In her first State of the Nation Address (SONA) after the inauguration of her second term, President Arroyo asked Congress to pass some 8 tax measures designed to increase government revenues by at least P80 billion (PDI 2004a). Even as the fiscal health of government was in bad shape, none among the top government [...]
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Tax reform under PGMA, Part II
Posted: January 3, 2011 in GMA, Legislatures, Philippine politics, Political economy, tax reform, Taxation, Uncategorized2
Tax reform under GMA I (2001-2004)
Posted: January 3, 2011 in CTRP, FVR, GMA, Jose de Venecia, Legislatures, Philippine politics, Political economy, Political institutions, tax reform, TaxationThe robustness of the conclusions and findings we had arrived at so far can be further tested if we change the decision-makers with the institutional parameters in place. For this purpose, we examine in this section the tax reform initiatives undertaken during the presidency of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. As revealed in subsequent paragraphs, this exercise would reveal continuities in tax policy and bolster our previous conclusions regarding tax policymaking in a candidate-centered democratic polity like the Philippines.
