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Manila Bulletin devider Philippines devider National devider No to 'ukay' tax; instead, bolster garment industry and tax the wealthy–Makabayan

No to 'ukay' tax; instead, bolster garment industry and tax the wealthy–Makabayan

Published Aug 18, 2022 12:54 pm

Makabayan bloc solons have pitched different ways for government to generate revenue even as they thumbed down the proposed tax on “ukay-ukay” or second-hand clothes.

'Ukay-ukay' clothes

This, after House Ways and Means Chairman and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda said that his committee would push to repeal Republic Act (RA) 4653 or “An Act To Safeguard The Health Of The People And Maintain The Dignity Of The Nation By Declaring It A National Policy To Prohibit The Commercial Importation Of Textile Articles Commonly Known As Used Clothing And Rags.”

The law forbids the import of used textiles and clothing. Salceda estimates that the local “ukay-ukay” industry could be worth P18 billion.

Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas said that the government should instead support the local garment industry.

“Palakasin natin ang local garment industry lalo't nalugmok ang maraming maliliit na negosyante noong panahon ng pandemya (Let’s strengthen the local garment industry especially now that small businesses are suffering in the pandemic),” Brosas underscored during a press conference on Thursday, Aug. 18.

“Hindi ang pagpapataw ng buwis ang maggegenerate ng jobs (Taxation will not generate jobs). RA 4653, which declared the importation of used clothing as illegal, was created as a protectionist measure for the local garment industry,” she explained.

Meanwhile, Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel offered a different alternative: collecting taxes from the ultra-wealthy.

“Hindi naman mali mag-explore ng paano ba mag generate ng revenue ang gobyerno (It’s not wrong for the government to explore different ways to generate revenue),” he said.

“Yung mga primary na dapat singilin ng gobyerno, P203-billion estate tax, di sinisingil. Malalaking korporasyon, kung maninigil din ng wealth tax sa bilyonaryo sa Pilipinas, pero hindi ginagawa (The primary obligation that the government should look into, the P203-billion estate tax, isn't being collected. There are big corporations and wealth taxes from billionaires, but these haven’t been done yet),” Manuel said, referring to the unpaid P203-billion Marcos estate tax issue which hounded President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. during his candidacy in the May 2022 polls.

“We end up looking for revenue from different sources and the effect, pinapasa sa mga consumers at ang ordinaryong mamamayan (the burden is passed on to consumers and ordinary citizens),” Manuel concluded.

Read more here: https://mb.com.ph/2022/08/16/tulfo-asks-boc-on-rampant-ukay-ukay-selling-ano-kayo-bulag/

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