‘Exhibitors don’t need to pay tax’

“DO your homework.”

This was the message of Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia to Mandaue City Treasurer Regal Oliva, who said One Cebu Expo exhibitors need to pay P110 per day for using booths in the Cebu International Convention Center from Aug. 1 to Aug. 15.

“He shoots… from his mouth without studying his facts and getting it right,” Garcia said.

Capitol spokesman Rory John Sepulveda said there are no taxable items being sold in the exhibit, which cannot be taxed since it is a government event.

Oliva said he is collecting fees and charges, not taxes.

“Why don’t they just pay what is due to the city? They should do their jobs: Pay up,” he said. /Correspondent Carmel Loise Matus and Reporter Jucell Marie P. Cuyos