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Tobacco tax up to P27.8 B in 2010

January 16, 2011 - 12:00am

Tax collections from tobacco products rose to P27.83 billion during the last quarter of the year, despite an impending eight percent excise tax increase on “sin items,” according to an official of the...

Business

Tobacco institute questions excise tax targets of government

September 16, 2010 - 12:00am

The Philippine Tobacco Institute (PTI) has questioned the facts and figures of the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) that points to a lesser excise tax collection in 2011.

Business

Government may appeal DOJ legal opinion on Sicpa stamp tax proposal

By Iris Gonzales | June 21, 2010 - 12:00am

The government may appeal the legal opinion issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on the controversial security stamp tax proposal of Switzerland-based Sicpa Security if necessary, Finance Secretary Margarito...

Business

Tobacco group raps DOH on graphic health warning

May 30, 2010 - 12:00am

The Philippine Tobacco Institute (PTI) has criticized the Department of Health for misleading the public about an administrative order that requires local cigarette makers to print graphic health warnings on every...

Business

Tobacco industry cautions vs graphic health warnings

May 24, 2010 - 12:00am

The Philippine Tobacco Institute (PTI) cautioned Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral against her plan to issue an administrative order to compel local cigarette manufacturers to put picture-based warnings on every...

Business

Tobacco industry scores costly Sicpa tax stamp scheme

April 17, 2010 - 12:00am

The Philippine Tobacco Institute (PTI) has urged the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to reject the costly tax stamp scheme of SICPA Products Security SA (SICPA) after an international body found the system...

Business

Tobacco institute wants next administration to tackle tax stamps

April 1, 2010 - 12:00am

The Philippine Tobacco Institute (PTI) has asked the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to shelve its plan to implement an expensive tax stamp scheme, and let the next administration tackle the highly controversial...

Business

Tax stamp project could jeopardize thousands of jobs

February 17, 2010 - 12:00am

Thousands of jobs could be lost if the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) push through with their multi-billion peso tax stamp project that it is presently considering, the Philippine...

Business

PTI warns of lower excise tax collections

November 8, 2009 - 12:00am

A big group of cigarette manufacturers warned of lower excise tax collections for the  government should it implement an unsolicited proposal to place tax stamps on alcohol and tobacco products.

Business

Cigarette firms await court ruling on advertising ban

July 29, 2007 - 12:00am

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