# TaxTheRich A policy of introducing a wealth tax in the Philippines using a social justice lens
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the government’s need for additional revenue sources or the imposition of new taxes. The Philippine economy shrank by 9.6 percent in 2020. About 4.5 million Filipinos lost their jobs at the end of 2020. In contrast, the ultra-rich of the Philippines increased their...
| Veröffentlicht in: | UP CIDS Discussion Paper Series 2023-11 no. 10 (2023), 1-35 |
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