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Sugar Regulatory Administrator (SRA) James C. Ledesma said the BIR appears to be amenable to the proposal of  the industry to exempt processed sugar with 99.5-percent purity from VAT. 


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BIR exempts processed sugar from 10% VAT

By Rocel Felix | January 8, 2004 - 12:00am

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has agreed to the sugar industry’s request for processed sugar to be exempted from the 10 percent-value added tax (VAT). Sugar Regulatory Administrator (SRA) James C. Ledesma...

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