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AN ACT EXEMPTING FROM ANY AND ALL TAXES THE AMOUNTS AND SIMILAR BENEFITS THAT WILL BE GIVEN TO AND RECEIVED BY HUMAN RIGHTS VICTIMS AS COMPENSATION UNDER THE JUDGE MANUEL REAL DECISION, AND ALL THOSE SIMILARLY SITUATED
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Date filed
July 1, 2004
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Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00150 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT EXEMPTING FROM ANY AND ALL TAXES THE AMOUNTS AND SIMILAR BENEFITS THAT WILL BE GIVEN TO AND RECEIVED BY HUMAN RIGHTS VICTIMS AS COMPENSATION UNDER THE JUDGE MANUEL REAL DECISION, AND ALL THOSE SIMILARLY SITUATED |
| ABSTRACT : The bill seeks to exempt from any and all kinds of taxes, local or national, any amount of money or similar benefit given to and received by human rights victims as compensation under the decision of Judge Manila Real and those similarly situated. Subjecting such compensation to any form of tax would constitute a travesty of justice for such is not income. At most, such compensation will only be rehabilitative or restorative but it will never approximate the depth and magnitude of the injury or suffering of human rights victims. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : JARAULA, CONSTANTINO G. |
| DATE FILED : 2004-07-01 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ON 2004-07-27 |
Abstract
The bill seeks to exempt from any and all kinds of taxes, local or national, any amount of money or similar benefit given to and received by human rights victims as compensation under the decision of Judge Manila Real and those similarly situated. Subjecting such compensation to any form of tax would constitute a travesty of justice for such is not income. At most, such compensation will only be rehabilitative or restorative but it will never approximate the depth and magnitude of the injury or suffering of human rights victims.
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