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‘First time’: Teachers’ group rues 20% tax levied on #Halalan2022 worker pay

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<p>MANILA — A teachers&#x27; group said Saturday that a 20 percent tax on the salary of election workers, mostly teachers, in the May 9 presidential elections will be imposed &quot;for the first time.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Itong P10,000 for the chair of the Electoral Board and P9,000 for the members ay mababawasan ito ng 20 percent tax for the first time,&quot; said Benjo Basas, chairperson of the Teachers&#x27; Dignity Coalition.</p><p>His group and other teachers had protested this tax, but the finance department and the Bureau of Internal Revenue said this was the law.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/03/16/22/teachers-blast-20-pct-tax-on-halalan-travel-allowance">Teachers blast 20 pct tax on Halalan travel allowance</a></li></ul><p>But the Commission on Elections (Comelec) granted at least a P2,000 increase in the honoraria and other allowances of election workers, with the 2022 elections expected to take longer hours due to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/13/21/comelec-oks-pay-hike-for-2022-poll-workers">Comelec OKs pay hike for 2022 poll workers; fully-vaccinated &#x27;preferred&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>Comelec-approved honoraria of 2022 poll workers:</p><ul>	<li>Chairperson of EB - P7,000</li>	<li>Members of EB - P6,000</li>	<li>DESO - P5,000</li>	<li>Support staff - P3,000</li>	<li>Medical personnel - P3,000</li></ul><p>Basas said the Election Service Reform Act of 2016 should have declared a tax exemption on the salary of poll workers.</p><p>A Comelec commissioner had supported the request of teachers serving in the elections but said that it was not for the agency to decide.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/10/22/comelec-exec-backs-push-to-tax-exempt-honoraria-of-poll-workers">Comelec exec backs push to tax exempt honoraria of poll workers</a></li></ul><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/piqO4HTMwi4?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The Teachers’ Dignity Coalition had protested this tax, but the finance department and the Bureau of Internal Revenue said this was the law.