NAGPALABAS ang top business groups ng talaan ng suggested priority bills para sa 18th Congress na makapagpapalago sa ekonomiya ng bansa.
“We believe these reforms will generate substantial impact on improving the country’s global competitiveness, increasing investment, and making economic growth more inclusive by creating more and better jobs,” anang grupo sa isang joint statement.
Ang measures na ipinanukala nila na bigyang prayoridad ng mga mambabatas ay ang mga sumusunod: Priority List A -Public Service Act amendments, Train 2: TRABAHO (CIT and FIR), Foreign Investment Act amendments, Retail Trade Act amendments, Apprenticeship Program Reform,
Build Operate Transfer Law amendments, Freedom of Information Act, Bank Secrecy Law amendments, Lifting foreign equity restrictions, Train 3: Property Valuation and Assessment, Train 4: Capital Income and Financial Taxes, Open Access in Data Transmission Act, at Water Department Act.
Nasa Priority List B naman ang Farm Entrepreneurship Act, PEZA Act amendments, Train 2+: Excise Tax on Alcoholic Bever-ages, Agri-Agra law amendments, Holiday Rationalization Act, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority Act, National Land Use Act, National Traffic and Congestion Crisis Act, Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board amendments,
PhilPorts Act (amend PPA Charter), Water Regulatory Commission Act, CAAP Act amendments, Commonwealth Act 541 amendments, National Transportation Safety Board Act, at Philippine Airports Authority Act.
Ang listahan ay ginawa ng Alyansa Agrikultura; American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines Inc.; Australia-New Zea-land Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines Inc.; Bankers Association of the Philippines Canadian Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines Inc.; European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines Inc.; Foundation for Economic Freedom; at Information Tech-nology and Business Association of the Philippines.
Kabilang din sa lumagda sa dokumento ang Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Philippines Inc., Korean Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Inc.; Makati Business Club; Management Association of the Philippines; Philippine As-sociation of Multinational Companies Regional Headquarters, Inc.; at Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Inc.
Suportado nila ang Tax Reform for Attracting Better and High-Quality Opportunities (TRABAHO) Bill, ang second package ng tax reform program ng administrasyong Duterte, subalit hiniling nila sa mga mambabatas na repasuhin ang ilang provisions na, anila, ay maaaring magkaroon ng masamang epekto sa global competitiveness ng bansa.
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