Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) can now send or bring more goods to the country because of the signing into law by President Benigno Aquino 3rd of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) which increases the tax-exempt value of items sent by migrant workers to their families.

The CMTA or Republic Act 10863 increases the tax exemption ceiling from the present P10,000 to P150,000.

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