House adopts Senate version of poll workers' tax exemption bill
(File photo) MANILA - The House of Representatives on Tuesday adopted the Senate version of a bill that seeks to exempt poll workers' honoraria and other benefits from income tax. During the plenary session, the House adopted Senate Bill 2530 as an amendment to House Bill 9652, thus allowing for the measure to be transmitted to Malacanang for President Rodrigo Roa Duterte's signature. The House adoption of the Senate version would no longer require the convening of a congressional bicameral conference committee. The bill proposes to exempt from income taxation the honoraria, allowances...