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WORKING HAND IN HAND FOR TAX POLICY REFORMS

Published by hj on March 31, 2013
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Reform of tobacco taxation made great leaps in various South-East Asian nations in 2012, according to the annual report of the South-East Initiative on Tobacco Tax (SITT).

Milestones included passing the Sin Tax Reform Law in the Philippines; influencing tobacco tax policy in Indonesia using research-based evidence, and passing and implementing the pictorial health warning regulation in Indonesia.

The report documents a number of lessons learned, including the importance of (from the Philippines):

 

  • Highlighting the impact of tobacco tax on public health so as to eradicate the notion that taxes only have fiscal objectives;
  • Bringing together allies from the government (i.e. Department of Health and the Department of Finance) to advocate for and defend measures;
  • Briefing legislators about the impact of tobacco taxation in saving the lives of smokers and those exposed to second- and third-hand smoke.

 

Download the file here:  SITT_Y3AR Web Copy

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