Self-Employed Evade P106B in Taxes

**mazdamazda** · November 4th, 2005 08:45 AM

Shame on you!!!

To put it into perspective...

P106B can be used to implement an across the board wage hike of P10,000/month for ALL government employees (and minimize the "need" for government employees to do under the table transactions).

P106B can also cut in half our budget deficit for the year.

Self-employed evade P106 billion in taxes

The implementation of the EVAT is causing many people to groan in pain, and it would certainly make the pain more bearable if government also went after wealthy, self-employed entrepreneurs. According to Negros Oriental Rep. Herminio Teves, the government has been losing as much as P106 billion yearly because only 47 centavos out of every peso in income tax owed
by these self-employed individuals is being collected by the BIR. Out of the P96.7 billion personal income taxes collected by the BIR in 2004, only P12.41 billion or a measly 12.9 percent came from self-employed businessmen. The bulk of the individual income tax payments came from salaried employees. The Philippine Institute of Development Studies estimates that government has been collecting only 47 percent of the full potential taxes owed by the self-employed, while the Department of Finance pegs the annual figure at P98.95 billion. Teves recommended checking the assessor’s office for data on these self-employed individuals‚ personal wealth to help the BIR track down tax evaders.

**KCboy** · November 4th, 2005 09:17 AM

wow!!!!!!! government talaga d makuntento......mismo yung presidente nga nangungurakot......panay pahirap na lang sa maga pilipino. PGMA..shame on you!!!

**mazdamazda** · November 4th, 2005 09:21 AM

:confused:

What does PGMA have to do with businessmen / professionals not paying the right taxes?

If the people doesn't pay the right taxes, then they don't have any freaking right to complain about graft and corruption in the first place.

The graft & corruption problem isn't just because of the government... it is also because of us Filipinos.

**GlennSter** · November 4th, 2005 09:58 AM

i wonder how they got these figures.
i can proudly say that our business is legal.hindi nagtatagal ang mga business sa tabi namin na hindi nagbabayad ng tamang buwis..huli agad eh..matinik BIR sa area namin,.

pero come to think of it...i dont think it's the self employed who should take the blame...and the SHAME lahat lahat.they are the middle class...which is actually beginning to die and put a big gap between the upper and the lower class. kailangan sila nga ang alagaan ng gobyerno. pero actually, tingnan mo, sila rin yata ang may pinakamalaking tax na binabayaran sa gobyerno.

i dont know..something just doesn't feel right sa report.i dont know..is it because we are self employed?that it's the only side na nakikita namin?

but the one who wrote it might also be employed in a company and never have experienced having his own business.never having to experience how hard and expensive it is for us to pay the right taxes.kung alam niyo lang kung magkano binagayaran sa tax...ibang klase.

**BlueBimmer** · November 4th, 2005 10:09 AM

yes, hindi ata 100% accurate yan. all sectors should change, not just the self employed, tulong tulong lang naman yan e, hindi yung isa lang magbabago then magic na agad ang result.

**woodfire** · November 4th, 2005 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by GlennSter

i wonder how they got these figures.
i can proudly say that our business is legal.hindi nagtatagal ang mga business sa tabi namin na hindi nagbabayad ng tamang buwis..huli agad eh..matinik BIR sa area namin,.

pero come to think of it...i dont think it's the self employed who should take the blame...and the SHAME lahat lahat.they are the middle class...which is actually beginning to die and put a big gap between the upper and the lower class. kailangan sila nga ang alagaan ng gobyerno. pero actually, tingnan mo, sila rin yata ang may pinakamalaking tax na binabayaran sa gobyerno.

i dont know..something just doesn't feel right sa report.i dont know..is it because we are self employed?that it's the only side na nakikita namin?

but the one who wrote it might also be employed in a company and never have experienced having his own business.never having to experience how hard and expensive it is for us to pay the right taxes.kung alam niyo lang kung magkano binagayaran sa tax...ibang klase.

The middle class is carrying the burden actually! If you study deeply the tax structure of the country particularly the EVAT, talagang anti-entreprenuer (small and medium-sized) and very regressive! Well, I won't delve on this anymore than necessary.

**caloyski5** · November 4th, 2005 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by GlennSter

but the one who wrote it might also be employed in a company and never have experienced having his own business.never having to experience how hard and expensive it is for us to pay the right taxes.kung alam niyo lang kung magkano binagayaran sa tax...ibang klase.

korek ka diyan kOya. . .wala ako pang goodies tuloy sa kotse ko

**A121** · November 4th, 2005 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by GlennSter

i wonder how they got these figures.
i can proudly say that our business is legal.hindi nagtatagal ang mga business sa tabi namin na hindi nagbabayad ng tamang buwis..huli agad eh..matinik BIR sa area namin,.

pero come to think of it...i dont think it's the self employed who should take the blame...and the SHAME lahat lahat.they are the middle class...which is actually beginning to die and put a big gap between the upper and the lower class. kailangan sila nga ang alagaan ng gobyerno. pero actually, tingnan mo, sila rin yata ang may pinakamalaking tax na binabayaran sa gobyerno.

i dont know..something just doesn't feel right sa report.i dont know..is it because we are self employed?that it's the only side na nakikita namin?

but the one who wrote it might also be employed in a company and never have experienced having his own business.never having to experience how hard and expensive it is for us to pay the right taxes.kung alam niyo lang kung magkano binagayaran sa tax...ibang klase.

yes this is very true. The middle class carries all the burden in taxation. In the US, inaalagaan nila ang middle class. Yung pinsan ko na nagtatrabaho ay kinakaltasan ng 40% in tax!

However, the majority of the population is poor and they are a big chunk of voters which choose our leaders. Haaaaaaaaaaaay.....

**wowiesy** · November 4th, 2005 09:53 PM

Originally Posted by A121

yes this is very true. The middle class carries all the burden in taxation. In the US, inaalagaan nila ang middle class. Yung pinsan ko na nagtatrabaho ay kinakaltasan ng 40% in tax!

However, the majority of the population is poor and they are a big chunk of voters which choose our leaders. Haaaaaaaaaaaay.....

isa pa yan... with the way the system is here in pinas... ano kaya ang kalalabasan kung sa bawat piso na tax na bayad mo eh isang boto for an official? yung malaki ang magbayad ang syang mag co control ng bansa? businesses / rich people (who pay the right taxes) will have control over the nation? hmm..

**russpogi** · November 5th, 2005 02:30 AM

Originally Posted by A121

...the majority of the population is poor and they are a big chunk of voters which choose our leaders. Haaaaaaaaaaaay.....

Dapat siguro mag-require ng ITR ang COMELEC bago bumoto!!! Masakit man sabihin, silang nasa low-income and especially the NO INCOME Filipinos yung puro reklamo sa gobyerno, eh n*mp*t* di naman sila nagbabayad ng tax!!! Isa pang masakit dun eh sa kinikita ko, ang laki ng tax ko (pang-dagdag ko na sana sa tuition ko) tapos makikita ko lang na hindi sa tamang paraan ginagamit ng gobyerno yung binabayad ko/natin sa kanila! p*t*ng!n*ng gobyerno to!!! :fire: