Vice President Jejomar C. Binay wants the ceiling on taxable value for balikbayan boxes brought in or sent by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) increased to P150,000.

Binay said the current P10,000 tax limit is no longer realistic because it was set in 1978 when the exchange rate was only P7.37 to $1.

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