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.
The superpower in computing, that is fast calculation with the ability to capture data being processed and repurpose accordingly, has done a lot for devices and technology that we now call smart. We need to remember that semantics in these were not at all an assurance of strict facilities which outcome must be trusted as if all candid. There are lots of these systems for every single individual and machine. When we use them for work, professional and market opportunities, and to communicate with friends and family members we are generating volumes of data. Systems are designed to help provide now intuitive insights, think of analytics technology where decision points are made very easy, and even interpret machine level information for people to understand. With work and individual associated data, we need to be a little more inquisitive. Security and privacy enabling technologies are supporting our services and data processing productivity but being, always and by defaul...