THE government will push for new sin taxes at the 18th Congress, the Department of Finance (DoF) said over the weekend.

In a statement, the Finance department said key measures in the Duterte administration’s legislative agenda for this year’s Congress include “new excise taxes on alcohol, e-cigarettes and vapor (vaping) products.”

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