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One deception is that VAT, as embodied in the bills in the two chambers, is more of a sales or consumption tax than a Value-Added Tax. The manner of collecting VAT alone shows its true color.


A Value-Added Tax (10 percent at present) is added to the price of merchandise every time it is sold and resold – all the way until it reaches the ultimate buyer, the consumer.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-04-19 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr.
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                    [Title] => How to read surveys . . .  and businessmen
                    [Summary] => "Heading into the 2004 elections, expect more surveys to pop up in the press," the Makati Business Club alerts members. "The most-often quoted ones will be those of Social Weather Station, Pulse Asia, and ASW-Roper. Don’t believe everything you read about a survey in the media. Reporters tend to gloss over the technical details of survey preparation and rush for headline-grabbing news." 


The MBC drafted a quick guide on how to read surveys: 


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                    [ColumnID] => 134276
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                    [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc
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One deception is that VAT, as embodied in the bills in the two chambers, is more of a sales or consumption tax than a Value-Added Tax. The manner of collecting VAT alone shows its true color.


A Value-Added Tax (10 percent at present) is added to the price of merchandise every time it is sold and resold – all the way until it reaches the ultimate buyer, the consumer.


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The MBC drafted a quick guide on how to read surveys: 


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Big Deception blurs full view of VAT bill

By POSTSCRIPT | By Federico D. Pascual Jr. | April 19, 2005 - 12:00am

DECEPTION: Some tax expert should expose Big Deceptions that have been blurring the public view of the nature, intent and effects of the expanded Value-Added Tax bill being pushed in Congress. One deception is that...

Opinion

How to read surveys . . . and businessmen

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | January 28, 2004 - 12:00am

"Heading into the 2004 elections, expect more surveys to pop up in the press," the Makati Business Club alerts members. "The most-often quoted ones will be those of Social Weather Station, Pulse Asia,...

Opinion

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