The Philippines needs to optimize its tax laws to improve the collection of taxes on digital transactions, including those by foreign companies, to boost state revenues and help bridge a wide budget deficit, according to a new study.
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The government is being urged to pass a law that will deputize online platforms and payment systems as withholding agents as part of the tax policy framework for the digital economy, according to a study published by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies.