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Robin Padilla says against tax incentives for foreign investors

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Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Actor Robin Padilla during the PDP-Laban campaign sortie held at the Marikina Hotel and Convention Center on March 20, 2019. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/02/03/20190320-pdp-laban-halalan2019-senator-sortie-bong-go-koko-pimentel-robin-padilla-cynthia-villar-bayani-fernando-gc-2517.jpg"/><figcaption>Actor Robin Padilla during the PDP-Laban campaign sortie held at the Marikina Hotel and Convention Center on March 20, 2019. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Senatorial aspirant and actor Robin Padilla said Thursday he opposes tax incentives for foreign investors and seeks higher income so Filipino migrant workers can come home.</p><p>Padilla cited as an example his being an investor in Australia, saying he pays &quot;double&quot; the taxes.</p><p>&quot;Pag sa ibang bansa naginvest ka ang tax mo doble. Dito sa Pilipinas magkakaroon ng foreign investor, ang tax mo libre. Dapat lang 50-50 tayo pero pagdating sa tax di mo dapat pinapaboran ang foreigner sa Pinoy,&quot; he told ANC&#x27;s Headstart.</p><p>(If you invest in other countries, your tax is double. Here in the Philippines if you&#x27;re a foreign investor you&#x27;re tax-free. We should have a 50-50 share but when it comes to tax we shouldn&#x27;t favor foreigners over Filipinos.)</p><p>Government should raise the &quot;minimum monthly&quot; income so overseas Filipino workers can return to the country, Padilla said.</p><p>&quot;Dapat magkaroon tayo ng average. Kailangan dapat ang kinikita ng isang pamilya at least P25,000,&quot; he said.</p><p>(We should have an average. A family should earn at leats P25,000.)</p><p>When asked if he knew how to make a law, Padilla said he could hire lawyers to help him.</p><p>&quot;Marami po tayong pwedeng kuning lawyer. Tapos na po tayo sa panahon na ang lawyer ang gumagawa ng batas kaya di niyo maintindihan,&quot; he said.</p><p>(There are many lawyers we can get. The time when lawyers are drafting measures that people can&#x27;t understand has passed.)</p><p>&quot;Panahon na po na isang Robin Padilla ang gumawa ng batas sa guidance ng magagaling na lawyer para maintindihan ng ating mga kababayan kung ano ang batas.&quot;</p><p>(It&#x27;s time for a Robin Padilla to make a law guided by good lawyers so the public can understand it.)</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1914397" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Senatorial aspirant and actor Robin Padilla said Thursday he opposes tax incentives for foreign investors and seeks higher income so Filipino migrant workers can come home.

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Robin Padilla says against tax incentives for foreign investors

Gillan Ropero,

ABS-CBN News

Published February 03, 2022 10:05 AM PHT

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Updated February 03, 2022 10:30 AM PHT

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