Posted April 11, 2014
Written by
Gloria Villas
The more
than 200 percent increase in tax for Boracay Island is too high.
This is
the sentiment of real property owners in the island in line with the new Base
Market Values for Malay, Caticlan and Boracay.
For this
reason, Boracay Foundation Incorporated (BFI) President Jony Salme said that
they will be sending a position letter to the Aklan Provincial Council or
Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) to raise their suggestions.
According
to Salme, the said letter is still being drafted and they will send it to the
Aklan Provincial Government as soon as possible.
On the
Public Hearing conducted by SP Aklan in Boracay last April 4, real property owners
questioned the increase in their taxes for 2015.
Meanwhile,
the Provincial Assessor explained that the reason why taxes for Boracay and
Malay increased to up to 200 to 300 percent is because the Provincial
Government set aside the General Revision of Base Market Values for 9 years due
to past calamities that hit Aklan.
Translated
by Shelah Casiano
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