to-pay-taxes-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"POGOs, other gaming firms required to pay taxes: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made this comment after President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday imposed a three-day deadline for delinquent POGOs to settle their tax liabilities or face sanctions. (File Photo: Malaca\u00f1ang\/Website<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— All gaming firms are required to pay their taxes and Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) are no exception, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made this comment after President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday imposed a three-day deadline for delinquent POGOs to settle their tax liabilities or face sanctions.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlam naman ng Tsina kung anong<\/em>\u00a0legal.\u00a0Kung ano ang<\/em>\u00a0legal, \u2018yun na \u2018yun. Kailangan sundin natin lahat<\/em>\u00a0(China knows what\u2019s legal. What\u2019s legal, that\u2019s it. We all need to comply with it),\u201d Panelo said in an interview over dzIQ.<\/p>\n

\u201cDi naman pu-puwede meron tayong<\/em>\u00a0exception.\u00a0Kung kailangan nila magbayad ng buwis, kailangan nila magbayad ng buwis<\/em>\u00a0(There are no exceptions. If they need to settle their taxes, they should settle their taxes),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo, meanwhile, said Duterte had no fears over upsetting China by releasing his order to go after delinquent POGOs.<\/p>\n

In an exclusive interview with CNN Philippines on Friday, Duterte warned that POGOs, which mostly employ Chinese nationals that would snub his order would face sanctions.<\/p>\n

“They are now ordered to register sa BIR at kumuha ng tag number. Now, I’m telling them, POGOs —\u00a0hindi lang it<\/em>o Chinese but Filipino, Filipino-Chinese — you better settle that utang (They are now ordered to register with the Bureau of Internal Revenue and get a tag number. Now, I’m telling them, POGOs — these are not only Chinese but also Filipino, Filipino-Chinese — you better settle those tax liabilities),” Duterte said.<\/p>\n

Duterte said he would not tolerate POGOs’ failure to pay proper taxes to the government.<\/p>\n

“Sinasabi ko na sa inyo, huwag ninyong lokohin ang Pilipino kasi ang Pilipino hindi luko-luko ‘ya<\/em>n (I am telling you. Do not fool Filipinos because Filipinos are not fools),” he said.<\/p>\n

The President\u2019s remarks came after a crackdown against tax-evading POGOS was launched in September with the BIR serving 130 demand letters to firms with tax liabilities amounting to PHP21.62 billion.<\/p>\n

To date, BIR has collected PHP1.63 billion in withdrawing taxes from POGOs from January to August this year, after collecting PHP175 million in 2017 and PHP579 million in 2018.<\/p>\n

Currently, there are over 200 POGO service providers with over 100,000 foreign workers operating in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

Since September, the BIR has already closed down the operations of tax-evading POGO firms Altech Innovations Business Outsourcing, Great Empire Gaming and Amusement Corp., and New Oriental Club88 for unpaid taxes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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