EXCISE tax collections from sugar-sweetened beverages fell short of the government’s target in the first 10 months of 2018, the Department of Finance (DoF) reported on Thursday.

In a statement, the department said such collections in January-October reached only P29.92 billion. Of the amount, P29.74 billion came from large taxpayers and the rest — P184.4 million — from other taxpayers.

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