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Article Six - Community Tax

SEC. 156. Community Tax. - Cities ormunicipalities may levy a community tax inaccordance with the provisions of this Article.

SEC. 157.Individuals Liable to Community Tax.- Every inhabitant of the Philippines eighteen

(18) years of age or over who has been regularlyemployed on a wage or salary basis for at leastthirty (30) consecutive working days during anycalendar year, or who is engaged in business oroccupation, or who owns real property with anaggregate assessed value of One thousand pesos(P=1,000.00) or more, or who is required by lawto file an income tax return shall pay an annualcommunity tax of Five pesos (P=5.00) and anannual additional tax of One peso (P=1.00) forevery One thousand pesos (P=1,000.00) ofincome regardless of whether from business,

exercise of profession or from property which inno case shall exceed Five thousand pesos(P=5,000.00). In the case of husband and wife,the additional tax herein imposed shall be basedupon the total property owned by them and thetotal gross receipts or earnings derived by them.

SEC. 158.Juridical Persons Liable toCommunity Tax. - Every corporation no matterhow created or organized, whether domestic orresident foreign, engaged in or doing business inthe Philippines shall pay an annual community

tax of Five hundred pesos (P=500.00) and anannual additional tax, which, in no case, shallexceed Ten thousand pesos (P=10,000.00) inaccordance with the following schedule:

(1) For every Five thousand pesos (P=5,000.00)worth of real property in the Philippines ownedby it during the preceding year based on thevaluation used for the payment of the realproperty tax under existing laws, found in theassessment rolls of the city or municipality

where the real property is situated - Two pesos

(P=2.00); and

(2) For every Five thousand pesos (P=5,000.00)of gross receipts or earnings derived by it fromits business in the Philippines during thepreceding year - Two pesos (P=2.00). Thedividends received by a corporation fromanother corporation however shall, for thepurpose of the additional tax, be considered aspart of the gross receipts or earnings of saidcorporation.

SEC. 159.Exemptions.- The following areexempt from the community tax:

(1) Diplomatic and consular representatives;and

(2) Transient visitors when their stay in thePhilippines does not exceed three (3) months.

SEC. 160.Place of Payment. - The community

tax shall be paid in the place of residence of theindividual, or in the place where the principaloffice of the juridical entity is located.

SEC. 161. Time for Payment; Penalties forDelinquency. - (a) The community tax shallaccrue on the first (1st) day of January of each

year which shall be paid not later than the lastday of February of each year. If a person reachesthe age of eighteen (18) years or otherwise losesthe benefit of exemption on or before the lastday of June, he shall be liable for the community

tax on the day he reaches such age or upon theday the exemption ends. However, if a personreaches the age of eighteen (18) years or losesthe benefit of exemption on or before the lastday of March, he shall have twenty (20) days topay the community tax without becomingdelinquent. Persons who come to reside in thePhilippines or reach the age of eighteen (18)

years on or after the first (1st) day of July of anyyear, or who cease to belong to an exempt classon or after the same date, shall not be subject tothe community tax for that year.

(b) Corporations established and organized onor before the last day of June shall be liable forthe community tax for that year. Butcorporations established and organized on or

before the last day of March shall have twenty(20) days within which to pay the communitytax without becoming delinquent. Corporationsestablished and organized on or after the firstday of July shall not be subject to the communitytax for that year. If the tax is not paid within thetime prescribed above, there shall be added tothe unpaid amount an interest of twenty-fourpercent (24%) per annum from the due dateuntil it is paid.

SEC. 162. Community Tax Certificate. - Acommunity tax certificate shall be issued toevery person or corporation upon payment ofthe community tax. A community tax certificatemay also be issued to any person or corporationnot subject to the community tax upon paymentof One peso (P=1.00).

SEC. 163.Presentation of Community TaxCertificate On Certain Occasions.- (a) When anindividual subject to the community taxacknowledges any document before a notarypublic, takes the oath of office upon election orappointment to any position in the governmentservice; receives any license, certificate, orpermit from any public authority; pays any taxor fee; receives any money from any public fund;transacts other official business; or receives anysalary or wage from any person or corporation, itshall be the duty of any person, officer, orcorporation with whom such transaction is madeor business done or from whom any salary or

wage is received to require such individual toexhibit the community tax certificate. Thepresentation of community tax certificate shallnot be required in connection with theregistration of a voter.

(b) When, through its authorized officers, anycorporation subject to the community taxreceives any license, certificate, or permit from

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any public authority, pays any tax or fee, receivesmoney from public funds, or transacts otherofficial business, it shall be the duty of the publicofficial with whom such transaction is made or

business done, to require such corporation toexhibit the community tax certificate.

(c) The community tax certificate required in

the two preceding paragraphs shall be the oneissued for the current year, except for the periodfrom January until the fifteenth (15th) of Aprileach year, in which case, the certificate issuedfor the preceding year shall suffice.

SEC. 164.Printing of Community TaxCertificates and Distribution of Proceeds. - (a)The Bureau of Internal Revenue shall cause theprinting of community tax certificates anddistribute the same to the cities andmunicipalities through the city and municipal

treasurers in accordance with prescribedregulations. The proceeds of the tax shall accrueto the general funds of the cities, municipalitiesand barangays except a portion thereof whichshall accrue to the general fund of the nationalgovernment to cover the actual cost of printingand distribution of the forms and other relatedexpenses. The city or municipal treasurerconcerned shall remit to the national treasurerthe said share of the national government in theproceeds of the tax within ten (10) days after theend of each quarter.

(b) The city or municipal treasurer shalldeputize the barangay treasurer to collect thecommunity tax in their respective jurisdictions:Provided, however, That said barangay treasurershall be bonded in accordance with existinglaws.

(c) The proceeds of the community tax actuallyand directly collected by the city or municipaltreasurer shall accrue entirely to the generalfund of the city or municipality concerned.

However, proceeds of the community tax

collected through the barangay treasurers shallbe apportioned as follows:

(1) Fifty percent (50%) shall accrue to thegeneral fund of the city or municipalityconcerned; and (2) Fifty percent (50%) shallaccrue to the barangay where the tax iscollected.