Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT ENHANCING REVENUE ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION, AND BROADENING THE TAX BASE BY GRANTING AN AMNESTY ON ALL UNPAID INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES IMPOSED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT FOR TAXABLE YEAR 2017 AND PRIOR YEARS WITH RESPECT TO ESTATE TAX, OTHER INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES, AND TAX ON DELINQUENCIES AND ADDRESSING CROSS- BORDER TAX EVASION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Short Title
TAX AMNESTY ACT OF 2018
Sponsor
Date filed
September 10, 2018
Scope
Legislative Status
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
30
Session Type
Subjects
Document Certification
All Information (Senate Website)
Legislative History (Senate Website)
Committee Report Senate Link
Committee Referral (Senate Website)
Floor Activity (Senate Website)
Committee Details
Primary Committee
Committee Report No.
488
Floor Activity
Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s) 10/9/2018 Sponsorship Speech Angara, Juan Edgardo "Sonny" M. 11/13/2018 Period of Interpellation Closed 11/13/2018 Period of Individual Amendments Closed 11/13/2018 Period of Individual Amendments 11/13/2018 Period of Committee Amendments Closed
Votes
Votes
Type of vote
Third Reading (11/19/2018)
Voted Yes Voted No Angara, Juan Edgardo "Sonny" M.
Aquino IV, Paolo Benigno "Bam"
Binay, Maria Lourdes Nancy S.
Drilon, Franklin M.
Ejercito, Joseph Victor G.
Gatchalian, Sherwin T.
Gordon, Richard J.
Honasan II, Gregorio B.
Hontiveros, Risa
Lacson, Panfilo M.
Pimentel, Aquilino Koko III L.
Sotto III, Vicente C.
Villanueva, Joel
Villar, Cynthia A.
Zubiri, Juan Miguel F.
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT ENHANCING REVENUE ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION, AND BROADENING THE TAX BASE BY GRANTING AN AMNESTY ON ALL UNPAID INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES IMPOSED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT FOR TAXABLE YEAR 2017 AND PRIOR YEARS WITH RESPECT TO ESTATE TAX, OTHER INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES, AND TAX ON DELINQUENCIES AND ADDRESSING CROSS-BORDER TAX EVASION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES [ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ] [ 2018 ] 10/9/2018 Prepared and submitted by the Committee on WAYS AND MEANS with Senator(s) AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, RALPH G. RECTO, JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA and PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV as author(s) per Committee Report No. 488, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 293, 920, 942 and 1494, taking into consideration HBN-4814; 10/9/2018 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 10/9/2018 Sponsor: Senator JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA; 10/9/2018 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order; 10/9/2018 Sponsorship speech of Senator JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA; 11/13/2018 Period of interpellation closed; 11/13/2018 Period of committee amendments closed; 11/13/2018 Period of individual amendments; 11/13/2018 Period of individual amendments closed; 11/13/2018 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments; 11/13/2018 Letter from Senator JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO dated October 22, 2018, conveying his intention to be made coauthor of SBN-2059, received by the LBIS; 11/15/2018 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators; 11/19/2018 Approved on Third Reading; 11/19/2018 In favor: (15) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, RICHARD J. GORDON, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, RISA HONTIVEROS, PANFILO M. LACSON, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI; 11/19/2018 Against: (None) ; 11/19/2018 Abstention: (None) ; 11/19/2018 Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2059 and HBN-4814, designating Senators Angara, Recto, Binay, Pimentel III and Drilon as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee; 11/26/2018 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence; 11/26/2018 House of Representatives designated Representatives Suansing (E.), Bolilia, Deloso-Montalla, Romero, Suarez and Defensor, Jr. as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2059, HBNos. 4814 and 8554 on November 21, 2018; 11/26/2018 Senator Zubiri was designated as additional conferee of the Senate panel in the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2059 and HBN-4814; 11/27/2018 Senator Zubiri manifested that the constituted Bicameral Conference Committee covers the disagreeing provisions on SBN-2059, HBN-4814 and HBN-8554, since HBN-8554 was already included in the letter of the House of Representatives dated November 21, 2018; 12/4/2018 House of Representatives designated Representatives Cua and Pichay Jr. as additional conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2059, HBNos. 4814 and 8554 on November 28, 2018; 12/12/2018 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of HBNos. 4814, 8554 and SBN-2059, submitted to the Senate, recommending that HBN-8554, in consolidation with SBN-2059 and HBN-4814, be approved as reconciled and approved by the conferees; FINAL TITLE: AN ACT ENHANCING REVENUE ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION BY GRANTING AN AMNESTY ON ALL UNPAID INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES IMPOSED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT FOR TAXABLE YEAR 2017 AND PRIOR YEARS WITH RESPECT TO ESTATE TAX, OTHER INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES, AND TAX ON DELINQUENCIES. 12/13/2018 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate; 12/17/2018 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on December 12, 2018; (See: O.B. dated January 21, 2019) [ 2019 ] 1/10/2019 Letter from Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling, dated January 9, 2019, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of HBN-4814, HBN-8554 and SBN-2059, for the signature of Senate Secretary Atty. Atty. Myra Marie D. Villarica and Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III; 1/17/2019 Enrolled copies of HBN-4814, HBN-8554 and SBN-2059, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO (HoR) for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte; 5/20/2019 Consolidated with HBN-4814, which was Approved and Signed into Law by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on February 14, 2019 and became 5/20/2019 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11213. (Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 11213 (SBN-2059) with the pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on May 28, 2019) (The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry on committee meetings is prepared by the Committee Affairs Bureau)