sinusulong ng isang mambabatas ang pansamantalang suspensyon ng koleksiyon ng buwis sa mga lokal na pelikula matapos payagan ng gobyerno na muling magbukas ang mga sinehan sa Metro Manila.
Sa House Bill No. 8428 na inakda ni Pangasinan Rep. Christopher de Venecia, layuning susugan ang Republic Act No. 7160, o ang Local Government Code of 1991.
Pinagtibay na ito kamakailan ng House committee on local government ngunit kailangan pang dalhin sa plenaryo. Nais ni De Venecia, chairman ng House committee on creative industry and performing arts, na suspendihin muna ang pangungulekta ng amusement tax sa loob ng dalawang taon.
“Taxes are a big dent in the earnings and viability of local film production outfits, which have suffered greatly from the pandemic,” anang mambabatas.
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"Suspension of the tax collection on local movies will help these movie firms get back on their feet so they can recover their costs and earn enough markup to create more movies and hire back their workers, actors, and tech crew,” aniya pa.
Umapela si De Venecia sa Bureau of Internal Revenue at local government units LGUs) para sa suspensyon ng tax collection sa mga lokal na pelikula “to allow the industry to recover first.”“While both the live events and movie industries employ around 760,000 workers, and generate no less than P100 billion [a year] for the national economy, with local governments taking a piece of that pie, it is important to evaluate the amusement tax in light of COVID-19,” anang Pangasinan lawmaker.
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