Bigger Budget for Mangaldan Next Year

 By Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA

MANGALDAN, Pangasinan – The annual appropriation budget of Pangasinan Top 5 “richest” town is growing stronger based on the PHP 478 million indicative National Tax Allotment (NTA) for year 2027.

In a flag ceremony held here recently, Mangaldan Mayor Bona Fe D. Parayno crowed that compared to this year’s NTA, the NTA next year will be bigger.

She optimistically told her constituents that countless of projects and programs will be in the pipeline because of this allocation.

“Hangarin nating mailawan at masemento ang mga daan sa Mangaldan,” she said about her priorities to lighting of the roads and highways and the concreting of the municipal roads here.

The budget this year of this first class town from the NTA and the Locally Sourced Revenues (LSR) is ₱539. This year’s budget is ₱37 million bigger than the previous year.

With the P478 million NTA and the probable more or less P100 million LSR next year, this town is seen to have an annual appropriation budget of more or less P570 million.

Usually the NTA is four or five times bigger than the LSR.

The NTA here comes from the collections of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), the Bureau of Customs, and other national agencies.

The LSR hails from real property taxes, business taxes, and other local levies. Its non-tax revenues come from regulatory fees, service charges, and economic enterprise receipts.

Under the Local Government Code of 1991, local governments – like those in the province, cities, and municipalities - are entitled to a 40% share of national internal revenue taxes based on the collection of the third fiscal year preceding the current fiscal year. In the case of this town’s 2027 budget its computation is based on the 2024 collection of the national government.

The national allotment is divided among the local governments through Population (50%) Land Area (25%), and Equal Sharing (25%).

The 2026 budget focuses on several key community developments and allocations:

 Education & School Facilities: The Local School Board (LSB) allocated over ₱12.3 million from local Real Property Tax (RPT) collections for education. This includes funding for a new three-classroom building at the Mangaldan Integrated School SPED Center, a science lab upgrade at Mangaldan Central School, and the installation of solar lights across 27 public schools.

 Market & Infrastructure Upgrades: Significant portions of the town’s 20% Development Fund are being utilized to repair the roof of the Mangaldan Public Market and to rehabilitate and improve various municipal roads.

 Energy Management: By order of Mayor Parayno the local government has also mandated energy conservation measures across government facilities to respond to national energy emergency directives.

Other allocations are directed toward road improvements.