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13 paź 2023 · MANILA, Philippines — 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...
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...
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 ...
23 lis 2021 · MANILA, Philippines — Revenues from tobacco products fell two percent in 10 months to October this year, as pandemic restrictions hindered the conduct of raids against makers and distributors...
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.
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.
27 wrz 2021 · The Philippines should increase excise taxes on tobacco products to at least 75 percent of the average retail price, according to Jeremias Paul Jr., a former undersecretary at the department of finance who now leads the World Health Organization’s fiscal policy unit.
