Comments on: Western Union Privacy Policy Is Simply BS

By: Raymund

Raymund — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 05:43:01 +0000

…naku baa malaman ng BIR..kawawa tayo… puro na lang tax

By: Gracie

Gracie — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:16:15 +0000

yay, i didn’t notice that… anyway, thanks for the heads up.. probably, i would just be using the other option which is payment by check..

By: Bingkay

Bingkay — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:38:09 +0000

Nyah! Ngayon ko lang nalaman. Meron pa lang ganun sa kanila. Obviously hindi na nagbabasa, sign nalang ng sign. Hahaha! Thanks sa info.

By: Lito | TheFilipinoEntrepreneur.Com

Lito | TheFilipinoEntrepreneur.Com — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:38:02 +0000

@marl
You are right that BIR won’t chase bloggers because the is “no clear clear cut understanding of the matter (ecommerce)”. I will quote from the Virtual Law Journal:

3.4 Enforcement and monitoring of electronic commerce
At present, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (“BIR”) has not issued any regulations regarding electronic commerce. Without any guidelines and a clear cut understanding of the matter, it is difficult to predict how the BIR will manage to enforce the relevant tax provisions in respect of electronic commerce. It is reasonable to assume that until such time as pertinent legislation is introduced in the Philippines, electronic commerce may very well continue unrestricted and unimpeded by any form of taxation from the Philippine government.

Source: http://www.virtuallawjournal.net/?nodeid=33&lang=en

Besides, the are lots of offline big fishes out there to focus there attention.

By: marl

marl — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:54:53 +0000

Western Union doesn’t break any law if they will disclose our information to any third party. I believe that BIR won’t chase after Internet Marketers just yet maybe because they haven’t set any rule for these online businesses.

And one thing more, blogging has been exposed already for quite some time now, i could still remember Jessica Soho has interviewed a blogger here in the Philippines and how he earns a lot of money through blogging and yet no initiative from agencies like BIR to charge tax to all pinoy bloggers.

For now, we should rejoice with this western union stuff regarding adsense payments, fast and reliable form of receiving your earnings compared to snail mailed cheques that could be taken easily by anyone involved in the mail delivery.

By: ericm

ericm — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:27:48 +0000

Thanks for the info… Pwede kayang gumawa ng ibang identity. Ang requirements lang naman is two valid ID.

By: kumkum

kumkum — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:53:41 +0000

I think we can;t run from that,
We neew the WU , and even we did it in privacy , I don;t know where the sales from bank known my number and calling me every two weeks offering me a loan..

By: dan mol

dan mol — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:10:39 +0000

whoops..I did not see that either last time I used western union..I hope it doesnt get sold or spammers get a hold of my personal info!

By: gamzter

gamzter — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:02:31 +0000

yikes…pero mas mabilis sa western diba…haayy..kelan ko kaya makuha ang una kong check??hehe

By: pogi

pogi — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:09:15 +0000

i second emotion, I dont want to react, please close the reaction you opened. get get awwwww