Today's Issue
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Editor's Take: Hobbies Spur Ideas!
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SME Special Report: Regaloservice Grabs First Place
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Tax Calendar - NEW!
SME Special Report
Regaloservice Grabs First Place
Regaloservice, an online gift registry and e-commerce website developed and powered by SME.com.ph, took home the prestige for winning the best website in the gifts service category in the recently concluded Digital Filipino Web Awards, and was the overall champion receiving the APEC Digital Opportunity Center Award.
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Tax Calendar
May 7 - e-Filing/Filing & e-Payment/Payment - 2000 DST for April 2007
May 10 - e-Filing/Filing & e-Payment/Payment - 1600 Withholding VAT/PT for April 2007
May 10 - Filing & Payment/Remittance - 1601C, 1601E, 1601F & 1602 - Withholding return on compensation, EWT & FWT for April 2007 (non-EFPS taxpayers); 1606 - Withholding on transfer of real property other than capital assets for April 2007
May 11 - e-Filing - 1601C 1601E, 1601F & 1602 - Withholding return on compensation, EWT & FWT for April 2007 (Group E)
Source: Punongbayan & Araullo
Editor's Take
Working mothers know how difficult it is to balance work and family. After a busy day at work and a dozen mommy duties at home, there seems to be little time for one's self. So working mothers are increasingly turning to hobbies to relax and center themselves.
In addition, a growing number have realized that with careful attention, a modest investment and lots of enterprising spirit, backyard herb gardens, hobby crafts and home kitchens can be transformed from part-time sources of income into burgeoning, independent small and medium-sized businesses.
Former university instructor Flordz, a talented arts and crafts hobbyist, turned her interest into the successful company that gainfully employs dozens of women and provides a vast selection of exquisite decors that are a rage among Europe's well-heeled shoppers.
Cebu-based entrepreneur Rowena dabbled into the production of fashion accessories to keep herself pre-occupied while her husband was working abroad as an engineer. Today, her home-based business hobby is a full-scale factory that involves the whole family and produces top-of-the-line furnishings for the world market.
Hobbies are proven well-springs of ideas and launch pads for greater economic participation. By opening the doors to new opportunities, working women can move up in the world and carve new roles as successful entrepreneurs
Russelle S. Trinidad
SME BizLink Editor
