LGUs to get higher tobacco tax share | Jasper Y. Arcalas
THE excise tax share that tobacco-producing local government units (LGUs) would receive this year would be at P21 billion, about 10.52-percent higher than the P19 billion they received last year, according to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). In a recent local budget memorandum, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman…