The government should lower the tobacco excise tax rate and strengthen the enforcement of laws against illicit trade to ...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) confirmed on Thursday a decrease in excise tax collection from 2021 to 2024, leading to ...
Government excise tax collection has steadily decreased since 2022, yet the circulation of illegal cigarette products have ...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) missed its tobacco excise tax collection target by more than a quarter as illicit trade ...
Rising illicit cigarette trade has led the country to a “lose-lose situation” by drastically reducing government revenues and ...