THE Department of Finance (DOF) expressed the hope that the implementation of Philippine Financial Reporting Standards (PFRS) 4 will enlighten lawmakers about state pension funds. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said this after members of the press asked him about the possible impact on the Government Service Insurance System…
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III (File photo) MANILA - Social benefit liabilities of government social institutions (GSIs) like the Social Security System (SSS), the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) have ballooned to PHP9.935 trillion in 2020 from PHP153.59 billion in 2019. This as the GSIs fully complied with the Philippine Financial Reporting Standards (PFRS) 4, said Department of Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III in a briefing Friday. Dominguez said the PFRS 4 is the current and interim accounting standard imposed on insurance entities in the country. "(W)hen an insurance entity receives money from its members and enters in a contract to provide their members monetary obligations when certain events occurred, it has to set aside a reserve to cover that liability," Dominguez said. He added that private insurance institutions have been complying with this accounting system since 2005. On the c
The Department of Finance (DOF) has directed three government social institutions (GSIs) to fully comply with the Philippine Financial Reporting Standards (PFRS) 4 in reporting their social benefit liabilities (SBLs). In a briefing, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said on Friday, Dec.
The combined total liability of government social institutions (GSI) Social Security System (SSS), the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) ballooned to P9.94 trillion in 2020 from only P154 billion in 2019 following their full compliance to proper accounting standards. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez…
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III (File photo) MANILA - Social benefit liabilities of government social institutions (GSIs) like the Social Security System (SSS), the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) have ballooned to PHP9.935 trillion in 2020 from PHP153.59 billion in 2019. This as the GSIs fully complied with the Philippine Financial Reporting Standards (PFRS) 4, said Department of Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III in a briefing Friday. Dominguez said the PFRS 4 is the current and interim accounting standard imposed on insurance entities in the country. "(W)hen an insurance entity receives money from its members and enters in a contract to provide their members monetary obligations when certain events occurred, it has to set aside a reserve to cover that liability," Dominguez said. He added that private insurance institutions have been complying with this accounting system since 2005. On the c