PORAC, Jan. 18 -- Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III underscored the need for heightened government vigilance against the illicit manufacture and sale of tobacco products, given that the increase in "sin" taxes has incentivized illegal traders to increasingly resort to smuggling and tax evasion.
Dominguez said in a statement on Friday that the destruction here of several machines used in the manufacture of illicitly traded cigarettes forms part of the Duterte Administration's relentless campaign against manufacturers of these products, as effectively demonstrated in 2017 when the Department of Finance (DOF), through the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and Bureau of Customs (BOC), cracked down on the "biggest fish" -- Mighty Corp.
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