Category: Tax Reforms
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Pia: My work continues to tax e-cigarettes for public health
Following President Duterte’s directive to restrict the use of e-cigarettes, Senator Pia Cayetano says her job continues to use taxation as a tool to protect citizens and raise funds for health.
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To tax or ban e-cigarettes? Pia to wait for President’s EO banning e-cigs
To tax or ban e-cigarettes? Senator Cayetano says she will wait for the President’s EO banning e-cigs. Until then, it is her job to see the bill taxing e-cigs through.
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Pia welcomes President’s certification of sin tax bill (SB 1074) as urgent
“A vote for Sin Tax is a vote for our people’s health!” – Senator Pia S. Cayetano to fellow senators, following the President’s certification of SB 1074 as urgent
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Pia: Higher sin taxes to make alcohol less accessible to the youth
“What we want to achieve is [to significantly raise alcohol prices] so that these are not so accessible to the most vulnerable: the children and youth.”
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Pia gears up for daily debates on Sin Tax
“I am ready and I will make myself available every day in my effort to get this bill approved as soon as possible.”
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Pia: Congress has jurisdiction to tax e-cigarettes
Amid rising concerns in many countries about the health risks of electronic cigarettes and vapes, Senator Pia S. Cayetano reiterated that Congress has the jurisdiction to impose higher taxes on these products as a means to regulate their use. The chairperson of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, Cayetano made the assertion at…
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Pia: PH is global ‘inuman’ champion; Sin Tax Reform to save lives
The Senate Ways and Means Committee, under the chairmanship of Senator Pia S. Cayetano, has presented to the plenary Senate Bill No. 1074 seeking to increase excise taxes on sin products, with the objective of augmenting funds for universal health care and protecting citizens, particularly the youth, from the harmful effects of drinking and electronic…
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Ways and means panel tackles ‘sin’ taxes on alcoholic drinks
Senate Ways and Means Committee Chair Pia S. Cayetano will lead on Tuesday (August 20) the panel’s second public discussion on the government’s Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP). Discussions will focus on Package 2+ of the CTRP, which imposes higher excise taxes on alcoholic beverages. E-cigarettes, including heated tobacco and vapor products, are also covered…
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Pia: Time to re-study PH corporate tax rates
“The time is right to re-study our tax rates and incentives.”Senate Ways and Means Committee Chair Pia S. Cayetano said this on Thursday (August 15), following the panel’s organizational meeting to discuss the Duterte government’s Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP).Cayetano heads the Senate body tasked to tackle the remaining tax proposals under CTRP, including Package…