Philippine Tax Chief Warns Online Platforms: E-cigarette Sales Must Comply With Tax Regulations
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Philippine tax chief warns online platforms: e-cigarette sales must comply with tax regulations
Romeo D. Lumagui Jr., director of the Philippine Bureau of Revenue (BIR), reminded online platforms and consumers that the sale of e-cigarette products must comply with tax stamps, minimum prices and other regulations. BIR is actively monitoring the compliance of online and offline merchants, and emphasized that only registered merchants can sell e-cigarettes on online platforms.
According to Bilyonaryo on June 11, Romeo D. Lumagui Jr., director of the Philippine Bureau of Revenue (BIR), seriously reminded online platforms and consumers that the online sale of e-cigarette products must comply with tax stamps, minimum prices and other requirements of the tax bureau.
Lumagui emphasized that only registered merchants can sell e-cigarette products on online platforms.
Lumagui revealed that BIR is actively monitoring online and offline merchants to see if they have violated relevant regulations.
"Online platforms should monitor e-cigarette sellers on their platforms to ensure that they comply with tax stamps, minimum prices and other requirements of the tax bureau. Once any online posts or products that violate the regulations are found, they should be removed immediately." Lumagui said that they have received some reports that some online sellers of e-cigarettes are selling their products at generally low prices because they do not pay taxes. "These illegal online sellers of e-cigarettes destroy the livelihoods of legal e-cigarette sellers." In addition, the agency plans to continue to crack down on the sale of illegal e-cigarettes by increasing supervision and coordinating with other government departments.
