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HIGHER CONTRIBUTION TO UHC. The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) is lobbying Congress to reduce the documentary stamp tax rate imposed on its gross retail receipts to be able to raise its contributions to the Universal Health Care (UHC) law. PCSO chair Junie E. Cua said during a Senate hearing on Wednesday (Feb. 1, 2023) that reducing the DST rate to just 10 percent from the present 20 percent would hike PCSO's contributions by 170 percent, from a projected PHP1.25 billion to almost PHP3.4 billion, this year. (Photo courtesy of PCSO) MANILA - The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) will be able to help more indigent Filipinos through higher contributions to the Universal Health Care (UHC) if the agency's documentary stamps tax (DST) rate is reduced to 10 percent, its chairman has said. Reducing the DST rate to 10 percent from the current 20 percent will enable the PCSO to raise its contributions to the UHC by 170 percent, or PHP2 billion, from a projected P ....

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