The government could lose as much as P40 billion in gross revenues if the government heeds calls for the suspension of the higher fuel excise tax next year, a senior Finance department official warned.
“For sure, the fuel tax revenue next year is minus P40 billion [if the tax hike is shelved],” Finance Undersecretary Karl Kendrick Chua told reporters in an interview.
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