The government could collect a portion of an estimated P80 billion in unpaid delinquency taxes following partial approval of an amnesty law, a senior Finance department official said.

President Rodrigo Duterte may have vetoed parts of Republic Act (RA) 11213 or the Tax Amnesty law but among the provisions retained is an amnesty on delinquency taxes, Finance Undersecretary Mark Dennis Joven told reporters late last week.