Fiscal incentives have led to the Philippines recording the lowest collection efficiency in the region with regard to corporate income taxes, the Finance department claimed on Tuesday.

In a statement, the department noted that the country — which imposes the highest corporate income tax rate in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at 30 percent — had the worst collection rate of 12 percent.

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