GOVERNMENT workers are expected to get fatter mid-year bonuses starting this month as a result of the enactment of Republic Act 10653 that provides tax exemption on 13th month pay and other benefits not exceeding P82,000.

Senator Juan Edgardo Angara, chairman of the Senate ways and means committee, and author of RA 10653, on Friday said the tax exemption law is applicable to the mid-year bonuses to be given to state workers and military personnel this month.

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