{"id":244851,"date":"2020-02-13T20:23:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T01:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=244851"},"modified":"2020-02-13T20:23:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T01:23:02","slug":"malacanang-vows-to-go-after-tax-delinquent-pogos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/02\/13\/malacanang-vows-to-go-after-tax-delinquent-pogos\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaca\u00f1ang vows to go after tax-delinquent POGOs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_187138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187138\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44764884_750918238576564_2161374800595910656_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-187138\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44764884_750918238576564_2161374800595910656_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44764884_750918238576564_2161374800595910656_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44764884_750918238576564_2161374800595910656_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44764884_750918238576564_2161374800595910656_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44764884_750918238576564_2161374800595910656_n-20x13.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-187138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said President Rodrigo Duterte will not allow POGOs to defy his order to pay the right taxes to the government. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PresSpokespersonPH\/photos\/a.397841807217544\/750918231909898\/?type=3&amp;amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PresSpokespersonPH\/\">Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The government will punish tax-delinquent Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), Malaca\u00f1ang said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said President Rodrigo Duterte will not allow POGOs to defy his order to pay the right taxes to the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;ll run after them. Very clear\u00a0<em>naman si Presidente doon, eh<\/em>\u00a0(The President is very clear on that). No sacred cows in this government. You owe the government? We&#8217;ll run after you,\u201d Panelo said in a Palace press conference.<\/p>\n<p>His statement came after the government failed to collect at least PHP50 billion in taxes from POGOs in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Presently, around 60 POGOs have been allowed by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) to operate in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Bureau of Internal Revenue Deputy Commissioner Sixto Dy Jr. said at a Senate hearing held Tuesday that the bureau should have collected an estimated PHP50 billion from the online gaming operators last year.<\/p>\n<p>Dy, however, noted that the BIR only collected PHP5 billion out of the PHP50 billion tax revenue expected to be generated from POGOs.<\/p>\n<p>Panelo said online gaming operators who fail to settle their tax obligations will be subject to prosecution.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWalang sinisino si Presidente, eh. Basta nagkamali ka, meron kang transgression, hindi ka palulusutin<\/em>\u00a0(There is no sacred cow for the President. If you commit a mistake or transgression, he will not let it pass),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>To recall, Duterte told non-paying POGOs to pay the correct amount of taxes to the government.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the BIR issued a temporary halt order on the operations of at least four firms operating as POGO service providers.<\/p>\n<p>Pagcor has also imposed a moratorium on new licenses for POGOs, until issues hounding the operations of online gaming are addressed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The government will punish tax-delinquent Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), Malaca\u00f1ang said on Thursday. 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