Rappler's latest stories on sugar tax
DOF turns sour as sugar tax collections miss target
Taxes collected from sugar-sweetened beverages from January to October 2018 stand at P30 billion, 25% short of the P40-billion target
300,000 urge Senate to dissolve proposed tax on sugary drinks
Sari-store owners sign a petition opposing the proposed P10 per liter price increase
Poor to be shielded from fuel excise tax increase – DOF
Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia says now is the best time to adjust fuel excise taxes when crude oil prices are low and impact on inflation is almost negligible
Duterte admin keeping seniors' 20% discount, most VAT exemptions
But the VAT exemption granted to senior citizens when dining in restaurants will be lifted says the DOF because such discounts are usually availed of by affluent senior citizens
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Gov't tax reform to cost P173.8B in lost revenue
To offset the loss the government is planning a series of measures such as eliminating some VAT exemptions and fiscal incentives
Britain defends new sugar tax following criticism
It s disappointing that the government has chosen to single out soft drinks says Coca Cola s Jon Woods
Britain imposes sugar tax on soft drinks to cut obesity
2015 data show majority of British adults and more than a quarter of children between two and 15 are overweight or obese
English hospitals plan to introduce sugar tax
The levy on high sugar drinks and snacks sold in hospital vending machines and cafes could be introduced by 2020
