Sweldong Pinoy and Budget Pinoy for 2023

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Update: The increase in contribution for Pag-IBIG Fund (HDMF) and PhilHealth will not continue this year. The Sweldong Pinoy apps have been updated.

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Sweldong Pinoy is a salary calculator for Filipinos in computing net pay, withholding taxes and contributions to SSS/GSIS, PhilHealth and PAG-IBIG. Budget Pinoy is a tool for Filipinos in finding out how much their asking salary should be based on their budget. In 2023, the tax deductions will decrease but the contibutions for PhilHealth, SSS, and Pag-IBIG Fund will be higher.

Tax

According to Republic Act 10963 or Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN), the taxes will be reduced starting 2023.

SSS

Pursuant to Republic Act No. 11199 (The Social Security Act of 2018), the monthly contributions of SSS members will be increased from the current 13% to 14%. Employer share will be 9.5% (from 8.5%) while the employee share will still be 4.5%. The minimum and maximum salary credits to be used for computation will now be 4,000 and 30,000 (from 3,000 and 25,000).

PhilHealth

In accordance with the Universal Health Care Act (Republic Act No. 11223), the PhilHealth contribution rate will now be 4.5% (from 4.0%) and the income ceiling will increase from 80,000 to 90,000.

Source: https://twitter.com/teamphilhealth/status/1200200278508625922

Boto Ko at Youth for Truth

Boto Ko was featured in Youth for Truth, a youth-oriented program of the Presidential Communications Operations Office which airs on Radyo Pilipinas 738 AM and the Facebook Pages of PCOO, Youth for Truth, and National Youth Commission every Friday. Replays are aired Saturdays on IBC TV.

The interview was part of their election episode for May 6 and 7. Because of a breaking news, the episode did not air on May 6. It was aired live on May 07 on IBC and on their Facebook page.

You can also watch the video from their YouTube channel:

Boto Ko is an application for Philippine elections where you can list, update, and share the candidates you want to vote for. With Boto Ko, you can input your vote from President to City/Municipal Councilor. You can also choose the candidate for the President, Vice-President, Senators, and Party-List Representatives from the official list of candidates.

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Originally published in Jomar Tigcal's Blog

Boto Ko Polls

There are only 15 weeks to go before the 2022 National and Local elections in the Philippines. If you haven't heard and tried it yet, we have an app that can be useful in preparation for voting.

Boto Ko is an application for Philippine elections where you can list, update, and share the candidates you want to vote for. The app was initially released in 2013 and we have updated it for elections for 2016 and 2019 elections. You can download the Android app from the Google Play Store. Boto Ko also has a website/web app at https://www.botoko.app.

Boto Ko Polls

Starting the 2022 elections, we will be conducting an unofficial survey for the national positions based on anonymous inputs from users of the Android app (version 3.0 and up). You will be prompted to enable the polls or you can do it from the Settings menu. The result of the poll will be available at https://polls.botoko.app later.

With Boto Ko, you can input your vote from President to City/Municipal Councilor. You can also choose the candidate for the President, Vice-President, Senators, and Party-List Representatives from the official list of candidates. We include this so that users can see all the candidates and easily select from there. If the list for a position changes, Boto Ko will fetch it and update the app.

Help us improve Boto Ko! Send us your comments and suggestions. You can follow us on Twitter and Facebook for updates!