Several congressmen on Tuesday warned that the government’s plan to increase the excise tax on oil products will be an additional burden on consumers.

Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said the DOF’s plan will not benefit low-income wage earners who are already exempted from income taxes.

"They will not be spared from cascading burden of the tax relative to VAT and excise taxes on oil products because at the end of the line are the consumers, the very small wage earners who are not beneficiaries of the income tax deduction," Lagman said.

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