Lawmaker wants tax exemption on gadgets

Quezon City lawmaker District 2 Rep. Precious Hipolito Castelo pushed for tax exemption of mobile devices and gadgets that are to be used by the students and teachers for their online classes under the blended learning program of Department of Education.
 
Rep Castelo urged the government to remove the taxes on the gadgets and other communication devices to be purchased by students and teachers.

“Removing taxes will reduce the cost of these devices and gadgets, and make them affordable to poor learners and teachers,” she said, adding that such devices have customs and tariff duties since they are imported, plus the 12-percent value-added tax.

She mentioned that the DepEd has identified the tools that the students and their teaching personnel will need for distance and hybrid learning.

Rep. Castelo also added that her heart melted while watching a television report about a man from Bicol on the verge of tears offering his three chickens in exchange for used smart mobile phones his two boys could use for their virtual classes.

Fortunately, Good Samaritans sent the man the gadgets his children needed, telling him to keep his chickens.

“This story highlights the need for the government to make distance learning tools affordable to poor school children, at least during this pandemic,” Castelo said.

Source: philstar.com
Photo source: Rep. Precious Hipolito Castelo facebook & ctto

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