Senators to push sin tax bill OKhome/News/Nation/Senators to push sin tax bill OKAFTER saying that no tax bill would be passed before Congress closes on June 7, senators on Thursday agreed to push the passage of the sin tax bill before the end of the 17th Congress. “We discussed only sin taxes particularly tobacco tax. Several measures have been filed in Congress seeking to raise sin taxes, especially tobacco tax. Senate Bill 1599, introduced by Sen. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao, proposes to increase the unitary cigarette tax to P60. Meanwhile, Senate Bill 1605, written by Sen. Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito, sets the excise tax to P90.

Source: Manila Times May 23, 2019 16:41 UTC