Philippine Corporate Tax System Ranks Third-Most Complex in Asia for MNCs - BusinessWorld Online

Philippine corporate tax system ranks third-most complex in Asia for MNCs - BusinessWorld Online

The Philippines slid 12 places to 63rd out of 71 countries, scoring 0.46 (0 = not complex; 1 = extremely complex), in the 2025 edition of the biennial Tax Complexity Index by Accounting for Transparency. The country now ranks as Asia’s third-most complex corporate tax system for multinational companies (MNCs), based on 20 indicators across tax code and framework.

Key findings from 2024 Global MNC Tax Complexity Survey now available

Data from the 2024 edition of the Global MNC Tax Complexity Survey, which Taxand firms contributed to, is now available.