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PILLS. Various medicines are shown in their original packaging, in Brussels, Belgium, August 9, 2019.
Yves Herman/Reuters
Here are the additional medicines exempted from value-added tax in early June 2025
MANILA, Philippines – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) added several medicines that will no longer be subjected to value-added tax (VAT).
Five more medicines are now VAT-exempt, according to an advisory from the FDA.
Effective last Wednesday, June 4, the following medicines for cancer, diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, and mental illness were added to the list:
Meanwhile, cancer medicine Baricitinib has been removed from the list of VAT-exempt medicines. This means buyers of its film-coated tablets (2 mg and 4 mg) will again have to pay VAT upon purchase.
VAT-exempted medicines are provided for under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion or TRAIN Law and the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises or CREATE Act. – Rappler.com
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