Negros Occidental, its 31 local government units (LGUs) and Bacolod City will suffer a P3.8 billion drop in National Tax Allotments for 2023, data from Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Friday, June 24, showed.
That means they will receive a total of P22,509,531,116 in 2023 compared to P26,317,672,315 in 2022.
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) informed Lacson that all LGUs will face 14.47 percent NTA cuts in 2023 because of low tax collections at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
The Negros Occidental provincial government 2023 NTA share will drop by P782,280,808, Bacolod City – P302 696, 617, the 12 Negros Occidental cities – P2 billion and 19 municipalities – P706,076,15, the DBM said.
The following are the 2023 NTA shares for Negros Occidental and Bacolod City compared to what was allotted for 2022:
