LOW-INCOME electricity consumers will be protected through direct and indirect social protection measures under the tax reform program submitted to the Congress last month by the Department of Finance (DOF).

Finance Undersecretary Karl Kendrick Chua said in a statement on Tuesday that the DOF is now looking at lifeline subsidies for low-income electricity consumers to protect them from the impact of the proposed increase in the excise tax on petroleum products.

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