MANILA, Philippines – Mula Enero hanggang Setyembre, tumaas sa P106 bilyon mula sa P2 bilyon noong nakaraang taon ang sin tax (excise tax) na koleksyon ng gobyerno sa mga sigarilyo at vapor products, o e-cigarettes, ayon kay dating Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Romeo Lumagui sa isang briefing kamakailan sa House ways and means panel.
“We’ve seen our comparative collections from January to September 2025 compared with the year 2024, and we’ve seen an increase of about more than P20 billion pesos [on our sin tax collection on cigarettes]. From P84 billion collection from excise tax on tobacco products last year, we were able to collect about P106 billion for this year,” ayon kay Lumagui.
Sinabi ni Lumagui na ang nasabing pagtaas ay resulta ng “aggressive enforcement activities in connection with excisable articles” ng BIR.
“We’ve done a lot of nationwide raids in these periods,” saad ni Lumagui.
Ayon kay Lumagui, ang mas mababang buwis sa mga produktong vape ay talagang nag-udyok sa publiko na lumipat sa mga e-cigarette sa halip na tuluyang tumigil sa paninigarilyo.
“The rates of excise tax on vapor products is much, much lower than the rates of excise tax on cigarette products. So, if we have an increase of smoking incidents but the smoking pertains to vapor products and your excise tax rates on vapor products compared with cigarettes is very much lower, then definitely the collection of excise tax would be much smaller,” aniya. RNT/MND
