Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT DEFINING RAW CANE SUGAR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE PARAGRAPH C, SECTION 109 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8424, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TAX REFORM ACT OF 1997, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date filed
February 11, 2003
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 5746, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT DEFINING RAW CANE SUGAR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE PARAGRAPH C, SECTION 109 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8424, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TAX REFORM ACT OF 1997, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. | |
| SHORT TITLE : Defining Raw Cane Sugar, Amending for the Purpose RA 8424, The Tax Reform Act of 1997 | |
| ABSTRACT : This bill seeks to provide a fair and objective definition of raw cane sugar for taxation purposes. It also intends to broaden the coverage of agricultural products that will be subjected to VAT, such as sugar that undergo reprocessing and have beenconsidered vatable. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : TEVES, HERMINIO G. | |
| DATE FILED : 2003-02-11 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Ledesma | 2. Marañon |
| 3. Ermita-buhain | 4. Cojuangco |
| 5. Aquino | 6. Cagas |
| 7. Zubiri | 8. Castro |
| 9. Paras | 10. Macias |
| 11. Lacson | 12. Cojuangco |
| 13. Puentebella | 14. Lozada |
| 15. Dadivas | 16. Alvarez |
| 17. Monfort | 18. Martinez |
| 19. Durano | |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 01386 | |
| SUBMITTED ON 2003-04-04 | |
| 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 2003-02-17 | |
| DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2003-04-23 | |
| DATE CALENDARED : 2003-04-29 | |
| SECOND READING INFORMATION | |
| PERIOD OF SPONSORSHIP : 2003-06-03 | |
| PERIOD OF COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS : 2003-06-03 | |
| DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2003-06-03 | |
| REMARKS : The Body approved to consider the Explanatory Note of the Bill as the sponsorship remarks. | |
| THIRD READING INFORMATION | |
| DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2003-07-29 | |
| DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2003-08-04 | |
| HOUSE VOTES: YEAS:125 NAYS:0 ABSTAIN:.0 | |
| DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE: 2003-08-05 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE | |
| DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE: 2003-08-07 |
Abstract
This bill seeks to provide a fair and objective definition of raw cane sugar for taxation purposes. It also intends to broaden the coverage of agricultural products that will be subjected to VAT, such as sugar that undergo reprocessing and have beenconsidered vatable.
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