DoF vows to oppose two-tier cigarette tax
The Finance Department said it will oppose a bill reverting to the two-tier tax system on cigarette packs in the ...
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DA opposes higher tax rates on tobacco
The Agriculture Department opposes the imposition of a higher tax on the tobacco industry. “The DA supports the position of ...
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Big tobacco farmers group backs cigarette tax bill
The National Federation of Tobacco Farmers Association and Cooperatives has backed House Bill 4144, calling it the “true pro-farmers measure ...
Read more‘Unsound’ Sin Tax House measures
A regional health group on Saturday raised alarm over the “economically unsound” proposals in Congress to amend the Sin Tax ...
Read moreHouse okays return to old sin taxes law
THE House of Representatives on Wednesday night approved on second reading House Bill 4144 which seeks to revert back to ...
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Tobacco tax bill sparks cigarette war
A NEW bill has triggered a war among cigarette companies while government tax collection agencies have clashed with Congress after ...
Read moreTobacco farmers oppose higher tax
Tobacco growers on Friday opposed a House bill that plans to introduce a big increase in the tobacco sin tax. ...
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