Full Title
AN ACT TO FURTHER DEFER THE IMPOSITION OF THE VALUE-ADDED TAX ON CERTAIN SERVICES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 5 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8424, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8761.
Digital Resource
Senate Bill No.
S. No. 2225
Legislative History (PDF)
Date of Approval
February 27, 2001

Legislative History

Legislative History
  SBN-2225, entitled:
"AN ACT IMPOSING THE VALUE-ADDED TAX ON CERTAIN SERVICES BEGINNING JANUARY 01, 2003, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 5 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8424, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"
  [Third Regular Session, 11th Congress]
[2000]  
November 29, 2000 - Conducted committee meetings/hearings. 
December 18, 2000 - Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on WAYS AND MEANS; and BANKS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND CURRENCIES with Senator ENRILE as author thereof per Committee Report No. 509, recommending its approval in substitution of SBN-2181;
- Submitted said Report to the Senate;
- Comment: Senator Roco, "with disclosure of parliamentary bias"
- Sponsor: Senator Enrile.
December 19, 2000 - Assigned for consideration by Special Order;
- Sponsorship speech of Senator Enrile;
Interpellation of Senators Guingona, Jr. and Osmeña (J). 
December 20, 2000 - Interpellation of Senators Drilon and Osmeña III;
- Clarificatory question of Senator Pimentel, Jr.;
- Period of interpellation closed;
- Period of committee amendments closed;
- Period of individual amendments;
- Period of individual amendments closed;
- Approved on Second Reading with amendments.
December 21, 2000 - Printed copies were distributed to the Senators. 
[2001]  
January 8, 2001 - Approved on Third Reading;
- In favor: (14) Aquino-Oreta, Biazon, Coseteng, Defensor Santiago, Drilon, Enrile, Flavier, Guingona, Jr., Honasan, Jaworski, Magsaysay, Jr., Revilla, Sotto III, and Tatad;
- Against : (1) Osmeña (J.);
Abstention : (1) Pimentel, Jr.;
- Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2225 and HBN-12237, designating Senators Enrile, Jaworski and Flavier as its conferees.
January 12, 2001 - Conference Committee Report submitted to the Senate recommending that HBN-12237, in consolidation with SBN-2225 be approved as reconciled.
January 15, 2001 - House of Representatives agreed to a conference, and designated Representatives Suarez, Teves and Defensor as its conferees on January 8, 2001;
- Sponsorship speech of Senator Enrile on the Conference Committee Report;
- Conference Committee Report approved by the Senate.
January 16, 2001 - Certified by the President of the Philippines for its immediate enactment on January 5, 2001. 
January 22, 2001 - Conference Committee Report approved by the House of Representatives on January 16, 2001;
- Approved and signed into law by the President of the Philippines on February 27, 2001 and became REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2010.

Committees

Committee Report No.
509
Committee Report

Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Bill Note
Amendment Note
Republic Act No. 8761

Official Gazette

Official Gazette Source
Official Gazette volume 97 number 22 (May 28, 2001) page 3221
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