By President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is expected to highlight the increase in the share of local government units (LGUs) from national tax collections in his fifth State of the Nation Address (Sona) on July 27, according to Executive Secretary Ralph Recto.
The National Tax Allotment (NTA) for LGUs is set to rise to 1.32 trillion in 2027, an increase of almost P130 billion from the 2026 allocation, Recto said in a press release on Wednesday.
“As a former local executive official himself, the president sees and honors these as people’s entitlements. These are guaranteed plowbacks that will go from big cities to the remotest barangays,” he said, adding that the 2027 amount is based on the 2024 internal revenue collections as mandated by law.
