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    MANILA, Philippines--The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is opposed to the plan to tax highway fees, saying it would needlessly burden motorists.
    But Transport Secretary Leandro Mendoza said that if the move to slap a 12-percent value-added tax (VAT) on highway fees would be deemed legal, then the department would have no choice but to order its implementation.
    “The TRB (Toll Regulatory Board) and the DOF (Department of Finance) are going to have a meeting regarding the legality of the VAT on toll,” Mendoza said.
    “But what some people are arguing is, toll is already a form of tax so you can’t tax it again,” he added.
    The plan to impose a 12-percent VAT on toll was deferred by Malacañang for the second time last week, following a similar decision in 2005, to avoid putting undue burden on motorists.
    The toll VAT was revived by the Bureau of Internal Revenue last month with the issuance of a revenue memorandum circular that ordered motorists to shell out an extra 12 percent to use the country’s toll roads.
    The VAT imposition and the toll increase that would have inevitably followed was supposed to take effect this year, but was railroaded at a cabinet meeting in Baguio City last month.
    The order is among many revenue-generating measures that the DOF has been pushing in a bid to raise government collections and close the budget gap.
    Following an expected P300-billion gap between state revenues and spending in 2009, the government expects a deficit of about P233 billion this year.
    But officials have said this may have to be raised as the state’s tax take continues to slump


    WTF! kurakot nanaman!

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    Quote Originally Posted by kevin3000 View Post
    MANILA, Philippines--The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is opposed to the plan to tax highway fees, saying it would needlessly burden motorists.
    But Transport Secretary Leandro Mendoza said that if the move to slap a 12-percent value-added tax (VAT) on highway fees would be deemed legal, then the department would have no choice but to order its implementation.
    “The TRB (Toll Regulatory Board) and the DOF (Department of Finance) are going to have a meeting regarding the legality of the VAT on toll,” Mendoza said.
    “But what some people are arguing is, toll is already a form of tax so you can’t tax it again,” he added.
    The plan to impose a 12-percent VAT on toll was deferred by Malacañang for the second time last week, following a similar decision in 2005, to avoid putting undue burden on motorists.
    The toll VAT was revived by the Bureau of Internal Revenue last month with the issuance of a revenue memorandum circular that ordered motorists to shell out an extra 12 percent to use the country’s toll roads.
    The VAT imposition and the toll increase that would have inevitably followed was supposed to take effect this year, but was railroaded at a cabinet meeting in Baguio City last month.
    The order is among many revenue-generating measures that the DOF has been pushing in a bid to raise government collections and close the budget gap.
    Following an expected P300-billion gap between state revenues and spending in 2009, the government expects a deficit of about P233 billion this year.
    But officials have said this may have to be raised as the state’s tax take continues to slump


    WTF! kurakot nanaman!
    i am not familiar with the details of our VAT law. but wtf is value-added in using a road?

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    thats it! nagbabayad naman tayo diba?

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    value-added more to the nlex slex

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    tax na naman! wala talaga sa bokabularyo ng gobyerno ang magtipid at ang tanging naiisip na solusyon sa kakulangan sa pananalapi eh maglagay ng bagong buwis! letseng mga damuhong kayo! mabulunan sana kayo sa kinakain nyo! simula sa taas hanggang sa pinakamababa lahat na lang may sari-sariling raket sa gobyerno!

    Langya may tax ka na hihingan ka pa ng lagay ng mga tauhan nila! kapag di ka naglagay iipitin ka naman!

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    Yung Road User's Tax na binayad natin saan na napunta? Ngayon Vat naman sa Tollways?! Wala nang hiya talaga ang gobyerno na ito.

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    lapit na kasi election... di na ako magtataka.... road users tax is nowhere to be found...

    kawawa naman si juan dela cruz....

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    niananakawan tayo ng walang kalaban laban, through taxes, and taxes and new taxes to come...

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    Another attempt of the Philippine government to steal more money from the people.

    If the RFID thingie didn't work, they're trying from another direction...

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    Sheesh

    What's next? Tax for every use of your car?

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