No visa needed for a 59-day stay: Brasil, Israel.

No visa needed for a 30-day stay: Andorra,  Angola,  Antigua and Barbuda,  Argentina,  Australia,  Austria,  Bahamas,  Bahrain,  Barbados,  Belgium,  Belize,  Benin,  Bhutan,  Bolivia,  Botswana,  Brunei,  Bulgaria,  Burkina Faso,  Burundi,  Cambodia,  Cameroon,  Canada,  Cape Verde,  Central African Republic,  Chad,  Chile,  Colombia,  Comoros,  Republic of the Congo,  Costa Rica,  Cote d'Ivoire,  Croatia,  Cyprus,  Czech Republic,  DR Congo,  Denmark,  Djibouti,  Dominica,  Dominican Republic,  Ecuador,  El Salvador,  Equatorial Guinea,  Eritrea,  Estonia,  Ethiopia,  Fiji,  Finland,  France,  Gabon,  Gambia,  Germany,  Ghana,  Greece,  Grenada,  Guatemala,  Guinea,  Guinea-Bissau,  Guyana,  Haiti,  Honduras,  Hungary,  Iceland,  Indonesia,  Ireland,  Italy,  Jamaica,  Japan,  Kazakhstan,  Kenya,  Kiribati,  Kuwait,  Kyrgyzstan,  Laos,  Latvia,  Lesotho,  Liberia,  Liechtenstein,  Lithuania,  Luxembourg,  Madagascar,  Malawi,  Malaysia,  Maldives,  Mali,  Malta,  Marshall Islands,  Mauritania,  Mauritius,  Mexico,  Micronesia,  Monaco,  Mongolia,  Morocco,  Mozambique,  Myanmar,  Namibia,    Nepal,  Netherlands,  New Zealand,  Nicaragua,  Niger,  Norway,  Oman,  Palau,  Panama,  Papua New Guinea,  Paraguay,  Peru,  Poland,  Portugal,  Qatar,  Romania,  Russia,  Rwanda,  Saint Kitts and Nevis,  Saint Lucia,  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,  Samoa,  San Marino,  Sao Tome and Principe,  Saudi Arabia,  Senegal,  Seychelles,  Singapore,  Slovak Republic,  Slovenia,  Solomon Islands,  South Africa,  South Korea,  Spain,  Suriname,  Swaziland,  Sweden,   Switzerland,  Tajikistan,  Tanzania,  Thailand,  Togo,  Trinidad and Tobago,  Tunisia,  Turkey,  Turkmenistan,  Tuvalu,  Uganda,  United Arab Emirates,  United Kingdom,  United States,  Uruguay,  Uzbekistan,  Vanuatu,   Vatican City,  Venezuela,  Vietnam,  Zambia.

No visa needed for a 14-day stay: Hog Kong, Macau, Portugal (for passports issued to permanent residents of Macau only).

No visa needed for a 7-day stay: UK (Oveseas)

For more details please consult: http://www.dfa.gov.ph/guidelines-requirements

Shooting permit is necessary and it usually takes a week to get it. Cerain areas need a special government clearance. It covers audio-visual works and cinematographic works.

Philippines is not an ATA member country, however, even though there are no guarantees, in ecretain cases ATA carnets are accepted. 

The standard VAT rate is 12%

The law is partly based on United States copyright law and the principles of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. Unlike many other copyright laws, Philippine copyright laws also protect patents, trademarks, and other forms of intellectual property.