DTI unaware of discount rule for elderly – lawyer

A senior citizen has accused the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) of being unaware of the discount to which a senior citizen is entitled under the law.

Lawyer Romulo Macalintal, who filed with the DTI his complaint against a fastfood chain’s promotional discount where it sells two food items consisting of a cup of coffee and a piece of hash browns which he claimed was “not senior citizen friendly,” said his complaint “was brushed aside by the DTI Consumer Protection and Advocacy Board on ground of lack of jurisdiction and referred his case to the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Department of Social Welfare for proper computation of the discounts for senior citizens and VAT exemption.”