Sakop ng panukala ang income tax exemption sa allowances, honoraria, at iba pang cash benefits ng poll workers.
“The studies of pertinent government agencies on the revenue loss is too substantial an impact to be foregone,” pahayag ni Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles.
Sa kanyang veto message, sinabi ni Marcos na “the measure runs counter to the objective of the government’s Comprehensive Tax Reform Program to correct the inequity in the country’s tax system and negate the progressivity of the reforms introduced under RA 10963 or the TRAIN law.”
“Moreover, the studies of pertinent government agencies on the revenue loss is too substantial an impact to be foregone,” dagdag pa niya.
Ayon sa Department of Education, mahigit sa 647,000 teaching at non-teaching personnel ang nagserbisyo noong May polls.