As ‘sin tax’ looms, gov’t tends to tobacco farmers

HOPING to minimize the impact of the “sin tax” measure, the tobacco industry will have to resort to “import substitution” and step up local production of tobacco while cutting back on imports.

Posted: December 15th, 2012 in Headlines | Read More »

BIR enforces policy of ‘no smoking, no fraternizing with tobacco industry’

By Ronnel W. Domingo

BIR Commissioner Kim Jacinto-Henares. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

Officials and employees of the Bureau of Internal Revenue have been barred from having “unnecessary interaction” with and giving preferential treatment to the tobacco industry amid a push for excise tax reforms in Congress.

Posted: July 4th, 2012 in Latest Business Stories | Read More »

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