DISMAYADO ang producer sa MButterfly National Tour ngadto sa kagamhanan sa dakbayan sa Sugbo human ang maong lokal nga kagamhanan lang ang nikolekta og amusement tax sa tulo ka dapit nga ilang gipahigayonan sa maong play.
Sa Facebook post sa producer niini nga si Jhett Tolentino, gipakita niya kon pila ang gidonar gikan sa kita sa play ngadto sa charitable institutions.
Gikan sa tulo ka syudad nga gipahigayonan nila sa National Tour sa MButterfly ang Cebu City Treasurer’s Office nikolekta og P75,903.80 nga amusement tax samtang ang Dumaguete City ug Iloilo City, libre sila niini.
“Since we started the Mayor’s Permit process on January 24th and application for amusement tax exemption, we never head a thing until it was too late for me to do anything about the City Council’s decision of giving us 50% discount on the amusement tax. I requested for 100% exemption since we were donating P500K to 2 charities (picked out by Cebu City First Lady Margot Osmeña, who happens to be a City Councilor as well)," tipik sa post.
Dugang ni Tolentino nga gatuo siya nga 100% exemption ang ihatag sa City Council kanila tungod kay mi-donate man kini og P500,000 sa Cebu Arts Council ug Children of Cebu og tag P250,000.
“Councilor Margot Osmena hosted a meeting the following morning in her office. Everything was cleared as “misunderstanding. That’s when I knew we were only approved for 50% amusement tax exemption. Had I known in advance, I would have opted to pay 100% amusement tax and not gave P500K to 2 Cebu charities. I would have saved our production.." dason niini.
Giingong giharas pa sila si Tolentino sa 7 ka staff sa CTO sa dakbayan sa Sugbo, “About the harassment and bullying of the CTO staff, I have so many witnesses to that. Even local production companies have shared their experiences. “It’s their tactics - power tripping.” I don’t make things up.”
Aduna’y total sales nga P1.1 milyones ang show sa Sugbo diin mao ang pinakaubos sa Philippine Tour niini. (HBL)