Taxes due from the local unit of Japan Tobacco International (JTI) could boost government revenues by P2 billion monthly in the wake of the firm’s acquisition of local cigarette maker Mighty Corp.

Teresita Angeles, Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) Large Taxpayers Service, said that JTI had committed of paying P40 million every week as part of the buy-out deal.

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