In Part I of this series, I introduced you to a tax saving strategy that is very relevant to living in the Philippines – to the entrepreneurs and the wage or salary workers alike – Foreign Earned Income Exclusion and Housing Exclusion and Deduction. Additionally, I presented the basic requirements for qualifying to use these exclusions […]
Shaving in the Philippines
One of the nice things about living in the Philippines, combined with working from my house is that I sometimes go a couple of days between shaving. Just yesterday, John Miele wrote an article about body hair, and this article was not planned to be in competition with that, nor in conjunction with it. I […]
Mindanao Bob’s Deluxe BBQ Grill, Part II
I never would have thought that Kuya Obet and his helper King could have done that much work on the grill in one day (Last week’s part I), if they were working on a contract, I’d understand, but a daily salary? It was fascinating to watch them work, with such a high degree of skill, […]
Friends going out
Just wanting to write a follow up on the “Dear Feyma: Please Advise” column that I wrote a few weeks ago. I got a private email and said that he is happy to be married to an older lady. And that she stayed in the house not in the bar hanging out. I responded to […]
Exclude Me? Pt I
In an earlier article, I mentioned a topic that needs an article of its own – the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion and Housing Exclusion and Deduction. It’s very relevant to living in the Philippines – particularly to hard working residents and entrepreneurs. It’s a legal method promulgated by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to reduce […]
Bob’s plan for ending corruption
As anybody reading this likely knows, the Philippines has a new President, Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino. Today, June 30, Noynoy will take the Oath of Office and officially become the new President of the Philippines. One of President Aquino’s big campaign promises was that he was going to put an end to corruption in the Philippine […]