Poor Filipinos pay 90 percent of VAT collections

Aug. 3, 2008 No Comments Posted under: Blog Feature, Commentary, Consumer Rights, Journalism

President Arroyo claims that more than 80 percent of VAT revenues are paid by the rick and at the same time, it is the poor that benefit from the onerous, regressive tax.

Bulatlat has a story contradicting this claim, quoting heavily from an expert whose study of government data has showed the exact opposite. Blogger/electrical engineer/activist Monram lighted the way for the Bulatlat report.

Read the Bulatlat story here and get more analysis on current issues here.


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