RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED NEED TO SUPPORT THE LIFTING OF QUANTITATIVE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON RICE TO BETTER ATTAIN NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY AND TO REVIEW FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8178, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE AGRICULTURAL TARIFFICATION ACT OF 1996

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF GENERATING ADDITIONAL REVENUES FOR THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, OTHER THAN THE IMPOSITION OF NEW TAXES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS AND COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY TO JOINTLY CONDUCT A REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT 10351, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'SIN TAX REFORM LAW', IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHETHER SAID LAW HAS ACHIEVED ITS TWIN PURPOSE OF RAISING REVENUES AND LOWERING THE CONSUMPTION OF TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL PRODUCTS AND IN ORDER TO ASCERTAIN THE NEED, IF NECESSARY, TO AMEND AND FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE LAW

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS TO EXAMINE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE FISCAL PLAN, TO BE PRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, IN RELATION TO THE MEDIUM-TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPACT OF THE DUTERTE ADMINISTRATION'S COMPREHENSIVE TAX REFORM PROGRAM, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING UNIFORM AND EQUITABLE TAX SYSTEM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS TO EXAMINE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, AMBIGUOUS OR OUTMODED PROVISIONS OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND OTHER TAX LAWS, AND RECOMMEND THE APPROPRIATE AMENDMENTS THERETO TO ENHANCE REVENUE COLLECTION WITHOUT IMPOSING NEW OR ADDITIONAL TAXES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS IN REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10863 OR THE CUSTOMS MODERNIZATION AND TARIFF ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES, IN CONNECTION TO THE PRESENT CONTROVERSY INVOLVING SEVERAL PERSONALITIES UNDER THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS

RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE/S IN THE SENATE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REWARDS PROGRAM FOR SMUGGLING INFORMERS/INFORMANTS AND TAX EVASION WHISTLEBLOWERS

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE EXISTING INVENTORIES OF COAL AND OIL, AND TO MONITOR AND EVALUATE ELECTRICITY AND FUEL PRICES TO ENSURE NO PREMATURE PRICE INCREASES ARE BEING PAID BY CONSUMERS AS A RESULT OF THE NEW EXCISE TAX RATES UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10963 OR THE TAX REFORM FOR ACCELERATION AND INCLUSION ACT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION INTO THE ALLEGED RAMPANT TAX EVASION BY COMPANIES AND CORPORATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNCONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER UNDER THE TAX REFORM FOR ACCELERATION AND INCLUSION LAW (TRAIN)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON BANKS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND CURRENCIES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF R.A. NO. 9182, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLE ACT OF 2002

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE INFLATIONARY EFFECTS OF THE TAX REFORM FOR ACCELERATION AND INCLUSION (TRAIN) LAW, THE STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION AND THE EFFECTIVITY OF THE SOCIAL MITIGATING MEASURES THEREUNDER, AND THE OTHER COUNTER-INFLATIONARY MEASURES OF THE GOVERNMENT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS; AND TRADE AND COMMERCE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE IMPLICATION TO THE DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES AND TO THE WHOLE ECONOMY OF THE PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF R.A. NO. 8800 ALSO KNOWN AS SAFEGUARD MEASURES ACT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE INFLATIONARY IMPACT AND EFFECT ON THE ECONOMY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TAX REFORM FOR ACCELERATION AND INCLUSION (TRAIN) LAW

RESOLUTION TO INVESTIGATE THE IMPORTATION OF SECOND HAND MOTOR VEHICLES AND TO ENSURE THAT THE GOVERNMENT COLLECTS ALL PROPER TAXES AND DUTIES DUE THEREON

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE VARIOUS PUBLIC UTILITIES INCLUDING GAS, TRANSPORT, ELECTRICITY AND WATER AS THEY ARE AFFECTED BY THE INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ‘TRAIN LAW’ WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF SUBMITTING REMEDIAL MEASURES, STRENGTHENING SUBSIDIES AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, IF NEEDED AND RECOMMENDING OTHER APPROACHES TO HELP AFFECTED FILIPINO FAMILIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY; SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE; AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE PREVALENCE OF FUEL SMUGGLING IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOCIAL MITIGATING MEASURES UNDER THE TAX REFORM FOR ACCELERATION AND INCLUSION LAW

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED INADEQUACY OF THE NEEDED RESOURCES TO STOP OFFSHORE SMUGGLING ACTIVITIES IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE, WELFARE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE UNEXPLAINED DELAYS BY THE IMPLEMENTING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE AND BENEFITS PROGRAM MANDATED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10963 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TRAIN ACT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED SEIZURE OF SMUGGLED LUXURY VEHICLES IN CEBU

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPACT ON INFLATION OF SUSPENDING THE EXCISE TAX ON FUEL AS A COUNTER-INFLATIONARY MEASURE, ITS FISCAL IMPACT UNDER THE TRAIN LAW, ITS OVERALL IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, AND THE STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTIVITY OF THE SOCIAL MITIGATING MEASURES THEREIN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED REDUNDANCY OF THE GRANT OF FISCAL INCENTIVES BY THE GOVERNMENT TO CERTAIN ENTERPRISES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROPOSED INCREASE IN THE MOTOR VEHICLE USERS CHARGE (MVUC), AND RECOMMENDING THAT SUCH INCREASE BE HELD IN ABEYANCE SO AS NOT TO ADD TO THE BURDEN ALREADY BEING EXPERIENCED BY MOTORISTS DUE TO HIGH INTERNATIONAL OIL PRICES, AS WELL AS THE EXCISE TAXES ON GASOLINE AND ON AUTOMOBILES UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10963, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘TAX REFORM FOR ACCELERATION AND INCLUSION (TRAIN)’ LAW

RESOLUTION DIRECTING AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT OF BUREAU OF CUSTOMS PERSONNEL IN THE SMUGGLING OF FROZEN MEAT PRODUCTS IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION URGING THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES TO RECONSIDER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SECOND TRANCHE OF THE EXCISE TAX ON FUEL IN 2019 OR AT THE LEAST SUSPEND SUCH IMPLEMENTATION WITH DISPATCH AT ANYTIME IN THE SAME YEAR ONCE THE DESIGNATED THRESHOLDS ARE AGAIN ABOUT TO CAUSE HIGH INFLATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON FINANCE; AND WAYS AND MEANS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROPOSED SALE OF THE BLOCK OF GOVERNMENT OWNED SHARES OF THE PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE AND TELEPHONE COMPANY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE EFFECT TO THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY OF THE UNABATED RAMPANT CORRUPTION IN THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, AND ITS INADEQUACY TO FULLY MAXIMIZE ITS POTENTIAL TO SUPPORT THE GOAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE FOR AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT PURSUIT OF REVENUE GENERATION, RESOURCE MOBILIZATION, AND TRADE FACILITATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON FINANCE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, TO REVIEW, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE REVENUE BASE FOR DETERMINING THE ‘JUST SHARE IN THE NATIONAL TAXES’ OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT RECENT SUPREME COURT DECISIONS ON THE SAME, AND CONSIDERING THAT SUCH REVENUES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO FULFILL THEIR MANDATES UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE

RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION IN AID OF LEGISLATION INTO ONLINE GAMING IN THE PHILIPPINES FOR THE PURPOSE OF UPDATING THE LAW TO BETTER REGULATE THE INDUSTRY AND ENHANCE REVENUE GENERATION

RESOLUTION TO DIRECT THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED FAILURE OF PHILIPPINE OFFSHORE GAMING OPERATIONS (POGO) ESTABLISHMENTS TO COMPLY WITH GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS WITH REGARD TO THEIR FOREIGN NATIONAL EMPLOYEES LEADING TO TAX REVENUE LOSSES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF CRAFTING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD INCREASE OUR CAPABILITY TO MEET THE INCREASING CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTING OUR LAWS ON RESIDENT FOREIGN NATIONALS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD, ON HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY AND ON TRADE AND COMMERCE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE FAILURE TO STOP RAMPANT MEAT AND OFFAL SMUGGLING THAT THREATENS THE VIABILITY OF THE LOCAL LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY INDUSTRIES, UNDERMINES MEASURES TO ENSURE SUPPLY OF HIGH-QUALITY MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS AND DIMINISHES GOVERNMENT REVENUES WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ATTAINING FOOD SAFETY AND SECURITY AND STRENGTHENING THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE VAT REFUND FOR GOODS PURCHASED BY FOREIGN AND BALIKBAYAN TOURISTS FROM RETAIL STORES IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (BLUE RIBBON); WAYS AND MEANS; AND FINANCE TO LOOK INTO, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE PURPORTED ‘PADRINO SYSTEM’ PREVAILING IN THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS ALLEGEDLY PERPETRATED BY SOME MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WITH THE END IN VIEW OF INSTITUTING LEGISLATIVE REFORMS TO ADDRESS THE SAME

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED NEED TO REVIEW THE INEQUITABLE VALUE-ADDED TAX IMPOSED ON HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION AND CONDOMINIUM DUES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NEED TO CURB THE INCREASING PREVALENCE OF ILLEGAL IMPORTATION OF PLYWOOD FROM CHINA RESULTING IN HUGE LOSSES TO THE LOCAL PLYWOOD INDUSTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED TAX EVASION COMMITTED BY SELF-EMPLOYED PROFESSIONALS COSTING THE PHILIPPINES ABOUT P388 BILLION IN UNCOLLECTED POTENTIAL REVENUES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED ONION AND GARLIC SMUGGLING OPERATIONS IN THE COUNTRY