To excise the excise tax or not? Calls to suspend excise taxes on oil products reverberated across the halls of Congress all the way to Malacañang. Actually, PBBM is authorized by no less than our country’s 1987 Constitution to suspend excise tax on oil products. There is nothing wrong if PBBM is hemming and hawing on excise tax relief. So is there a need to excise the excise tax or not?

Source: Philippine Star April 12, 2026 17:31 UTC