{"id":6718,"date":"2020-05-25T11:33:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T11:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=6718"},"modified":"2026-04-24T04:59:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:59:33","slug":"pogos-tax-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pogos-tax-philippines","title":{"rendered":"POGOs behind on tax payments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bureau of Internal Revenue says that until payments are met, no POGO will be allowed continue operating in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Philippines.- Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) are behind on tax payments according to the <strong><em>Bureau of Internal Revenue<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bureau also added that until payments are met, no POGO will be allowed continue operating in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the&nbsp;Inquirer, BIR Deputy Commissioner and POGO task force head, Arnel Guballa, said that POGOs were &#8220;still in the process of complying with the requirements, including payments.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also noted that not a single POGO had been granted approval to resume operations following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in the Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are currently 60 approved POGOs in the country with 218 service providers registered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, it was reported that <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pogos-recovery-philippines\">POGOs were playing a &#8220;significant role&#8221; in the country&#8217;s economic recovery<\/a><\/em><\/strong> from the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bureau of Internal Revenue says that until payments are met, no POGO will be allowed continue operating in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) face continued operational suspension due to outstanding tax liabilities, as mandated by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). Despite their recognized contribution to economic recovery, no POGO has been granted approval to resume operations post-COVID-19 until full compliance with payment requirements is met.","focusai_entities":"Bureau of Internal Revenue, Arnel Guballa, Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Tax Impact?","query":"What is the estimated aggregate outstanding tax liability of POGOs, and what is the BIR's projected timeline for resolution and operational resumption?"},{"label":"Economic Recovery Risk?","query":"How will the prolonged operational suspension of POGOs impact the Philippines' economic recovery projections, given their previously cited 'significant role'?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[161,156,16333],"tags":[128,15789,1206],"class_list":["post-6718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-philippines","tag-pogos","tag-tax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6718"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008662,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6718\/revisions\/777008662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}