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By Jomar Canlas and Frank Lloyd Tiongson, Reporters
The House Committee on Ways and Means approved on Tuesday the
measure imposing a 5-centavo excise tax on text messages, but the
“no pass-on” provision was not included in the passage of the
bill.
According to Rep. Exequiel Javier of Antique,
chairman of the committee, the panel did not include a “no
pass-on” provision in the bill, which could result in higher
service cost because of additional tax burden for some 70 million
mobile phone subscribers.
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