PHILIPPINES DTI: Economic Zones Push for Tighter Watch on Illicit Tobacco Trade
The government will soon require cigarette manufacturers planning to set up shop in the country’s special economic zones (SEZs) to register with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) before they can be allowed to operate, in line with the Duterte administration’s sustained drive against tax evasion and the illicit tobacco trade. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said the alleged illicit activities in SEZs of certain locators registered with the Philippine Economic Zone Au
