P1-Trillion National Tax Allotment Boosts LGUs’ HEARTS Projects – DOF
October 23, 2025
Manila: Health, education, agriculture and environment, roads and infrastructure, technology and security, and social protection (HEARTS) projects of the local government units (LGUs) have been ensured as their share in the National Tax Allotment (NTA) has been increased. According to Philippines News Agency, citing the 2019 Mandanas-Garcia ruling of the Supreme Court (SC), the Department of Finance (DOF) announced that LGUs’ share in the NTA has been increased to 40 percent of all national taxes, instead of those only collected by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). “This means greater capacity for LGUs to improve the delivery of essential services
