A LAWMAKER seeks to investigate the alleged non-compliance of food delivery app companies to providing a 20% discount to senior citizens.
In a statement on Friday, Deputy Speaker Bernadette Herrera-Dy said she filed House Resolution No. 1626 which calls for a probe in aid of legislation by an appropriate House committee on food delivery service providers violating Republic Act (RA) 9944 or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010.
“There is an increasing number of complaints from the senior citizens who could not avail of the 20% discount mandated by law for food deliveries using applications like Food Panda and Grab, among others,” she said in a statement on Friday.
The law states that seniors , or those at least 60 years old, are entitled to a 20% discount and exemption from paying value added tax for applicable goods and services from all establishments.
Food delivery service is covered under Section 3 of the law, which states, “For delivery orders, the 20 percent discount shall likewise apply subject to certain conditions, i.e. senior citizen ID card number must be given while making the order over the telephone.”
Non-compliance to the law warrant a penalty of P50,000 to P200,000 and imprisonment of two to six years, depending on the number of violations. — Gillian M. Cortez