REVENUE from the first package of tax reform exceeded the government's target for the first half of the year, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd told legislators on Tuesday.

"The Train Law, which you kindly passed, and which was implemented at the start of 2018, contributed P33.7 billion in revenues for the first half of the year – surpassing our target by P3.6 billion," Dominguez said at the briefing by the interagency Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) at the House of Representatives.

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