TRAIN explained: How the sugar tax will impact consumers

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<div class="infogram-embed" data-id="9328fc14-3b1f-40ee-98c9-125e1ff316ee" data-title="The Train Law" data-type="interactive"> </div><div><script type="text/javascript">!function(e,t,s,i){var n='InfogramEmbeds',o=e.getElementsByTagName('script'),d=o[0],r=/^http:/.test(e.location)?'http:':'https:';if(/^/{2}/.test(i)&&(i=r+i),window[n]&&window[n].initialized)window[n].process&&window[n].process();else if(!e.getElementById(s)){var a=e.createElement('script');a.async=1,a.id=s,a.src=i,d.parentNode.insertBefore(a,d)}}(document,0,'infogram-async','https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js');</script></div><p>MANILA - The government will tax some sugar-sweetened drinks starting next year, with the twin aims of raising revenue and fighting obesity.</p><p>Drinks with caloric and non-caloric sweeteners will be taxed P6 per liter while those using high-fructose corn syrup, a cheap sugar substitute, will be charged P12 per liter. The rates were revised from the original proposal of P10 per liter.</p><p>The tax on sugary drinks is among duties that are meant to offset a reduction in personal income tax rates, which will also take effect next year under the first package of reforms that President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law on Dec. 19.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/12/19/17/duterte-signs-tax-reform-2018-budget-into-law">Duterte signs tax reform, 2018 budget into law </a></li></ul><p>All milk, whether powdered, ready-to-drink, flavored or fermented, will be excluded from tax, as well as ground and 3-in-1 coffee and 100-percent-natural fruit and vegetable juices, meal replacements and medically indicated drinks, and beverages sweetened with stevia or coco sugar.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/multimedia/infographic/12/19/17/the-tax-reform-for-acceleration-and-inclusion-or-train-law">INFOGRAPHIC: The Tax Reform for Acceleration or Inclusion or TRAIN</a></li></ul><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/pinoytaxreformcalculator">The Pinoy Tax Reform Calculator</a></li></ul><p>The <a href="http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2016/curtail-sugary-drinks/en/">World Health Organization</a> says fiscal policies that cause the price of sugary drinks to increase by 20 percent can discourage consumption, helping reduce obesity, type 2 diabetes, and tooth decay.</p><p>Beverage firms, such as <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05/10/17/tax-on-sweetened-drinks-to-hurt-businesses-coke-says">Coca-Cola FEMSA</a>, the world&#x27;s largest franchise bottler of Coke products, have warned that taxing sweetened drinks could stoke inflation and hurt manufacturers, sugar farmers and small retailers.</p>

<p>The government will tax some sugar-sweetened drinks starting next year, with the twin aims of raising revenue and fighting obesity.</p>

The government will tax some sugar-sweetened drinks starting next year, with the twin aims of raising revenue and fighting obesity.