Sen. Imee Marcos pushes for tax breaks for COVID-19 donations

Senator Imee Marcos is hoping to give those who donate to the government's COVID-19 efforts a break by pushing for tax exemptions.

kahit sila mismo nasaktan din, nahirapan din. Sila mismo nawalan ng negosyo...lahat 'yan nagdodonate ng buong puso. Kaya, imbes na pabigatin pa natin at papatawan pa natin ang buwis yung donasyon nila, pambihira naman, bigyan na lang natin ng konting palugit na wala namang buwis yung[Translation: Everyone donating to the COVID efforts right now are also affected by it. Their businesses have suffered...they're donating wholeheartedly.

“This bill means to encourage the bayanihan spirit inherent in us Filipinos and not burden our generosity with taxes,” Marcos said in the statement. The legal benefits proposed in the Marcos bill apply to donations made during a government-declared state of calamity and are retroactive to January 2020 when the COVID-19 crisis was beginning to spread worldwide.The senator is also pushing for additional funds to be made available for the Research Institute of Tropical Medicine to improve its facilities and expand its presence nationwide.

At the same Laging Handa briefing she said is was regrettable that the facilities of the RITM have barely improved since it was established and this affects the fight against the virus.RITM, yung kaisa-isa na pinagta-tiyagaan natin, an only process 300 a day..talagang effort na effort sa kanila, ang gagaling nila, ang sisipag nila. Kaya lang ang problema, talagang bulok na 'yan, lumang-luma na..

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