Manila, March 25 -- An inter-agency task force formed to monitor the number of foreign nationals employed in Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGOs) is fast-tracking measures to finalize a complete list of these workers with the goal of collecting an estimated PHP22 billion or more yearly in income taxes from them, the Department of Finance (DOF) announced in a statement on Monday.
In a meeting presided by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III last week, the members of the inter-agency task force discussed several measures to complete the foreign workers' list after they discovered gaps or inconsistencies in the respective figures, they had initially submitted to reconcile their records.
The members of the task force agreed to meet...