DepEd wants teachers’ poll pay tax exempt

THE Department of Education (DepEd) will ask congress to pass a law that will make teachers’ election honoraria and allowances tax-free.

“What we are trying to do after the election is to ask Congress to enact a law that will make the honoraria and allowances tax exempt. That’s the first order of business after the election,” Undersecretary Alain Pascua, who is also the chairman of the Election Task Force, told reporters in a news briefing on Monday.