Philippines considers tax on streaming services such as Netflix subscriptions, reports GMA

MANILA, May 29 (Bloomberg): Incoming Philippine Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno is considering taxes on digital transactions and streaming services such as Netflix Inc. subscriptions, GMA News reported.

Digital transactions have the tendency to "evade” taxes unlike purchases made over-the-counter, GMA News cited Diokno as saying.

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