Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday urged government agencies to strengthen the enforcement of existing regulations against the illicit tobacco trade, warning that the smuggling...
Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sherwin Gatchalian sounded the alarm over the growing threat of illicit trade in the...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said Wednesday it filed multiple criminal cases against couple Pacifico Discaya II and Cezarah Rowena Cruz Discaya and...
A lawmaker has filed House Bill 3887 to raise excise taxes on alcoholic beverages to curb excessive drinking and generate additional revenue for the...
Law enforcement agencies seized close to 700,000 sticks of illicit cigarettes in Luzon during a two-month campaign, with the brand Carnival emerging as the...
High excise taxes in the Philippines are pushing adult consumers to buy cheaper, illegal cigarettes and vapes, causing smoking rates to increase, industry players...
Former Senate President Franklin Drilon, the author of the Sin Tax Reform Law (Republic Act 10351), expressed concern over the increasing incidence of cigarette...
The House of Representatives approved on second reading a bill aimed at rationalizing excise tax rates on tobacco and vapor products to halt declining...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) aims to address the misdeclaration of vape products amid the two-tier excise tax on e-cigarettes and is studying...
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Tuesday described proposals to suspend the value-added tax and the excise tax on petroleum products as short sighted and...
Shell Pilipinas Corp. on Wednesday welcomed the decision of the Court of Tax Appeals Special Second Division which ruled that alkylate is not subject...
