Philippine Asian News Today Vol 18 No 20 | Page 28
B4
HEALTH & WELLNESS
PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY October 16 - 31,, 2016
Why Relationship Marketing?
Jayne’s
World
By Jayne Anastacio
“Coming together is beginning. Keeping together is
progress. Working together is
success.” Henry Ford
I never thought in my life
time that I would partake in a
business like relationship marketing, or what is traditionally
called network marketing or
multi-level marketing (MLM).
There are people who steer
clear away from MLMs. It is
more than likely a limited belief about how this model of
business truly works, and or
they have heard negative stories about MLM. I was one of
those who never wanted to
get into this business because
I thought it was just all about
selling to as many people as
you can “get” I didn’t like that
concept, as I myself do not
like to get “sold” to. I have
been “sold to” by really savvy
sales people. I usually never
saw them again after that. I
realized I came back to buy
from people I could relate to,
because they related to me;
people who seemed genuinely
caring about what I valued.
My close friend, Laura Angco
first introduced me to Seacret.
I was only going to buy some
products to support her business. I tried the skincare line,
and fell in love with it! I eventually decided that I wanted
to tell everybody about this
product because of how good
it made my skin look and feel.
This journey has been incredibly enlightening! Many of us
in the Filipino community have
joined many different relationship marketing companies.
There are so many products
and services that offer independent distributorship. Why
are we so attracted to MLM?
From my own experience in
the 3 years in this business I
can give a few reasons:
• Self-development.
What you learn about yourself through the discipline and
process of this business is
priceless no matter whether or
not you choose to stay in this
profession
• Only YOU can determine your worth, and no one
else. You are your own boss,
and you learn how to become
a good leader.
• Being around likeminded, positive people is
good for your soul in many
ways.
• It is inevitable that you
can make your business grow
exponentially if you duplicate
the actions of the leaders who
have reached high levels of income rankings.
• Hard work truly pays
off in a way that eventually, you
are rewarded with freedom to
spend time and money the
way you desire.
This business “calls you
out” and challenges your potential. You can either limit
yourself or become limitless.
I can honestly say that there
have been times I have wanted to quit, as I watched others quit on me. But it wasn’t
really me they were quitting
on. They were just quitting
period. Nothing personal,
so I shouldn’t take it personally. Another valuable lesson
learned. My entrepreneurial
friends, I admire you all for
being extraordinary and courageous. To all my readers,
please support your family and
friends as best as you can. We
value you and your business.
Our businesses can only thrive
through your referrals, and
consumption of our products
or services. The way I look at
it is that everybody buys soaps
and other skincare products
anyway, so why not buy from
people you love and trust?
Some products you may find
pricey, however, the value of
high quality products you put
on or inside your body should
matter most- your health and
well-being matter most. #ExperienceSeacret is coming to
a city near you! You will absolutely love it! Contact me:
[email protected]
DOF wants zero tax for pay P250,000 and less annually
The Department of Finance (DOF) has presented to
the Senate the Proposed Tax
Policy Reform Program Package
1 granting zero duties for workers earning P250,000 and less
annually.
In its 26-page presentation
before the Senate committee
on ways and means chaired by
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny”
Angara, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said that tax
reform is needed to fund the tenpoint socio-economic agenda of
the administration.
Dominguez said that the
administration aims to raise additional P1 trillion per year to fund
these socio-economic agenda by
instituting the following:
• Tax Policy Reform to create a simpler, fairer, and more efficient tax system characterized
by low rates and a broad base
that can promote investment,
job creation, and poverty reduction;
• Tax administration reforms in the Bureau of Internal
Revenue (BIR) and Bureau of
Customs (BOC);
• Budget Reforms to improve spending, transparency,
and efficiency so that savings
can be generated; and
• Solid economic growth to
increase opportunities (multiplier
effect)
All are needed. Higher
chances of tax reform succeeding if done together with other
reforms.
Dominguez said that by
2019, fiscal agencies aim to raise
P600 billion (3% of Gross Domestic Product in 2019 prices)
to fund priority investments of
the Duterte administration.
• P400 billion (2% of GDP)
from tax policy reform
• P200 billion (1% of GDP)
from tax administration reform
• BIR: Increase taxpayer
satisfaction, reduce compliance
cost, gain public trust, and protect revenues.
• BOC: Protect revenues
from smuggling while enhancing
trade facilitation.
tem
Proposed income tax sys-
With this, DOF presented
to the Senate that for the first
year and second year of implementation, those workers who
are earning P250,000 and below
will not be taxed.
For those earing P250,000
to P400,000 there would be zero
tax but will collect 20% of the excess over P250,000 plus 20% of
the excess over P250,000.
The government will collect P30,000 tax for those earning over P400,000 to P800,000
for the first year and P22,500 for
the second year onwards, plus
25% for the first year and 20% for
second year and onwards, of the
excess over P400, 000.
For those earning P800,000
to P2 million, there would be
P130,000 tax for first year and
P102,500 for the second year and
onwards. But there will be 30%
tax of the excess over P800,000
for the first year and 25% for the
second year onwards.
For those earning P2 million to P5 million, P490,000 will
be collected plus 32% of the
excess of P2 million for the first
year and P402,500 tax plus 30%
of the excess over P2 million for
the second year and onwards.
For those earning over P5
million, P1.450 million will be
collected plus 35% of the excess
over P5 million in the first year;
and P1.302 million tax plus 35%
of the excess over P5 million for
the second year and onwards.
Value-Added Tax for seniors, PWD
Dominguez also said that
the administration plans to stop
Value-Added Tax exemptions to
senior citizens and persons with
disabilities.
“While the poor and vulnerable rightly need protection, using VAT system is not a good way
to address their needs as it leads
to large leakages. Targeted cash
transfer are a better option,” the
presentation said.
For senior citizens, Dominguez said this could come in the
form of higher socialized pension
or cash transfer using the 4Ps.
“The alternative protection for senior citizen can be designed to be welfare neutral and
still raise revenues as leakages
are plugged. Less leakage means
more money for benefits of the
poor senior citizens,” Dominguez
said. (E. Reyes, Interaksyon)
PH animators shows talent in France
THE Animation Council of
the Philippines Inc. (ACPI) recently showcased the digital content
capabilities of the Philippines at
the International Market of Communications Program (MIPCOM)
at the Palais des Festivals et des
Congres.
“MIPCOM is a big opportunity for the animation industry of
the Philippines. The major players are here and our presence in
this important event is essential.
We expect to generate new busi-
ness engagements as there is a
growing demand for content and
creative services here in Europe”
said ACPI President Juan Miguel
del Rosario.
The Philippine participation
at the MIPCOM was supported
by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), the Philippine
Embassy in Paris, the Philippine
Trade and Investment Center in
Paris (PTIC-Paris), and the Department of Trade and Industry’s
Export Marketing Bureau (DTIEMB).
Represented at the MIPCOM were companies including
ASI Animation Studios, RenderBee, Synergy88, TeamApp, Toon
City, Toon City Academy, Top Peg
Animation, and 88storey Films.
These Filipino companies
are among those with creative
design and animation capabilities
for web and mobile games applications, interactive and immersive visual technology, animation
for television, film, and the Internet, production of audio-visual
presentations and commercials
for television, cinemas and the
internet.
“Given the capabilities of
the participating companies, we
are confident that this participation will open opportunities for
the content industry in the country as we aggressively move to
prioritize new markets and new
services to expand our exports,”
said Senen Perlada, director of
WWW.PHILIPPINEASIANNEWSTODAY.COM
the DTI-Export Marketing Bureau.
“France has the largest animation industry in Europe and
the third largest in the world, so
there is a lot of potential for our
animation industry to set up partnerships and increase awareness
of the creative Filipino talent in
France,” Philippine Ambassador
to France Ma. Theresa Lazaro
said.(R.S. Sausa, MT)