The Philippines needs to update its tax incentives system to remain competitive in an integrated Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Department of Finance (DOF) said on Wednesday.

According to the Finance agency, tax incentives have long been used by governments worldwide as a fiscal policy lever to spur economic growth and investment, but the expenditures that result from the use of incentives in the Philippines are “still kept in the dark.”

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