Fuel tax deferral means substantial 2020 increase

Oct 22, 2018 12:46 am

Consumers should brace for a substantial fuel tax hike in 2020 should the government shelve increases set to take effect next year, a senior Finance department official warned.

“The suspension is temporary and there is already the law that provides the scheduled increase,” Finance Undersecretary Karl Kendrick Chua told reporters.

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