Section 8
SEC. 8. An additional paragraph to Section 17 of the same Act is hereby added after subparagraph (b) to read as follows: "(c) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State that the Deposit Insurance Fund of the Corporation shall be preserved and maintained at all times. Accordingly, all tax obligations of the Corporation for a period of five (5) years reckoned from the date of effectivity of this Act shall be chargeable to the Tax Expenditure Fund (TEF) in the annual General Appropriation Act pursuant to the provisions of Executive Order No. 93, series of 1986: Provided, That, on the 6th year and thereafter, the Corporation shall be exempt from income tax, final withholding tax, value-added tax on assessments collected from member banks and local taxes."