Soon we will be paying more for digital services, even internet identifier like domain names can be included, and that's a definitive VAT. In PH it's equivalent to 12%. Although, we still have to see invoice for domain names registration and renewal fees being added with VAT. You should be getting reminders from your local and international service providers to key-in your tax details, if you haven't yet done so. We must say, this is especially for those who had to directly acquire digital services with the source and not through local resellers. If you've been dealing with local resellers, your digital services may probably have been subjected with, and had added, VAT included in your payment ever since. You should be, but you have to check it. For online local retailers, you may have been VAT registered and paying your taxes with or without that digital tax. Don't take this as an advice and ascertain it with your accountant to be sure.
What do organization's expect in this technological context of theirs? It should always be quality, utility and safety: > Quality, meant a lot of things in an organization. They don't have time to mince words and align quality measures only with a very specific area. Theirs is quality and they meant to address the entire organizational goal. Owners and senior management knows and can assimilate realities. No less. > Utility, is not only about functionality. They need operational reliability and at the same it is something that doesn't sacrifice stakeholders' temperament, productivity and expectations. And > Safety (and security), is to protect both systems and data. Resilient to incidents and human errors. No excuses. How many human resources do you need to effectively and efficiently tackle these varying expanses, as shown in the image above? Have you been reciprocating and interchanging people with technology and there exists still that huge inconsistency and...