The House Ways and Means Committee has sought the position of the Department of Finance (DOF) on the proposal to impose a 20-percent excise tax on firecrackers.

House Bill 3685 aims to regulate the use of firecrackers by imposing excise tax. The measure had been pending at the committee level since 2014.

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