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Alliance against tax hikes formed in congress
A group of lawmakers formed the Alliance of Legislators Against Regressive Taxes (ALERT) on August 2 to resist the Arroyo regime's plans to impose additional taxes on the people in the face of widespread poverty and unemployment.
ALERT, led by Bayan Muna and Anakpawis representatives in congress, consists as of now of 39 lawmakers who have signed House Resolution No. 91 calling on the government to first solve the problem of tax collection before imposing additional taxes.
The resolution filed by Teodoro Casi�o of Bayan Muna asserts that up to P285 billion is lost every year due to various taxation-related problems. ALERT pointed out that the principal factors in the government's massive shortfall in tax collection are large-scale tax evasion by big businessmen, the huge reduction in tariff collections due to trade liberalization and the excessive incentives granted to favored industries. ALERT also said that the gargantuan budget deficit results from the fact that debt service gobbles up to 75% of the government's tax revenue and other income.
More legislators from congress and the senate are expected to join ALERT in the face of the people's intense opposition to plans to impose new tax burdens.
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 07 August 2004
English Edition
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