Economist urges review of excise tax rates on cigarettes in PH

Economist urges review of excise tax rates on cigarettes in PH

[Inquirer.net] - 01/6/2025

A Filipino economist said that excise tax rates on cigarettes in the Philippines should be revisited to bring them closer to the revenue-maximizing rate. Bienvenido S. Oplas Jr., president of Minimal Government Thinkers (Manila) and an international fellow of Tholos Foundation (Washington D.C.), (…)



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