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Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel III threw his strong support behind proposals for higher compensation for teachers and poll workers and renewed his call that these election-related benefits and allowances be tax-exempt. “Napakahalaga ng gampanin ng mga guro sa pagseseguro ng malinis maayos at matiwasay na halalan sa 2025. Sa mga ‘hot spots’ na lugar […]
Senator Risa Hontiveros is urging the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) not to implement a higher withholding tax on the compensation of teachers doing poll duties in the coming national and local elections. Hontiveros disclosed that a number of teachers tapped for election duties have been blindsided by the […]
A House lawmaker representing teachers urged the Senate to swiftly pass a measure exempting election servers such as members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) from having their honoraria subjected to income and other withholding taxes. In a statement, ACT Teachers Representative France Castro said imposing a tax on the honoraria and allowances of […]
With roughly a month to go before the end of the rgistration for the 2022 polls, Senator Win Gatchalian pushes anew for the tax exemption of teachers’ election honoraria. In 2019, Gatchalian filed Senate Bill No.1193, which seeks to seeks to exclude from gross income and exempt from taxation the honoraria, travel allowance, and other […]
The House of Representatives on Monday approved on final reading a measure exempting election servers such as members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) from having their honoraria subjected to income and other withholding taxes. With 202 affirmative votes, 0 negative votes, and no abstention, the chamber passed on third reading House Bill 9652, […]
An educators’ group hailed the approval of the House of Representatives on Second Reading of a measure that would exempt the compensation received by poll workers from income and other withholding taxes. House Bill No. 9652, which was approved through voice voting, seeks to amend the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997 to exclude election-related […]
A measure exempting election servers, such as members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs), from having their honoraria subjected to income and other withholding taxes was approved on second reading at the House of Representatives. The chamber approved through voice voting House Bill 9852 that would provide income tax exemption to compensation of BEIs […]
A House of Representatives panel has approved a measure exempting election workers such as members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) from having their honoraria or allowances subjected to income and other withholding taxes. During a virtual hearing, the House Ways and Means Committee approved an unnumbered substitute bill that would provide income tax […]
As the registration for the May 2022 polls opened on January 20, Senator Win Gatchalian is urgently calling for the passage of a bill granting tax exemption to the honoraria, transportation allowance, and other benefits of poll workers, especially public school teachers. Gatchalian’s proposed measure, Senate Bill 1193, introduces amendments to the National Internal Revenue […]