Solon lauds Duterte tax plan, vows reforms

A senator who has championed tax reform has welcomed the incoming Duterte government’s intentions to reform the income tax system, and has reiterated his vow to continue pushing for income tax reform in the 17th Congress.

“We very much welcome presumptive president Rodrigo Duterte’s plans of improving the country’s income tax system to make it more progressive and equitable. We’ve been pushing for this reform since I was elected senator in 2013,” Sen. Sonny Angara, chairman of the ways and means committee, said on Friday.