The chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means has rejected the Department of Finance proposal to end the Expanded Value-Added Tax (EVAT) benefits granted to senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs). Following the strong objection registered by Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, Minority Leader Danilo Suarez, and several other solons, Quirino Rep. Dakila Carlo Cua said the House will address the objectionable provisions of the DOF’s tax reform proposal.Cua said the House will not remove the EVAT exemptions for senior citizens and PWDs. Alvarez and Suarez, together with Senior Deputy Minority Leader LitoAtienza (Buhayparty-list), Bernadette Herrera-Dy (BagongHenerasyonparty-list); Eugene de Vera (ABS party-list), and Alfredo Benitez (PDP-Laban, Negros Occidental), decried moves by the DOF to recall the grant of EVAT benefits Suarez and Atienza batted for the stricter implementation of the Lateral Attrition Law as a good option open to the government in its bid to recoup an extimated P159 [...]
