Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9257, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "AN ACT GRANTING ADDITIONAL BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES TO SENIOR CITIZENS AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7432, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "AN ACT TO MAXIMIZE THE CONTRIBUTION OF SENIOR CITIZENS TO NATION BUILDING, GRANT BENEFITS AND SPECIAL PRIVILEGES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date filed
July 2, 2007
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00405 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9257, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "AN ACT GRANTING ADDITIONAL BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES TO SENIOR CITIZENS AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7432, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "AN ACT TO MAXIMIZE THE CONTRIBUTION OF SENIOR CITIZENS TO NATION BUILDING, GRANT BENEFITS AND SPECIAL PRIVILEGES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| ABSTRACT : The bill seeks to increase the 20% discount privilege being enjoyed by senior citizens to 32% to obviate the negative effect of RA 9238 (Expanded Value-Added Tax law). | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ZIALCITA, EDUARDO C. | |
| DATE FILED : 2007-07-02 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Almario (009 ) | 2. Mercado (026 ) |
| 3. Codilla (064 ) | 4. Villar (091 ) |
| 5. Romualdo (072 ) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: | |
| 1. Referred to Stakeholders on 2008-08-27 | |
| 2. Scheduled for first meeting/hearing on 2008-11-19 | |
| 3. Approved by the Committee on Appropriations on 2008-11-19 | |
| MOTHER BILL: HB06390 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON POPULATION AND FAMILY RELATIONS ON 2007-07-30 |
Abstract
The bill seeks to increase the 20% discount privilege being enjoyed by senior citizens to 32% to obviate the negative effect of RA 9238 (Expanded Value-Added Tax law).
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