SEN. Edgardo Angara on Thursday called on the two private water concessionaires Manila Water Co. Inc. and Maynilad Water Service Inc. to do a full refund of some P15 billion in corporate tax payments that they passed on to consumers.

Citing a Supreme Court (SC) ruling on a similar case involving power distribution firm Manila Electric Co. back in 2002, Angara said the practice of passing income tax to consumers is “illegal.”

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