He said rice and fish prices would also not be affected by the oil price increase due to the implementation of the law. For one, he said minimum wage earners were already exempt from personal income tax. “The increase in take-home pay will more than compensate for the price increase of commodities,” the government’s primary law office said. “[The] petitioners’ opinion that the TRAIN law will unduly burden the poor is inaccurate,” the comment added. “To reiterate, the TRAIN law is not arbitrary, oppressive, and confiscatory, and does not result in the deprivation of life, liberty or property without due process of law,” the OSG insisted.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 01, 2018 09:45 UTC