The more “pasalubongs” brought here at home, the better.
House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan has moved to increase to $6,000 the aggregate tax-exempt purchase that returning overseas Filipino workers and other balikbayans may make at duty-free shops operated by the Department of Tourism .
“Once enacted, we expect our measure to encourage a greater number of balikbayans to make their purchases here at home in DOT duty-free shops shortly after arrival, rather than in foreign stores, and help the Philippine economy generate more dollars,” he said. The $3,500 ceiling is split into up to $1,500 worth of discretionary consumer goods, plus up to $2,000 worth of “livelihood tools” under the exclusive “kabuhayan” shopping privilege.
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