The Philippines government has established the primary basis for a comprehensive tax reform package that is part of a wider ambitious plan for national development. Emmanuel P Bonoan, vice chairman and chief operating officer of KPMG R.G. Manabat & Co, and former undersecretary of the Philippines Department of Finance (DoF), examines the provisions of package 1 of the tax reform, which will affect multinational corporations (MNCs) and major industries.
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