MANILA - Excess value added tax (VAT) collections, boosted by oil price upticks, and dividends from government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) will be used for the additional PHP500 subsidy for Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries. During the Laging Handa public briefing aired over the state-owned PTV-4 on Wednesday, Department of Budget and Management acting Secretary Tina Rose Canda said around 13 million beneficiaries will benefit from the additional subsidy, which will cost the government an estimated PHP20 billion just for three months. "Ang excess revenues naman na ito ay manggagaling either sa dividends ng mga government corporations or doon sa excess VAT collections as a result noong pagtaas natin ng value ng petrolyo. So sa halip na pakinabangan iyan ng gobyerno, kumbaga ibabalik sa taumbayan - iyong pinakamahirap nating taumbayan, iyong ayuda na ito (The excess revenues will come either from the government corporations' dividends or from
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