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In a statement issued last June 10, Department of Finance (DOF) Assistant Secretary Juvy Danofrata indicated that the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) welcomes the decision of business process outsourcing (BPO) firm Concentrix to give up fiscal incentives in exchange for maintaining its hybrid work scheme for their employees. To recall, the FIRB decided via Resolution 19-21 to allow the hybrid work scheme only until March 31, 2022, with work-from-home (WFH) or work-from-anywhere (WFX) available for up to 90 percent of BPO workers. "The decision of IT-BPM (IT-Business Process Management) RBEs (registered business enterprises) to forego their income tax perks is a difficult interim measure to address the needs of their employees and meet the demand of clients who prefer WFH (work from home)/hybrid work arrangements," IBPAP said in a recent statement. While still uncertain on how the discussions would go concerning the "final ratio", the IBPAP also stated that they would be content with the proposal to sustain a hybrid work setup allowing up to 70 percent onsite work and 30 percent WFH for BPOs, while keeping the fiscal incentives. They pay relatively higher salaries while allowing employees to avail work-from-home (WFH) setups. There is no protection to the workers," Plaza added, "Right now your honor, ang ginagawa po ng BIR (Bureau of Internal Revenue) and BOC (Bureau of Customs) is they are conducting ocular inspections if indeed the IT-BPOs are implementing 100 percent on-site work. Read more in our articles including "Gov't says tax incentives 'not that important' for BPOs as RTO mandate remains" and "War for talent? 'Underground BPOs' compete for headcount".