The Sin Tax Bill (Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago) The Philippines has scandalously low taxes on two commodities that have been proven killers of individuals‚ destroyers of families and threats to national economic security: cigarette and spirits. At present‚ 25 million Filipino youth who are 18 years old are smokers. If they continue to smoke‚ half of them will die. Santiago is the principal author of Senate Bill No. 3249‚ “An Act restructuring the excise taxes on alcohol and tobacco products
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Sin Tax Bill (For the Government) OVERALL SUMMARY: According to James Sadowsky‚ author of The Economics of Sin Taxes‚ taxes imposed on products seen as vices such as alcoholic liquors and tobaccos are called sin tax. Aside from the commodities being objects of disapproval‚ even their consumers accept such taxes because they seem to hit two birds in one stone. First‚ they raise revenues and second‚ they made vices expensive. House Bill 5727 or also known as the Sin Tax Bill aims to reform the
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SIN TAX BILL MANILA‚ Philippines—A “sin tax” on cigarettes and alcohol dampened the New Year party spirit when it was introduced in the Philippines Tuesday‚ as part of a government bid to boost finances. Many stores started selling tobacco and drink at inflated prices before midnight‚ ahead of the official implementation of the tax hikes on January 1‚ hitting partygoers in the pocket. Tax on cigarettes will gradually be raised to P30 ($0.72) per pack by 2017‚ roughly doubling the current price
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Sin Tax Bill (Commentary)- This is a reaction paper on the approval of the Sin Tax Bill I am so glad of the very purpose of passing the sin tax bill which is to protect the health and save the lives of the countrymen. This simply means that the government officials are concern about the good health of all Filipinos but this doesn’t mean that I am into this bill; for some reasons that the government or most of the senate themselves failed to look unto. Firstly‚ I would like to agree with
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I. What is Sin Tax Bill ? A sin tax is a kind of sumptuary tax: a tax specifically levied on certain generally socially proscribed goods and services‚ for example alcohol‚ tobacco and gambling. Sumptuary taxes are ostensibly used for reducing transactions involving something that society considers undesirable‚ and is thus a kind of sumptuary law. Sin tax is used for taxes on activities that are considered socially undesirable. Common targets of sumptuary taxes are alcohol and tobacco‚ gambling
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REACTION: SIN TAX LAW I am so glad of the very purpose of passing the sin tax law which is to protect the health and save the lives of the countrymen. This simply means that the government officials are concern about the good health of all Filipinos but this doesn’t mean that I am into this bill‚ for some reasons that the government or most of the senate themselves failed to look unto. Firstly‚ I would like to agree with
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18 March 2013 Sin Tax Bill: Dashing Expectations How good does the decrease of the number of smokers in the Philippines sound? Moreover‚ wouldn’t an increase in the government’s health care revenue be pleasing to hear? The Sin Tax Bill‚ now signed into law‚ aims to promote health by discouraging vice whilst raising additional revenues for the government’s Universal Health Care Program. It aims to do so by increasing taxes in so-called sin products such as alcohol and cigarettes. The largest percent
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As the end of the year 2012 approached‚ the passing of the Sin Tax Bill grew into being the “talk of the town” – or perhaps‚ of the entire country. On the 20th of December of the same year‚ President Noynoy Aquino finally signed Republic Act No. 10351‚ better known as the Sin Tax Reform Act of 2012 which was implemented on January of the year 2013.The sin tax law is expected to raise 30 billion pesos ($750 million) which will be used for the health care services for over 5 million poor families just
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Higher sin taxes take effect today By Jess Diaz (The Philippine Star) | Updated January 1‚ 2013 - 12:00am MANILA‚ Philippines - The New Year ushers in higher taxes on cigarettes‚ beer‚ liquor‚ wine‚ and other tobacco and alcohol products. When he signed Republic Act No. 10351 on Dec. 20‚ President Aquino said‚ “Today‚ we are again making history: for the past 15 years‚ we have been trying to reform the tax structure of imposing excise tax on tobacco and alcohol products. After 15 long years‚ we
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SIN TAX MANILA‚ Philippines – President Benigno Aquino III signed the Sin Tax reform bill into law Thursday‚ saying it was an early Christmas gift for Filipinos. “Today we sign‚ finally‚ a law that will serve as an early Christmas gift for millions of Filipinos‚” Aquino said in Filipino. “We aim to make health benefits available for all‚ regardless of wealth‚ the life of Filipinos is sacred‚” he said. The Sin Tax Bill aims to raise additional revenues by increasing taxes in so called “sin products”
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