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13 paź 2023 · Government losses from the illicit cigarette trade will likely jump to P43 billion over the next four years if enforcement will remain weak, with the entry of the contraband commodity worsening.
1 cze 2021 · In 2012, the Philippines, a lower middle-income country and one of the largest tobacco consumers in the Western Pacific Region (Republic of the Philippin, 2010), passed the Sin Tax Reform Law (Republic Act 10,351) despite substantial opposition from the tobacco industry and its allies.
20 wrz 2021 · MANILA, Philippines — The government recorded higher excise tax collection from cigarettes in the first seven months of the year, with two Big Tobacco firms paying hefty levies that the state...
12 lut 2022 · Policymakers are urged to consider the risks of encouraging the illicit trade of tobacco products by raising the prices through higher taxes, according to a United States-based consultancy.
Tobacco has pledged to increase its investment in the Philippines. Policy-makers and health advocates should be vigilant in ensuring that incentives are not granted to the firm.
20 wrz 2021 · It was only under the Duterte administration that excise taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products were increased thrice to raise more funds for the Universal Health Care program and the government’s other priority initiatives. The first instance was under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion law (Republic Act 10963) in 2018.
including the tobacco tax’s link to alcohol tax reform, shifting norms of governance, and specific characteristics of key institutional structures – had serious intervening effects.
