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Policy & Regulation
Analysis of policy and regulatory shifts, compliance tightening, and policy decisions that reshape industries and rewrite the rules of participation. Focused on structural consequences, not headlines.
BSP AI governance is voluntary on paper but sets a supervisory floor. Smaller banks and the AI vendors they rely on carry the cost of meeting it.
The unified PWD ID shifts verification to a central database, but the order sets no re-registration deadline, merchant duty or penalty. Here is who pays.
DOLE’s new foreign worker permit rules cut filing documents and end agent accreditation. Employers carry the risk, and other agencies’ approvals still apply.
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The PR kit tax rule is five years old. RMC 97-2021 treats kits sent for promotion as income, and brands hold the paperwork that decides which ones count.
The NTC’s 15-day SIM deactivation order targets holders of 100+ SIMs, but numbers tied to bank and wallet logins under another name carry the risk.
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The Court of Tax Appeals voided the online seller withholding tax rule on process grounds. Sellers still owe the income tax, and the BIR may reissue the rule after consultation.
The corn import quota rises by 280,000 MT, but the allocation guidelines, not the volume, decide which feed millers and corn growers gain or lose.
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DTI Trustmark vs BIR seal compared on legal basis, cost and rollout, and how DTI and the BIR both ended up pulling back their online badge mandates.
The 5% broken rice halt is a DA request tied to permit grades, and two seized Vietnam rice vessels show who pays when cargo and paper differ.
Customs Local Affairs Office puts BOC partnerships under the Commissioner. Port officials lose discretion and partners carry the reversal risk.
BIR suspends mandatory display of the registration badge until further notice. See who gains, who pays, and what RMC 113-2026 leaves unanswered.
The pork safeguard probe rests on an injury case the DA’s own September review undercuts, while importers and processors carry the cost of the tariff plan.
The new SSS president, Victor Limlingan, chaired the board risk committee until his appointment. Oversight moves to management as payouts outgrow collections.
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BIR withholding tax invoice rule under RR 6-2026 puts withheld amounts on the invoice face. Sellers carry the cost and buyers carry the record.
LTFRB denied motorcycle taxi accreditation to GrabBike and Dingdong RiderKo. Regional capacity narrows and riders carry the cost of the review.
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artificial sweetener tax sugar groups want in the ProGRESS bill meets a projected 10.3 percent cane output drop. Supply decides who pays ₱6 or ₱40.
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