2% tapyas sa VAT 'pag pumalo sa $100 kada bariles ang langis

MANILA, Philippines - Nanawagan ang isang kongresista sa Kongreso na magpasa ng batas upang otomatikong mabawasan ng dalawang porsyento ang VAT na ipinapataw sa produktong petrolyo tuwing aabot ang presyo ng langis sa $100 kada bariles.

Sinabi ni Kasangga Rep. Teodorico Haresco na ito ang magiging pa­nanggalang ng publiko laban sa mataas na presyo ng langis.

“In short, the 2% cut would serve as temporary government subsidy to provide relief to our people each time fuel prices becomes too steep. This is a win-win solution in the light of increasing calls to either cut or reduce the VAT which I think will do more harm than good if it is done across-the-board and on a permanent basis,” ani Haresco.

Sa panukala ni Haresco kapag umakyat sa $100 kada bariles ang presyo ng langis ay otomatikong magiging 10 porsyento ang VAT na ipapataw dito at babalik naman sa 12 por­syento kung mas mababa sa $100.

Nanawagan naman si Quezon City Rep. Winston Castelo sa Malacañang na sumali na sa panawagan na ibasura ang Oil Deregulation Law.

“The interplay of market forces has become illusory and what we see is the emergence of an oligopoly of three large oil companies that keep on dictating without mercy and increasing the prices of petroleum products,” ani Castelo. “Even the presence of small but independent oil companies has not given the much anticipated stability to the prices of domestic petroleum pro­ducts.”