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Republic Act

AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED.

Number
Presidential Decree No. 1959
Date of approval
Sections
54
Preamble

WHEREAS, the current economic crisis amounts to a grave

emergency which affects the stability of the nation and requires immediate

action;

WHEREAS, the issuance of this decree is an essential and

necessary component of the national economic recovery-program formulated to meet

and overcome the emergency.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the

Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the

Constitution do hereby decree and order:

Section 1

SECTION 1. A new Subsection (y) is inserted in Section 20 of

the National Internal Revenue Code to read as follows:

"(y) 'Deposit substitutes' shall means an alternative form of obtaining funds

from the public, other than deposits, through the issuance, endorsement, or

acceptance of debt instruments for the borrower's own account, for the purpose

of relending or purchasing of receivables and other obligations, or financing

their own needs or the needs of their agent or dealer. These promissory notes,

repurchase agreements, certificates of assignment or participation and similar

instrument with recourse as may be authorized by the Central Bank of the

Philippines, for banks and non-bank financial intermediaries or by the

Securities and Exchange Commission of the Philippines for commercial,

industrial, finance companies and ether non-financial companies: Provided,

however, that only debt instruments issued for inter-bank call loans to

cover deficiency in reserves against deposit liabilities including those between

or among banks and quasi-banks shall not be considered as deposit substitute

debt instruments."

Section 2

SEC. 2. Section 21 (d) of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"(d) On interest from bank deposits and yield or any other monetary benefit

from- deposit substitutes and from trust fund and similar arrangements.—

Interest from Philippine Currency Bank deposits and yield or any other monetary

benefit from deposit substitutes and from trust fund and similar arrangements

whether received by citizens of the Philippines or by resident alien

individuals, shall be subject to a 15% final tax to be collected and paid as

provided in Sections 53 and 54 of this Code."

Section 3

SEC. 3. Section 24 (cc) of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"(cc) Rates of tax on interest from deposits and yield or any other monetary

benefit from deposit substitutes and from trust fund and similar

arrangements.—Interest on Philippine Currency Bank deposits and yield or any

other monetary benefit from deposit substitutes and from trust fund and similar

arrangements received by domestic or resident foreign corporations shall be

subject to a 15% final tax to be collected and paid as provided in

Section 4

SEC. 4. Section 53 (d) (1) of this Code is hereby amended to

read as follows:

"Sec. 53 (d) (1). Withholding of Final Tax.—Every

bank or non-bank financial intermediary or commercial, industrial, finance

companies, and other non-financial companies authorized by the Securities and

Exchange Commission to issue deposit substitutes shall deduct and withhold from

the interest on bank deposits or yield or any other monetary benefit from

deposit substitutes a final tax equal to fifteen per centum (15%) of the

interest on deposits or yield or any other monetary benefit from deposit

substitutes and from trust fund and similar arrangements."

Section 5

SEC. 5. A new subsection (q) is hereby added to Section 54

of this Code, as amended to read as follows:

"(q) All taxes withheld pursuant to the provisions of this Code and its

implementing regulations are hereby considered trust funds and shall be

maintained in a separate account and not coming-led with any other funds of the

withholding- agent.

"Any violations of this provision shall be subject to the surcharges and

penalties prescribed in paragraph (b) of this Section.:

Section 6

SEC. 6. Section 145 of this Code, as amended, is further

amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 145. Specific tax on distilled spirits.—On

distilled spirits there shall be collected, subject to the provisions of See.

139 of this Code, exc2pt as hereinafter provided, specific taxes as

follows:

"(a) If produced from the sap of nipa, coconut, cassava, camote or buri palm

or from the juice, syrup or sugar of the cane, per proof liter, five pesos;

Provided, that such materials are produced commercially in the country

where they are processed into distilled spirits; Provided, further,

That if produced in a pot still or other similar primary distilling

apparatus by a distiller producing not more than one hundred liters a day,

containing not more than fifty per centum of alcohol by volume, per proof liter,

one peso and fifty six centavos."

"(b) If produced from raw materials other than (a) hereof, per proof liter,

thirty-five pesos."

"This tax shall be proportionally increased for any strength of the spirits

taxed over proof spirits, and the tax shall attach to the substance as soon as

it is in existence as such, whether it be subsequently separated as pure or

impure spirits immediately or at any subsequent time transformed into any other

substance either in the process of original, production or by the subsequent

process.

"Spirits or distilled spirits" is the substance known as ethyl alcohol,

ethanol or spirits of wine, including all dilutions and mixture thereof, from

whatever source by whatever process produced, and shall include whisky brandy,

rum, gin and vodka, and other similar products or mixture including compounded

liquors and all other preparations, except toilet preparations, of which

excluding water distilled "spirits is the chief ingredient.

"Proof spirits" is liquor containing one-half of its volume of alcohol of a

specific gravity of seven thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine ten thousandths

at fifteen decrees centigrade. A proof liter means a liter of proof

spirits."

Section 7

SEC. 7. Section 147 of this Code, as amended-, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

Section 8

SEC. 8. Section 151 of this Code, as amended, is

hereby-further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 151. Specific ad valorem tax on matches.—

There shall be levied, assessed and collected an ad valorem tax equivalent to

ten per cent (10%) of the manufacturer's or importer's gross selling price of

matches to be removed from the place of manufacture or to be released from

customs custody, which shall be paid by the manufacturer or importer, as the

case may be, before such removal."

"The provisions of Section 186-A hereof governing the determination of the

gross selling price should likewise apply in the determination of the gross

selling price of matches together with all the administrative requirements

prescribed therein and subject to title same penalties therein

imposed:

Section 9

SEC. 9. Section 157 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 157. Specific tax on cinematographic films.—

There shall be collected, once only, on cinematographic films, including

television films, regardless of width, the provisions of existing laws to the

contrary notwithstanding, a tax amounting to seventy centavos per linear

meter.

"Educational films, cinematographic films used for visual education, whether

manufactured in the Philippines or imported, shall be exempt from the tax

prescribed in this section."

"This tax shall not be collected on any tax-paid cinematographic film

subsequently returned to the Philippines or on any negative; film or unprinted

positive film, and on any reversal film used in amateur photography of sixteen

millimeter or less, and any tax heretofore paid on cinematographic films so

returned, or on any negative film or unprinted positive film, or on any reversal

film shall be refunded subject to the provisions of Section two hundred

ninety-five of the Tax Code."

Section 10

SEC. 10. Section 158 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 158. Specific tax on saccharine.—On

saccharine, sodium saccharine and all its derivatives or salts of saccharine and

other artificial sweetening agents, there shall be collected a tax of one

hundred twenty five pesos per kilogram" the discovery of the falsity or fraud, a

surcharge of fifty per centum of its amount and the entire unpaid amount shall

be subject to interest at the rate of twenty per centum per annum. The amount so

added to any tax shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner and

as part of the tax unless the tax has been paid before the discovery of the

falsity or fraud, in which case the amount so added shall be collected in the

same manner as the tax.

"(b) Sales tax on imported articles.—When the articles are imported,

the percentage taxes established in Sections 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199 and

201 of this Code shall be paid in advance by the importer, in accordance with

the regulations promulgated by the Minister of Finance and prior to the release

of such articles from Bureau of Customs' custody, based on the home consumption

value or price (excluding internal revenue excise taxes) thereof, plus ten (10%)

per cent of such home consumption value or price, including postage, commission,

customs duty and all similar charges, except freight and insurance, to be

declared in an importer's return, plus twenty-five per centum of the total value

of such articles. The tax imposed in this section shall not apply to articles to

be used by the importer himself in the manufacture or preparation of articles

subject to specific tax: Provided, however, That where the National

Economic and Development Authority certifies to the availability of local raw

materials of sufficient quantity, comparable quality and price to meet the needs

of manufacturers subject to specific tax the importation of such raw materials

shall be subject to the tax herein imposed.

"(c) Value-added Tax.—The provisions of this Title to the contrary

notwithstanding, when the public interest so requires, the President upon

recommendation of the Minister of Finance, may subject the second sale of any

article taxable under this Title to a value-added tax at the rates not exceeding

fifty per cent (50 %) based on the gross selling price or gross value of any of

the article sold, bartered, exchanged or transferred, less the cost of the

article."

Section 11

SEC. 11. Section 193 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 193. Payment of percentage taxes.— "(a)

In general.—(1) Declaration and payment of quarterly gross sales,

receipts, etc.—Unless otherwise specifically provided, it shall be the

duty of every person conducting a business on which a percentage tax is imposed

under this Title, to render a quarterly declaration of the amount of his, her or

its gross sales, receipts or earnings or gross value of output actually removed

from the factory or mill warehouse and to compute the tax due thereon.

"For

each quarter of the taxable year, the tax so computed shall be decreased by the

sum of the tax credits allowed under this Title. The tax due shall be paid not

later than twenty day & following the close of each quarter:

Provided, That any person retiring from a business subject to the

percentage tax shall notify the nearest internal revenue officer, file his

return or declaration and pay the tax due thereon within twenty days after

closing- his business.

"For purposes of this Section, sales on consignment shall be considered

actually sold on the day of sale or sixty days after the date consigned,

whichever is earlier.

"(2) Where to file.—Except in cases where the Commissioner otherwise

permits, the percentage tax returns required to be filed in the preceding

paragraps shall be filed with the Revenue District Officer, Collection Agent, or

duly authorized Treasurer of the municipality in which such person has his legal

residence or principal place of business in the Philippines.

"(3) Ad valorem penalties.—

“(i) Failure to file and pay the tax.—If the percentage tax return

is filed with a person, other than that mentioned in the preceding subparagraph

or if the percentage tax on any business is not paid within the time specified

above, the amount of the tax shall be increased by twenty-five per centum, the

increment to be a part of the tax and the entire unpaid amount shall be subject

to interest at the rate of twenty per centum per annum.

"(ii) Willful neglect to file, or filing false or fraudulent

return.—In case of willful neglect to file the return within the period

prescribed herein, or in case a false or fraudulent return is willfully made,

there shall be added to the tax or to the1 deficiency tax in case any payment

has been made on the basis of such return before and desiccated coconut

factories, shall pay a tax equivalent to three (3%) Per centum of the gross

value in money of all the rope, sugar, coconut oil, cassava flour or starch,

desiccated coconut, manufactured, processed or milled by them, including the

by-product of the raw materials from which said articles are produced,

processed, or manufactured, such tax to be based on the actual selling price or

market value of these articles at the time they leave the factory or mill

warehouse: Provided, however, That this tax shall not apply to rope,

coconut oil, and the by-product of copra from which it is produced or

manufactured, and desiccated coconuts, if such rope, coconut oil, copra

by-products and desiccated coconuts, shall be removed for exportation and are

actually exported without returning to the Philippines, whether so exported in

their original state, or as an ingredient or part of any-manufactured article or

product.

In case the raw materials are processed, manufactured or milled in pursuance

of a contract where the factory, central, or mill receives a share of the

finished products, the tax on the share pertaining to the planter or owner of

the raw materials shall be charged to the planter or owner and withheld by the

proprietor or operator of the factory, central, or mill and paid by him to the

Commissioner.

A proprietor or operator of a refined sugar factory shall be subject to the

tax imposed by this section but any percentage tax paid under this section on

the raw sugar shall be credited against the tax due on the refined sugar.

Where articles are manufactured out of materials subject to tax under this

section, the percentage tax paid herein shall be credited against the sales tax

due on the finished product.

Section 12

SEC. 12. Section 203 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 203. Percentage tax upon proprietors or operators of

rope factories, sugar centrals and mills, coconut oil mills, cassava mills, and

desiccated coconut factories.—Proprietors or operators of rope factories, sugar

centrals and mills, coconut oil mills, cassava mills.

Section 13

SEC. 13. Section 205 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 205. 'Contractors, proprietors or operators of

dockyards, and others.—A contractor's tax of four (4%) per centum of the

gross receipts is hereby imposed on the following:

General engineering, general building, and specially contractors as defined

in Republic Act Number 4566;

Filling, demolition and salvage work contractors, and proprietors or

operators of mine drilling apparatus;

Proprietors or operators of dockyards;

Persons engaged in the installation of water systems and gas or electric

light, heat, power;

Proprietors or operators of smelting plants, engraving plants, plating

establishments, and plastic lamination establishments;

Proprietors or operators of establishments for upholstering, washing or

greasing of motor vehicles, vulcanizing, recapping and battery charging;

Proprietors or operators of establishments for planning or surfacing and

recutting of lumber, and sawmills under contract to saw or cut logs belonging to

others;

Proprietors or operators of dry-cleaning or dyeing establishments, steam

laundries, and laundries using washing machines;

Proprietors or owners of shops for the repair of any kind of bicycles,

mechanical and electrical devices, instruments, apparatus or furniture and shoe

repairing by machine or any mechanical contrivance;

Proprietors or operators of establishments or lots for parking purposes;

Proprietors or operators of tailor shops, dress shops, milliners and

hatters, beauty parlors, barbershops, massage clinics, sauna turkish, and

Swedish baths, slendering and body building saloons and similar establishments,

photographic studio, and funeral parlors;

Proprietors or operators of hotels, motels and lodging houses;

Proprietors or operators of arrastre and stevedoring, warehousing, for

forwarding establishments ;

Registered master plumbers, smiths, and house or sign painters;

Printers, bookbinders, lithographers and publishers except those engaged in

the publication of printing and publication of any newspaper, magazine, review

or bulletin which appears at regular intervals, with fixed prices for

subscription and sale and which is not devoted principally to the publication of

advertisements ;

Business agents and other independent contractors, including private

detective or watchman agencies, except gross receipts of a pioneer enterprise

registered with the Board of Investments under PD 1789, as amended by BP 391 ;

Lessors of personal property, except nonresident owners of property subject

to the final tax under Section 24 (b)

(vii) of this Code.

The term "independent contractors" includes persons (juridical or natural)

not enumerated above (but not including individuals subjects to the occupation

tax under Section 12 of the Local Tax Code) whose activity consists essentially

of the sale of all kinds of services for a fee regardless of whether or not the

performance of the service calls for the exercise or use of the physical or

mental faculties of such contractors or their employees.

The term "independent contractor" shall not include regional or area

headquarters established in the Philippines by multinational corporations,

including their alien executives, and which headquarters do not earn or derive

income from the Philippines and which act as supervisory, communications and

coordinating centers for their affiliates, subsidiaries or branches in the

Asia-Pacific Region.

The term "gross receipts" means all amounts received by the prime or

principal contractor as the total contract price, undiminished by any amount

paid to the sub-contractor under a sub-contract arrangement. Any portion of the

total contract price which is paid to the subcontractor, shall be excluded from

the taxable gross receipts of the sub-contractor.

Section 14

SEC. 14. Section 205-A of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 205-A. Percentage tax on hotels,, motels and

others.—There is hereby imposed on proprietors, operator or keepers of

hotels, motels, resthouses pension houses, lodging houses and resorts, a tax

equivalent to twelve (12%) percent of their gross receipts derived from room

occupancy: Provided, That the foregoing tax shall be in lieu of the

contractor's and the documentary stamp tax under Sections 205(12) and 238(b) of

the National Internal Revenue Code of 1977, respectively.."

Section 15

SEC. 15. Section 206 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 206. Caterers,—A caterer's tax is hereby

imposed as follows:

(1) On proprietors or operators of restaurants, refreshment parlors, and

other eating places, including clubs and caterers, four (4%) per annum of their

gross receipts;

(2) On proprietors or operators of restaurants, bars, cafes and other eating

places, including clubs where distilled spirits, fermented liquors in wines are

served, four (4%) per centum of their gross receipts from the sale of food or

refreshments and eight (8%) per centum of their gross receipts from sale of

distilled spirits, fermented liquors or wines. Two sets of commercial invoices

or receipts serially numbered in duplicate shall be separately prepared and

issued, one for each sale of food or refreshment served and another for each

sale of distilled spirits, fermented liquors or wines served, the originals of

the invoices or receipts to be issued to the purchaser or customer;

(3) On proprietors or operators of restaurants, refreshment parlors, bars,

cafes, and other eating places which are maintained within the premises, or

compound of a cockpit, cabaret, night or day club, Jai-Alai, race track, or

which are accessible to patrons of such cockpit, cabaret, night or day club,

Jai-Alai, race track by means of a connecting door or passage, twelve (12%) per

centum in the case of night or day club, and twenty-five (25%) per centum in the

case of Jai-Alai and race track, of their gross receipts.

Where the establishments enumerated above are operated or maintained by clubs

of any kind or nature (irrespective of the disposition of their net income and

whether or not they cater exclusively to members of their guests), the keepers

of the establishments shall pay the corresponding tax at the rates fixed

above.

Section 16

SEC. 16. Section 207 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 207. Percentage tax on carriers and keepers of

garages—Keepers of garages, cars for rent or hire driven by the lessee,

transportation contractors, persons who transport passenger or freight for hire,

and common carriers by land, air or water, except owners of bancas and owners of

animal-drawn two wheeled vehicles, shall pay a tax equivalent to three (3%) per

centum, of their quarterly gross receipts.

In computing the percentage tax provided in this section, the

following shall be considered the minimum quarterly gross receipts in each

particular case:

Autocalesa —

1.

Manila and other cities

P 1,200.00

2.

Provincial

600.00

Jeepney for hire —

1.

Manila and other cities

2,400.00

2.

Provincial

1,200.00

Public utility bus —

Not exceeding 30 passengers

3,600.00

Exceeding 30 but not exceeding 50 passengers

6,000.00

Exceeding 50 passengers

7,200.00

Taxis —

1.

Manila and other cities

P3,600.00

2.

Provincial

2,400.00

Car for hire (with chauffeur)

3,000.00

Car for hire (without chauffeur)

1,800.00

Section 17

SEC. 17. Section 208 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 208 Percentage lax on stock, real estate,

commercial, customs and immigration brokers and cinematographic film owners,

lessors, or distributors.— Stock, real estate, commercial, customs, and

immigration brokers shall pay a percentage tax equivalent to seven (77%) Per

centum of the gross compensation received by them. Cinematographic film owners,

lessors, or distributors shall pay a percentage tax of three (37o) per centum of

their gross receipts.

The records kept by said brokers and cinematographic film owners, lessors or

distributors may be used as evidence to determine the amount of percentage tax

due from them, and the Commissioner may assess and collect the tax due on

compensation or gross re-receipts earned in accordance with said records.

In any case the amount of the compensation or gross monthly receipts of said

brokers and cinematographic film owners, lessors, or distributors shall be

declared for taxation within the time established for the other monthly sales or

receipts.

Section 18

SEC. 18. Section 209 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 209. Percentage tux on dealers in securities;

lending investors —Dealers in securities and lending investors shall pay a

tax equivalent to six (6%) per centum of their gross income.

Section 19

SEC. 19. Section 223 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 223. Stamp tax on bonds, debentures, and

certificates of indebtedness.—On all bonds, debentures, and certificates of

indebtedness issued by any association, company, or corporation, there shall be

collected a documentary stamp tax of one peso on each two hundred pesos, or

fractional part thereof, of the face value of such documents."

Section 20

SEC. 20. Section 224 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 224. Stamp, tax on original issue of certificates

of stock.—On every original issue, whether on organization, reorganization

or for any lawful purpose, of certificates of stock by any association, company,

or corporation, there shall be collected a documentary stamp tax of one peso and

seventy centavos on each two hundred pesos, or fractional part thereof, of the

par value of such certificates; Provided, That in the case of the

original issue of stock without par value the amount of the documentary stamp

tax herein prescribed shall be based upon the actual consideration received by

the association, company, or corporation for the issuance of such stock, and in

the case of stock dividends, on the actual value represented by each share."

Section 21

SEC. 21. Section 225 of this Code, as amended, is

hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 225. Stump tax on sales, agreements to sell,

memoranda of sales, deliveries or transfer of bonds, duebills, certificates of

obligation, or shares or certificates of stock.—On all sales, or agreements

to all, or memoranda of sales, or deliveries, or transfer of bonds, due-bills,

certificates of obligation, or shares or certificates of stock in any

association, company, or corporation, or transfer of such securities by

assignment in bank, or by delivery, or by any paper or agreement, or memorandum

or other evidences of transfer or sale whether entitling the holder in any

manner to the benefit of such bonds, due-bills, certificates of obligation or

stock, or to secure the future payment of money, or for the future transfer of

any bond, due-bills, certificates of obligation or stock, there shall be

collected a documentary stamp tax of fifty centavos on each two hundred pesos,

or fractional part thereof, of the par value of such bond, due-bill,

certificates of obligation or stock: Provided, That only one tax shall

be collected on each sale or transfer of stock or securities from one person to

another, regardless of whether or hot a certificate of stock or obligation is

issued, indorsed or delivered in pursuance of such sale or transfer: And

Provided, further. That in the case of stock without par value the

amount of the documentary stamp tax herein prescribed shall be equivalent to

twenty-five per centum of the documentary stamp tax paid upon the original issue

of said stock."

Section 22

SEC. 22. Section 227 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 227. Stamp tax on certificates of profits or

interest in property or accumulations—On all certificates of profits, or

any certificate of memorandum showing interest in the property or accumulations

of any association, company, or corporation, and on all transfer of such

certificates or memoranda, there shall be collected a documentary stamp tax of

twenty centavos on each two hundred pesos, or fractional part thereof, of the

face value of such certificate or memorandum."

Section 23

SEC. 23. Section 228 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 228. Stamp tax on bank checks, drafts,, and other

insti'uments.—On each bank check, draft, or order for the payment of any

sum of money drawn upon or issued by any bank, trust company, or any person or

persons companies or corporation at sight or on demand, there shall be collected

a documentary stamp tax of twenty centavos."

Section 24

SEC. 24. Section 229 of this Code, as amended, is hereby 1

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 229. Stamp tax on promissory notes, bills of

exchange, drafts, certificates of deposit, debt instruments used for deposit

substitutes and others not payable on sight or demand.—On all bills of

exchange (between points within the Philippines),, drafts, or certificates of

deposits, debt instruments used for deposit substitutes or orders for the

payment of any sum of money otherwise than at sight or on demand, on all

promissory notes, whether negotiable or non-negotiable, except bank notes issued

for circulation, and on each renewal of any such note, there shall be collected

a documentary stamp tax of twenty centavos on each two hundred pesos, or

fractional part thereof, of the face value of any such bill of exchange, draft,

certificate of deposit, debt instrument, or note."

Section 25

SEC. 25. Section 230 of this Code, as amended is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 230. Stamp tax upon acceptance of bills of

exchange and others.—Upon any acceptance or payment of any bill of exchange

or order for the payment of money purporting to be drawn in a foreign country

but payable in the Philippines, there shall be collected a documentary stamp tax

of thirty centavos on each two hundred pesos or fractional part thereof, of the

face value of any such bill of exchange, or order, or the Philippine equivalent

of such value, if expressed in foreign currency."

Section 26

SEC. 26. Section 231 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 231. Stamp tax on foreign bills of exchange and

letters of credit.—On all foreign bills of exchange and letters of credit

(including orders, by telegraphic or otherwise, for the payment of money issued

by express or steamship companies or by any person or persons) drawn in but

payable out of the Philippines in a set of three or more according to the custom

of merchants and bankers, there shall be collected a documentary stamp tax of

thirty centavos on each two hundred pesos, or fractional part thereof, of the

face value of any such bill of exchange or letter of credit, or the Philippine

equivalent of such face value, if expressed in foreign

currency."

Section 27

SEC. 27. Section 232 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

flirt as amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 232. Stamp, tax on life insurance policies. —

On all policies of insurance or other instruments by whatever name the same may

be called, whereby any insurance shall be made or renewed upon any life or

lives,, there shall be collected a documentary stamp tax of fifty centavos on

each two hundred pesos or fractional part thereof, of the amount insured by any

such policy."

Section 28

SEC. 28. Section 233 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 233. Stamp tax on policies of insurance upon

property.—On all policies of insurance or other instruments by whatever

name the same may be called, by which insurance shall be made or renewed upon

property of any description, including rents or profits, against peril by sea or

on inland waters, or by fire or lighting, there shall be collected a documentary

stamp tax of thirty centavos on each four pesos, or fractional part thereof, of

the amount of premium charged: Provided, however, That no documentary

stamp tax shall be collected on reinsurance contracts or on any instrument by

which cession or acceptance of insurance risks under any reinsurance agreement

is effected or recorded.

Section 29

SEC. 29. Section 234 of this Cede, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 234. Stamp tax on fidelity bonds and other

insurance policies.—On all policies of insurance or bonds or obligations of

the nature of indemnity for loss, damage, or liability made or renewed by any

person, association, company or corporation transacting, the business of

accident, fidelity, employer's liability, plate, glass, steam boiler, burglar,

elevator, automatic sprinkler, or other branch of insurance (except life,

marine, inland, and fire insurance), and all bonds, undertakings, or

recognizances, conditioned for the performance of the duties of any officer or

position, for the doing, or not doing of anything therein specified, and on all

obligations guaranteeing the validity or legality of any bonds or other

obligations issued by any province, city, municipality, or other public body or

organization, and on all obligations guaranteeing the title to any real estate,

or guaranteeing any mercantile, credits, which may be made or renewed by any

such person, company, or corporation, there shall be collected a documentary

stamp tax of thirty centavos on each four pesos, or fracional part thereof, of

the permium charged."

Section 30

SEC. 30. Section 235 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 235. Stamp tax on 'policies of annuities.—On

all policies of annuities, or other instruments by whatever name the same may be

called, whereby an annuity may be made, transferred, or redeemed, there shall be

collected a documentary stamp tax of one peso on each two hundred pesos, or

fractional part thereof, of the capital of the annuity, or should this be

unknown, then on each two hundred pesos, or fractional part thereof, of

thirty-three and one- third times the annual income."

Section 31

SEC. 31. Section 236 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 236. Stamp tax on indemnity bonds. —On all

bonds for indemnifying any person, firm, or corporation who shall become bound

or engaged as surety for the payment of any sum of money or for the due

execution or performance of the duties of any office or position or to account

for money received by virtue thereof, and on all other bonds of any description,

except such as may be required in legal proceedings, or are otherwise

provided for herein there shall be collected a documentary stamp tax of

three pesos and fifty centavos."

Section 32

SEC. 32. Section 237 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 237. Stamp tax on certificates.—On each

certificate of damage or otherwise, and on every other certificate or document

issued by any customs officer, marine surveyor or other person acting as such,

and on each certificate issued by a notary public, and on each certificate of

any description required by law or by rules or regulations of a public office,

or which is issued for the purpose of giving information, or establishing proof

of a fact, and not otherwise specified herein, there shall be collected a

documentary stamp tax of three pesos."

Section 33

SEC. 33. Section 238 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 238. Stamp tax on warehouse, motel, and hotel

receipts; and others.— (a) On each warehouse receipt for property held in

storage in a public or private warehouse or yard for any other person than the

proprietor of such warehouse or yard himself, there shall be collected a

documentary stamp tax of one peso and fifty centavos Provided, That no

tax shall be

collected on each warehouse receipt issued to any one person in

any one calendar month covering property the value of which does not exceed two

hundred pesos, (b) On each hotel receipt issued by keepers of hotels, motels,

rest-houses, lodging houses, or resorts to a guest for lodging, there shall be

collected a documentary stamp tax of three pesos:' Provided, however,

That if the amount of the receipt exceeds twenty pesos an additional tax of

three pesos on each twenty pesos or fractional part thereof shall be collected."

Section 34

SEC. 34. Section 239 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 239. Stamp tax on Jai-Alai or horse race tickets.

—On each Jai-Alai or horse race ticket, there shall be collected a

documentary stamp tax of twenty-centavos: Provided, That if the cost of

the ticket exceeds one peso, an additional tax of twenty centavos on every one

peso or fractional part thereof shall be collected."

Section 35

SEC. 35. Section 240 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 240. Stamp tax on bills of lading or

receipts.— On each set of bills of lading or receipts (except charter

party) for any goods, merchandise, or effects shipped from

Section 36

SEC. 36. Section 241 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 241. Stamp tax on proxies.—On each proxy for

voting at any election for officers of any company or association, or for any

other purposes, except proxies issued affecting the affairs of associations or

corporations organized for religious, charitable, or literary purposes, there

shall be collected a documentary stamp tax of two pesos and fifty centavos."

Section 37

SEC. 37. Section 242 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 242. Stamp tax on powers of attorney.—On each

power of attorney to perform any act whatsoever, except acts connected with the

collection of claims due from or accruing to the Government of the Republic of

the Philippines, or the government of any province, city or municipality, there

shall be collected a documentary stamp tax of two pesos: Provided, however,

That on each power of attorney which authorizes another to administer,

sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the property of a principal, there shall be

collected a documentary stamp tax of three pesos.

Section 38

SEC. 38. Section 243 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 243. Stamp tax on leases and other hiring agreements.—On each

lease, agreement, memorandum, or contract for hire, use or rent of any lands or

tenements, or portions thereof, there shall be collected a documentary stamp of

three pesos for each year of the term of said contracts or agreement."

(a) When the consideration, or value received or contracted to be paid for

such realty, after making a proper allowance of any incumbrance, does not exceed

one thousand pesos ten pesos.

(b) For each additional one thousand pesos, or fractional part thereof in

excess of one thousand pesos of such consideration of value, ten

pesos.

When it appears that the amounts of the documentary stamp tax payable

hereunder has been reduced by an incorrect statement, of the consideration in

any: conveyance, deed, instrument, or writing subject to such tax, the

Commissioner, provincial or city treasurer, or other revenue officer shall, from

the assessment rolls or other reliable source of information, assess the

property of its true market value and collect the proper tax thereon."

Section 39

SEC. 39. Section 244 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 244. Stamp tax on mortgages pledges, and deeds of

trust.—On every mortgage or pledge of lands, estate, or property, real or

personal, heritable or movable, whatsoever, where the same shall be made as a

security for the payment of any definite and certain sum of money lent at the

time or previously due and owing or forborne to be paid being payable, and on

any conveyance of land, estate, or property whatsoever, intrust or to be sold,

or otherwise converted into money which shall be and intended only as security,

either by express stipulation or otherwise,, there shall be collected a

documentary stamp at the following rates:

(a) When the amount secured does not exceed five thousand pesos, ten

pesos.

(b) On each five thousand pesos, or fractional part thereof in excess of five

thousand pesos, an additional tax of five pesos.

On any mortgage, pledge, or deed of trust, where the same shall be made as a

security for the payment of a fluctuating account or future advances

without

fixed limit, the documentary stamp tax on such mortgage, pledge or

deed of trust shall be computed on the amount actually loaned or given at the

time of the execution of the mortgage, pledge, or deed of trust. However, if

subsequent advances are made on such mortgage, pledge or deed of trust,

additional documentary stamp tax shall be paid which shall be computed on the

basis of the amount advanced or loaned at the ' rates specified above:

Provided, however, That if the full amount of the loan or credit,

granted under the mortgage, pledge or deed of trust is specified therein, the

documentary stamp tax prescribed in this section shall be paid and computed on

the said amount of the loan of credit granted.

Section 40

SEC. 40. Section 245 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 245. Stamp tax on deed of sale and conveyance of

real property.—On all conveyance, deeds, instruments, or writing, other

than grants, patents, or original certificates of adjudication issued by the

Government, whereby any lands, tenements or other realty sold shall be granted

assigned, transferred, or otherwise conveyed to the purchaser, or purchasers, or

to any other person or persons designated by such purchaser or purchasers, there

shall be collected a documentary stamp tax at the following rates: one port or

place in the Philippines to another port or place in the Philippines (except on

ferries across rivers) or to any foreign port, there shall be collected a

documentary stamp tax in accordance with the following

schedule:

If the value of goods:

Exceeds P100 but does not exceed P.1,000

P .50

Exceeds P1.000 but does not exceed P10,000

1.00

Exceeds P10,000

3.00

Provided, however, That freight tickets covering goods, merchandise,

or effects carried as accompanied baggage of passengers on land and water

carriers primarily engaged in the transportation of passengers are hereby

exempt."

Section 41

SEC. 41. Section 246 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 246. Stamp tax on charter parties and similar

instrument.—On every charter party, contract, or agreement for the charter

of any ship, vessel, or steamer, or any letter or memorandum or other writing

between the captain, master, or owner, or other person acting as agent of any

ship, vessel, or steamer, and any other person or persons for or relating to the

charter of any such ship, vessel, or steamer, and on any renewal or transfer of

such charter, contract, agreement, letter or memorandum, there shall be

collected a documentary stamp tax at the following rates:

(a) If the registered gross tonnage of the ship, vessels or steamer does not

exceed three hundred tons and the duration of the charter or contract does not

exceed six months, one hundred >pesos; and for each month or fraction of a

month in excess of six months, an-additional tax of twenty pesos shall be

paid.

(b) If the registered gross tonnage exceeds three hundred tons and does not

exceed six hundred tons, and the duration of the charter or contract does not

exceed six months, two hundred pesos; and for each month or fraction of a month

in excess of six months, an additional tax of forty pesos shall be paid.

(c) If the registered gross tonnage exceeds six hundred four and the duration

of the charter or contract does not exceed six months, three hundred pesos; and

for each month or fraction of a month in excess of six months, an additional tax

of fifty four pesos"

Section 42

SEC. 42. A new Subsection A is hereby added to Sec. 260 of

this Code, as amended, to read as follows:

"Sec. 260-A. Additional Tax on banks non-bank financial

intermediaries and authorized foreign-exchange dealers.—There shall be

collected, in addition to the tax on gross receipts imposed under Section 260

hereof, a tax of one per centum (1%) based on the gross value of every sale or

purchase of foreign exchange by all banks, non-bank financial intermediaries,

and all authorized foreign-exchange dealers.

"The tax imposed hereunder, for foreign exchange. transacted within one week,

shall be payable on the first banking day of the succeeding week and it shall be

the duty of every bank and non-financial intermediary to make a true and

complete return of the value of foreign exchange sold or purchased during the

week and pay the tax due thereon and if the tax is not paid on the date

prescribed herein, the amount of the tax shall be increased by twenty-five per

centum, the increment to be part of the tax.

"In case of willful neglect to file the return on the date prescribed herein,

or in case a false or fraudulent return is willfully made, there shall be added

to the tax or to the deficiency tax in case any payment has been made on the

basis of such return before the discovery of the falsity or fraud, a surcharge

of fifty Per centum of the amount. The amount so added to the tax shall be

collected at the same time and in

same manner and as part of the tax unless

the tax has been paid before the discovery of the falsity or fraud, in which

case the amount so added shall be collected in the same manner as the

tax.

Section 43

SEC. 43. Section 263 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 263. Tax on insurance premium.—There shall be

collected from every person, company, or corporation (except purely cooperative

companies or associations) doing insurance business of any sort in the

Philippines a tax of six per centum of the total premium collected, whether such

premiums are paid in money, notes, credits or any substitute for money; but

premiums refunded within six months after payment on account of rejection or

risk or returned for other reason to a person insured shall not be included in

the taxable receipts; nor shall any tax be paid upon reinsurance by accompany

that has already paid the tax; nor upon premiums collected or received by any

branch of a domestic corporation, firm or association doing business outside the

Philippines on account of —any life insurance of the insured who is a

non-resident, if any percentage tax on such premium is imposed by the foreign

country where the branch is established nor upon premiums collected or received

on account of any reinsurance, if the risk insured against covers property

located outside the Philippines, or the insured, in case of personal insurance,

resides outside the Philippines, if any percentage tax on such premiums is

imposed by the foreign country where the original insurance has been issued or

perfected; nor upon that portion of the premiums collected or received by the

insurance companies on variable contracts (as denned in Sec. 232 (2) of

Presidential Decree No. 612), in excess of the amounts necessary to insure the

lives of the variable contract workers.

"Cooperatives companies or Associations are such as are conducted by the

members thereof with the money collected from among themselves and solely for

their own protection and not for profit."

Section 44

SEC. 44. Section 268 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 268. Amusement taxes.—There shall be

collected from the proprietor, lessee or operator of cockpits, cabarets, night

or day cluHs, boxing exhibitions, profession basketball games, Jai-Alai, race

tracks and bowling alleys, a tax equivalent, to:

"1. Eighteen per centum in the case of cockpits;

"2. Eighteen per centum in the case of cabarets, night or day clubs;

"3. Fifteen per centum in the case of boxing exhibitions ;

"4. Fifteen per centum in the case of professional basketball games as

envisioned in Presidential Decree No. 871. Provided, however, That the

tax herein shall be in lieu of all other percentage taxes of whatever nature and

description;

"5. Thirty per centum in the case of Jai-Alai and race tracks; and

"6. Fifteen per centum in the case of bowling alleys of their gross receipts,

irrespective of whether or not any amount is charged or paid for admission. For

the purpose of the amusement tax, the term "gross receipts" embraces all the

receipts of the proprietor, lessee or operator of the amusement place. Said

gross receipts also include income from television, radio and motion picture

rights, if any. (A person or entity or association conducting any activity

subject to the tax herein imposed shall be similarly liable for said tax with

respect to such portion of the receipts derived by him or it.)

"The taxes imposed herein shall be payable at the end of each quarter and it

shall be the duty of the proprietor, lessee, or operator concerned, as well as

any party liable, within twenty days after the end of each quarter, to make a

true and complete return of the amount of the gross receipts derived during the

preceding quarter and pay the tax due thereon. If the tax is not paid within the

time prescribed above, the amount of the tax shall be increased by Twenty-five

per centum, the increment to be part of the tax.

"In case of willful neglect to file the return within the period prescribed

herein, or in case a false or fraudulent return is willfully made, there shall

be added to the tax or to the deficiency tax, in case any payment has been made

on the basis of the return before the discovery falsity of fraud and surcharge

of fifty per centum of its amount. The amount so added to any tax shall be

collected at the same time and in the same manner and as part of the tax unless

the tax has been paid before the discovery of the falsity or fraud, in which

case, the amount to assessed shall be collected in the same manner as the tax."

Section 45

SEC. 45. Section 269 of this Code, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 269. Tea: on Winnings.—Every person who wins

in horse race or Jai-Alai shall pay a tax equivalent to fifteen percent of his

winnings or 'dividends', the tax to be based on the actual amount paid to him

for every winning ticket after deducting the cost of the ticket. The tax herein

prescribed shall be deducted from the 'dividends' corresponding to each winning

ticket and withheld by the operator, manager, or person in charge of the

horse-races or Jai-Alai before paying the 'dividends' to the person entitling

thereto. The same tax shall be collected from owners of winning race horses at

the same time and in the same manner above.

"Operator, manager, or person in charge of horse races or Jai-Alai shall,

within twenty days from the date the tax was deducted and withheld in accordance

with the first paragraph hereof, file a true and correct return with the

Commissioner in the manner of form to be prescribed by the Minister of Finance,

and pay within the same period the total amount of tax so deducted and

withheld.

"If the tax herein provided is not paid within the time prescribed

above, or in case of willful neglect to file the return within the period

prescribed herein, or in case a false or fraudulent return is willfully made,

there shall be added to the tax or to the deficiency tax, in case any payment

has been made on the basis of the return before the discovery of the falsity or

fraud, the corresponding surcharges provided in Section 268 of this

Code."

Section 46Section 324. Preservation of books of accounts and other accounting records.

SEC. 46. Section 324. Preservation of books of accounts

and other accounting records.—All the books of accounts including the

subsidiary books, and other accounting records of corporations, partnership, or

persons shall be preserved by them for a period beginning from the last entry in

each book until the last day prescribed by Section 318 within which the

Commissioner is authorized to make an assessment. The said books and records

shall be subject to examination and inspection by internal revenue officers:

Provided, That for income tax purposes, such examination and inspection

shall be made only once in a taxable year, except in the following cases:

(a) Fraud, irregularity or mistakes as determined by the Commissioner;

(b) The taxpayer requests reinvestigation;

(c) Verification of compliance with withholding tax laws and regulations;

(d) Verification of capital gains tax liabilities; and

(e) In the exercise of the Commissioner's power under Section 7 (b) to obtain

information from other persons, in which case, another or separate examination

and inspection may be made. Examination and inspection of books of accounts and

other accounting records shall be done in the taxpayer's office or place of

business or in the office of the Bureau of Internal Revenue. All corporations,

partnerships or persons that retire from business shall, within ten days from

the date of retirement of within such period of time as maybe allowed by the

Commissioner in special cases, submit their books of accounts, including the

subsidiary books and other accounting records to the Commissioner or any of his

deputies for examination, after which they shall be returned. Corporations and

partnerships contemplating dissolution must notify the Commissioner and shall

not be dissolved until cleared of any tax liability."

"Any provision of existing general or special law to the contrary

notwithstanding, the books of accounts and other pertinent records of tax-exempt

organizations or grantees of tax incentives shall be subject to examination by

the Bureau of Internal Revenue for purposes of ascertaining compliance with the

conditions under which they have been granted tax exemptions or tax incentives,

and their tax liability, if any."

Section 47

SEC. 47. The Minister of Finance, upon recommendation of the

Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall promulgate the necessary rules and

regulations for the implementation of this Presidential Decree.

Section 48

SEC. 48. All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and

regulations and other issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with

this Decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

Section 49

SEC. 49. If for no reason any section or provision of this

Decree is declared unconstitutional or invalid, other sections or provisions

hereof which are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and

effect.

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