Tito Mari Francis Escaño wrote:
This might as well be good news for those selling mechanical typewriters, abacus (electronic calculators will be taxed, right?!), columnar books, and boxes of folders containing important documents. Local sari-sari stores will make a killing selling those crude pencil sharpeners (no electric sharpener, no tax!). Wow! Aren't you relieved knowing you won't encounter another computer virus ever again because you better not use computers anymore to avoid tax?! And dealing with government clerks will mean longer wait time for that transaction over that peculiar office window number so instead of hours or days, it could take weeks or months, and we should call that high performance productivity! Reap and enjoy the benefits of total privacy and confidentiality of communication because having no phone means no wiretapping or eavesdropping. Isn't that cool?! Imagine kids with less distraction in school over cellphone! Look forward to improved grammar and spelling; no more BS like "i'm oLweiz ir 4 u guyzs"! Kudos to the proponents of that ordinance! This ordinance should be emulated by every nook and cranny of the Philippines! What a stroke of sheer genius! Hehehe!!!On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 5:30 PM, manny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:More greed and stupidity from City Hall! This new device tax will just introduce another source of graft and corruption and more red tape. If the City really wants to improve revenue collection, it should make a real attempt to stamp out corruption (and go for the big fish in City Hall itself). Is there any way to let City Hall know what we think of this measure? How can we reach them? --- CH polishes proposed measure to collect electronic device fees http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/03/01/news/ch.polishes.proposed.measure.to.collect.electronic.device.fees.html
Well if it's in the National Build Code, then the CH has every right to collect that tax. The problem here is the how. Flat rate would be ideal for this type of tax.. No hassle no fuss, minimal corruption
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