I recently wrote an article about getting ahead in the Philippines by backing up. Just a simple piece about some of the reasons it is often better and easier to back into tight spots and an observation or two that foreigners and Filipinos alike are often not practiced and comfortable with backing their vehicles. As […]
It Has Served Me Well
A year ago I wrote about maybe replacing my 1996 New Ole Honda Civic, but then fate raised its ugly head and I had to have the engine re-built. Then as luck would have it, I now owned a car with a new engine that still looked and ran good. I was stuck between that […]
Tax Time – FUAQs
Note to Readers: This is a follow-on article to my two other income tax related articles of this year – Tax Time, 2014 Style and Tax Time Continues . . .. While I didn’t intend to turn Tuesdays into “More Tax Articles Day” here at Live in the Philippines, it sure seems like it. Mea Culpa! […]
To Get Ahead in the Philippines, Sometimes You Have To Back Up
Welcome dear reader. It’s a beautiful bright sunny day here in the Philippines, just north of the NCR (Metro Manila) and I’ve got a few minutes to write. My car is comfortably backed into my narrow little carport, all tucked away waiting for me to give the call for action to go somewhere. Could I […]
Tax Time Continues . . .
Last week’s article, Tax Time, 2014 Style, was written in a Question & Answer format to provide answers to often asked tax-related questions. Unfortunately, there was only enough column space for just a couple of Q&As, selected from a virtual storehouse of such information. I feel it important to get some of this information “out there,” before the income […]
Tax Time, 2014 Style
Well, it’s definitely a new year, this thing called 2014, and the cycle of life makes another revolution. It’s one month completed all ready, too. Time is starting to zip by again and has brought us to another episode of “Tell the Government how much money you received last year and how much of it […]