Philippine senator pushes for imposition of tax on digital content, services

According to Senator Ramon Revilla, Filipinos spend around four hours and 12 minutes on various social media platforms every day, nearly double the global daily average of two hours and 16 minutes. - AFP

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): Senator Ramon 'Bong' Revilla on Tuesday (May 19) proposed imposing taxes on digital content and services to augment funding for the country’s national economic recovery plan amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.

Revilla filed Resolution No. 410 calling on the Senate Committee on Ways and Means and other appropriate Senate committees to look into possibly collecting taxes from “multinational online streaming services and the digital economy.”