MANILA, Philippines — Taxes collected from the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (Pogos) for January 2021 has decreased by 68.63 percent as compared to collections in the same month last year, owing to an exodus of Chinese workers due to taxation issues and the rise of COVID-19 cases here, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said on Thursday.
According to BIR deputy commissioner Arnel Guballa, tax collections from Pogos in January this year was only at P327 million, which is significantly lower than the P1.043 billion collection in the same month in 2020.
“So there was a decrease of P715 million or a decrease of 68.63 percent,” he said during the hearing of the Senate Committ…
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