Wednesday, April 02, 2008 Councilor urges Senate, Congress to expedite workers' tax exempt
THE Davao City council on Tuesday passed a resolution urging both houses of Senate and Congress to immediately act on pending bills aimed at exempting private sector workers receiving minimum wage and public employees with salary grade 1 to 3 from payment of income taxes.
Councilor Peter Laviña, proponent of the said resolution, said there is an urgent need to pass these pieces of legislation to help alleviate the plight of lowly workers who are directly suffering from the impact of rising prices and the shrinking of the purchasing value of their income.
