Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT MANDATING THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE TO PRESCRIBE A MINIMUM OCCUPANCY RATE AND DAILY ROOM RATE OF MOTELS AND INNS FOR TAX PURPOSES
Date filed
November 10, 1998
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB05168 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT MANDATING THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE TO PRESCRIBE A MINIMUM OCCUPANCY RATE AND DAILY ROOM RATE OF MOTELS AND INNS FOR TAX PURPOSES | |
| ABSTRACT : Customers of motels and inns have no desire to claim their official receipts as proof of payment. Therefore, taxes or gross due from these establishments easily escape the tax net. With this bill, the Government can collect the much needed revenuesif properly collected. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : TEVES, HERMINIO G. | |
| DATE FILED : 1998-11-10 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. | 2. |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 00417 | |
| SUBMITTED ON 1999-08-05 | |
| SUBMITTED BY: WAYS AND MEANS | |
| RECOMMENDATIONS: approval with amendments | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ON 1998-11-16 | |
| DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 1999-08-09 | |
| DATE CALENDARED : 1999-08-31 | |
| SECOND READING INFORMATION | |
| PERIOD OF SPONSORSHIP : 1999-11-16 | |
| PERIOD OF INTERPELLATIONS : 2000-03-21 | |
| PERIOD OF COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS : 2000-09-26 | |
| DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2000-09-26 | |
| THIRD READING INFORMATION | |
| DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2000-10-04 | |
| DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2000-10-26 | |
| HOUSE VOTES: YEAS:179 NAYS:0 ABSTAIN:.0 | |
| DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE: 2000-10-26 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE | |
| DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE: 2000-11-06 |
Abstract
Customers of motels and inns have no desire to claim their official receipts as proof of payment. Therefore, taxes or gross due from these establishments easily escape the tax net. With this bill, the Government can collect the much needed revenuesif properly collected.
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