煙草在線據(jù)菲律賓信息機(jī)構(gòu)報(bào)道編譯　　該國最大的煙草農(nóng)民組織的一名領(lǐng)袖表達(dá)了他對(duì)在參議院的全體會(huì)議上，通過參議員富蘭克林·德里隆版本煙酒產(chǎn)品罪惡稅的良好評(píng)論，提出衛(wèi)生保健福利將來自該法案。

　　煙草種植者協(xié)會(huì)合作合并(NFTGACI)的全國聯(lián)合會(huì)主席表示埃內(nèi)斯托·卡林達(dá)斯說，該提議增加煙酒產(chǎn)品的罪惡稅，最終將使煙草農(nóng)民和他們的家庭受益，因?yàn)閺倪@種稅收措施中征集到的大多數(shù)稅收，將用于衛(wèi)生保健保險(xiǎn)和升級(jí)政府醫(yī)院。

　　15名參議員，包括參議院議長居安·龐斯·恩里萊在內(nèi)，投票支持通過參議員德里隆的3299號(hào)參議院法案，尋求重新調(diào)整煙酒產(chǎn)品的消費(fèi)稅，增加400億到500億比索的稅收。

　　由于今年的煙草種植季節(jié)即將開始，卡林達(dá)斯建議他的煙農(nóng)生產(chǎn)高質(zhì)量的煙草來滿足生產(chǎn)高質(zhì)量卷煙的卷煙制造商的需求。

　　對(duì)他而言，伊羅戈斯州長Luis Chavit Singson，即《共和國7171號(hào)煙草消費(fèi)稅法》的作者，保證增加罪惡稅不會(huì)對(duì)弗吉尼亞煙農(nóng)產(chǎn)生不利影響。

　　他說，任何增加卷煙產(chǎn)品的稅收，也將增加弗吉尼亞煙草生產(chǎn)省份從《共和國7171煙草消費(fèi)稅法》中獲得的資金份額。

　　根據(jù)德里隆的罪惡稅版本，當(dāng)前年度根據(jù)《共和國7171煙草消費(fèi)稅法》獲得40億比索的資金，將會(huì)變成每年的100億比索。

　　從罪惡稅中征收的大多數(shù)稅收將用于政府的全民醫(yī)保計(jì)劃。

Phillipines: Farmer Leader Favors Passage of Propose Sin Tax Hike

　　A leader of one of the country's biggest tobacco farmers' organizations expressed his favorable comment on the passage of Senator Franklin Drilon's version on sin tax increase on cigarette products and alcohol in the Senate's plenary citing the health care benefits that will be derived from it.

　　Ernesto Calindas, president of the National Federation of the Tobacco Growers Associations' Cooperative Incorporated (NFTGACI), said the proposed increase of sin tax on cigarette and alcohol will eventually benefit tobacco farmers and their families because majority of the collected amount from the tax measure will go for health care insurance and upgrading of government hospitals.

　　Fifteen senators including Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile voted for the passage of Senator Drilon's Senate Bill 3299 seeking for the restructuring on the excise tax on alcohol and tobacco products by increasing P40 billion to P45 billion.

　　As tobacco planting season this year is now about to start, Calindas advised his fellow tobacco farmers to produce high quality tobacco to meet the demand of the cigarette manufacturers for the production of high quality cigarettes.

　　For his part, Ilocos Governor Luis Chavit Singson, the author of RA 7171 tobacco excise tax law, assured that the increase of sin tax will not adversely affect the Virginia tobacco farmers.

　　He said that any increase on taxes of cigarette products will also increase the share of Virginia tobacco-producing provinces from the RA 7171 tobacco excise tax fund.

　　Under Drilon's sin tax hike version, the P4 billion current annual RA7171 tobacco excise tax fund will become P10 billion per year.

　　Majority of the collected amount from the sin tax increase will go to the universal health care programs of government. Enditem