Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City
NINETEENTH CONGRESS

First Regular Session

House Bill No. 1620

Introduced by Representative Albert Raymond S. Garcia

EXPLANATORY NOTE

One key aspect in the devolution process set into motion by the Local
Government Code (RA 7160), is the transfer to the local government units (LGUs) of
the responsibility for the delivery of basic services which include health, agriculture,
environment and natural resources, social services and public works funded by local
funds.

To enable the LGUs to perform such assigned role to become partners in
national progress and development, they have been given the power to levy taxes,
fees and charges, thereby creating their own sources of revenue.

In particular, municipalities and cities have been given the power to impose,
among others, tax on business establishments which operate within their respective
territorial jurisdictions. Aiming to resolve disputes anticipated to arise from the
operation of business establishments that spans two or more municipalities and
cities, the Code set down in Section 150 thereof the rules on the proper situs of the
tax.

The reasonable foresight ingrained in the formulation of Section 150
notwithstanding, the rules stipulated therein tend to favor some LGUs, particularly
those in which the principal offices, corporate headquarters or designated financial
centers are located due to certain business practices and strategies adopted by
business establishments. For example, banks and other financial institutions have
established levels of authority and transaction limits that usually send the
processing, approval and recording of loan applications to the regional financial
centers, headquarters or principal offices. Following the general rule under Section
150, the business tax significance of the transactions accrues to the LGU where the
financial center, headquarters or principal office is located even if the loan
transactions originated from branches or offices situated in other LGUs.


The above-described situation undermines the ability of other LGUs to
maximize their revenue generation potential particularly those from which the
economic activity originates but are completed in the financial centers, headquarters
or principal offices situated elsewhere.

It is, therefore, the aim of this bill to achieve a more equitable distribution of
potential tax revenues to LGUs by including the source or place where the economic
stimulus emerged or where the service will be provided among the criteria in
determining the situs of business tax of selected transactions regardless of the place
where the transactions are processed and approved.

In view of the foregoing, immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought.



Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 1620

AN ACT TO RATIONALIZE THE COLLECTION OF THE TAX ON BUSINESS
UNDER SECTION 143 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, AND AMENDING
FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 143 AND 150 THEREOF

Be it e1

nacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines

in Congress assembled:

SECTI

ION 1. Section 143, Article II, Chapter Il, Title |, Book I! of Republic Act

No. 7160, otherwise known as the “Local Government Code of 1991,” is hereby
amended, to read as follows:

“Section 143. Tax on Business. — The municipality may impose taxes on
the following businesses:

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(G) ON HOTELS, RESORTS, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, AND
SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS, AT A RATE NOT EXCEEDING ONE
PERCENT (1%) ON THE GROSS RECEIPTS OF THE PRECEDING
CALENDAR YEAR;

([g]H) On peddlers engaged in the sale of any merchandise or article of
commerce, at a rate not exceeding Fifty pesos (P50.00) per peddler
annually.

({hJ) On any business, not otherwise specified in the preceding
paragraphs, which the sanggunian concerned may deem proper to tax:
Provided, That, on any business subject to the excise tax, value-added
or percentage tax under the National Internal Revenue Code, as
amended, the rate of tax shall not exceed two percent (2%) of the gross
sales or receipts of the preceding calendar year.


SECTION 2. Section 150, Article Il, Chapter II, Title 1, Book II of Republic Act
No. 7160, is hereby amended, to read as follows:

“Section 150. Situs of the Tax. —

(a) _ For purposes of collection of the taxes under Section 143 of this Code,
manufacturers, assemblers, repackers, brewers, distillers, rectifiers and
compounders of liquor, distilled spirits and wines, millers, producers,
exporters, wholesalers, distributors, dealers, contractors, [banks and other
financial institutions,] and other businesses, maintaining or operating
branch, or sales outlet, elsewhere shall record the sale in the branch or sales
outlet making the sale or transaction, and the tax thereon shall accrue and
shall be paid to the municipality where such branch, or sales outlet is located.
In cases where there is no such branch, or sales outlet in the city or
municipality where the sale or transaction is made, the sale shall be duly
recorded in the principal office and the taxes due shall accrue and shall be
paid to such city or municipality WHERE THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE IS
LOCATED.

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(F) IN CASE OF BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, ALL
TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO BY CLIENTS RESIDING OR DOING
BUSINESS IN THE PLACE WHERE A BRANCH IS LOCATED SHALL BE
RECORDED IN SUCH BRANCH REGARDLESS OF THE PLACE WHERE
THE TRANSACTIONS ARE FILED, NEGOTIATED AND APPROVED AND
THE GROSS RECEIPTS THEREON SHALL BE TAXABLE BY THE CITY
OF MUNICIPALITY WHERE THE BRANCH IS LOCATED. IN CASES
WHERE THERE IS NO SUCH BRANCH IN THE CITY OR MUNICIPALITY
WHERE THE CLIENTS RESIDE OR DO BUSINESS, THE TRANSACTIONS
SHALL BE DULY RECORDED IN THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND THE
TAXES DUE SHALL ACCRUE AND SHALL BE PAID TO THE CITY OR
MUNICIPALITY WHERE THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE IS LOCATED.

(G) IN CASE OF INSURANCE COMPANIES, ALL THE GROSS RECEIPTS
DERIVED FROM INSURANCE CONTRACTS/POLICIES SOLICITED BY A
BRANCH SHALL BE TAXABLE BY THE CITY OR MUNICIPALITY WHERE
SUCH BRANCH IS LOCATED.

(H) IN CASE OF HOTELS, RESORTS, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, AND
THE LIKE, ALL SALES REGARDLESS OF THE PLACE AND MANNER OF
BOOKING SHALL BE RECORDED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT WHERE
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED AND THE TAX THEREON SHALL ACCRUE
AND SHALL BE PAID TO THE CITY OR MUNICIPALITY WHERE SAID
ESTABLISHMENT IS LOCATED.

SECTION 3. The Secretaries of the Department of Finance, the Department
of Budget and Management, and the Department of Interior and Local Governments,


in consultation with the Presidents of the League of Municipalities, League of Cities
and League of Provinces, shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to
implement the provisions of this Act.

SECTION 4. All laws, decrees, executive orders, proclamations and
administrative regulations, or part or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 5. If any part or provisions of this Act shall be held to be
unconstitutional or invalid, the other parts or provisions hereof which are not affected
thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.

SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days from its publication in
the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of national circulation.

Approved.