Research\ngroup IBON said that the passing of the Sin Tax Reform Bill made the\ncountry\u2019s tax system more regressive by increasing consumer taxes\nthat burden the poor while cutting income tax and corporate tax that\nmake the rich even richer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As\npart of the government\u2019s tax reform agenda, Senate Bill No.2233 or\nthe Sin Tax Reform Bill was recently passed that imposed Php45 excise\nincrease per pack on tobacco products in 2020, followed by Php5 hikes\nuntil the excise reaches Php60 per pack in 2023, and an annual 5%\nincrease thereafter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IBON\nemphasized that the Sin Tax Reform Bill takes advantage\nof poor Filipinos\u2019 consumption of tobacco\nproducts to generate revenues, instead of taxing wealthier\nFilipinos who can better afford higher taxes. While richer\nFilipinos consume more tobacco compared to poorer ones based on the\nlatest Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES), the latter spend\na greater percentage of their small incomes on tobacco, added IBON.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IBON\nrecalled that Senate passed TRAIN Package 1 that imposed higher\nconsumer taxes on petroleum products and tobacco while reducing\npersonal income tax. IBON said that with TRAIN, the richest 1%\nof Filipino families with incomes of Php1.5 million or more a year\nwill have an average of Php100,000 to over Php300,000 additional\ntake-home pay annually especially when income taxes are lowered\nfurther in 2023. This is on top of how the rich will pay billions of\npesos less in estate and donor taxes. The 17.2\nmillion poorest Filipino households do not benefit from lower\npersonal income taxes, but all pay higher consumer taxes, explained\nIBON.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nDuterte government aims to use the Sin taxes collected from Filipinos\nto augment the Php62 billion funding gap needed for the Universal\nHealth Care (UHC) Law. But IBON said that the said law would only\nfurther fund the privatization of healthcare in the country. UHC\nwould divert government funds to create supplementary coverage by\nprivate health care providers such as private health insurance and\nHealth Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) as well as provide\nnetwork-based licensing, contracting, and accreditation of health\nfacilities. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In\nthe end, IBON said that consumer taxes such a petroleum, tobacco, and\neven alcohol excise are welcome only if there is a progressive tax\nsystem in place with high direct taxes and lower consumption taxes.\nHowever, the Duterte administration\u2019s tax reform agenda is doing\nthe opposite by shifting the tax burden from the rich to the poor and\nensuring private profits rather than public health.###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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