1987 Constitution ARTICLE VI The Legislative Department
SECTION 28. (2) The Congress may, by law, authorize the President to
fix within specified limits, and subject to such limitations and restrictions
as it may impose, tariff rates, import and export quotas, tonnage and
wharfage dues, and other duties or imposts within the framework of the
national development program of the Government.
NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (NIRC)
SEC. 42. Income from Sources Within the Philippines. -
(A)Gross Income from Sources Within the Philippines. - The
following items of gross income shall be treated as gross income
from sources within the Philippines:
(5) Sale of Real Property. -Gains, profits and income from the
sale of real property located in the Philippines;
(6) Sale of Personal Property. - Gains; profits and income
from the sale of personal property, as determined in
Subsection (E) of this Section.
(C) Gross Income From Sources Without the
Philippines. - The following items of gross income shall be treated
as income from sources without the Philippines:
(5) Gains, profits and income from the sale of real property
located without the Philippines.
(E) Income From Sources Partly Within and Partly Without the
Philippines.- Items of gross income, expenses, losses and
deductions, other than those specified in Subsections (A) and (C)
of this Section, shall be allocated or apportioned to sources within
or without the Philippines, under the rules and regulations
prescribed by the Secretary of Finance, upon recommendation of
the Commissioner. Where items of gross income are separately
allocated to sources within the Philippines, there shall be deducted
(for the purpose of computing the taxable income therefrom) the
expenses, losses and other deductions properly apportioned or
allocated thereto and a ratable part of other expenses, losses or
other deductions which cannot definitely be allocated to some
items or classes of gross income. The remainder, if any, shall be
included in full as taxable income from sources within the
Philippines. In the case of gross income derived from sources
partly within and partly without the Philippines, the taxable income
may first be computed by deducting the expenses, losses or other
deductions apportioned or allocated thereto and a ratable part of
any expense, loss or other deduction which cannot definitely be
allocated to some items or classes of gross income; and the
portion of such taxable income attributable to sources within the
Philippines may be determined by processes or formulas of
general apportionment prescribed by the Secretary of Finance.
Gains, profits and income from the sale of personal property
produced (in whole or in part) by the taxpayer within and sold
without the Philippines, or produced (in whole or in part) by the
taxpayer without and sold within the Philippines, shall be treated as
derived partly from sources within and partly from sources without
the Philippines.
1987 Constitution ARTICLE III Bill of Rights
SECTION 1. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property
without due process of law, nor shall any person be denied the equal
protection of the laws.
1987 Constitution ARTICLE VI The Legislative Department
SECTION 28. (1) The rule of taxation shall be uniform and equitable. The
Congress shall evolve a progressive system of taxation.
1987 Constitution ARTICLE III Bill of Rights
SECTION 10. No law impairing the obligation of contracts shall be
passed.
1987 Constitution ARTICLE XII National Economy and Patrimony
SECTION 11. No franchise, certificate, or any other form of authorization
for the operation of a public utility shall be granted except to citizens of
the Philippines or to corporations or associations organized under the
laws of the Philippines at least sixty per centum of whose capital is
owned by such citizens, nor shall such franchise, certificate, or
authorization be exclusive in character or for a longer period than fifty
years. Neither shall any such franchise or right be granted except under
the condition that it shall be subject to amendment, alteration, or repeal
by the Congress when the common good so requires. The State shall
encourage equity participation in public utilities by the general public. The
participation of foreign investors in the governing body of any public utility
enterprise shall be limited to their proportionate share in its capital, and
all the executive and managing officers of such corporation or association
must be citizens of the Philippines.
1987 Constitution ARTICLE III Bill of Rights
SECTION 20. No person shall be imprisoned for debt or non-payment of
a poll tax.
1987 Constitution ARTICLE VI The Legislative Department
SECTION 28. (3) Charitable institutions, churches and parsonages or
convents appurtenant thereto, mosques, non-profit cemeteries, and all
lands, buildings, and improvements, actually, directly, and exclusively
used for religious, charitable, or educational purposes shall be exempt
from taxation.
1987 CONSTITUTION ARTICLE XIV Education, Science and
Technology, Arts, Culture, and Sports
Education
SECTION 4. (3) All revenues and assets of non-stock, non-profit
educational institutions used actually, directly, and exclusively for
educational purposes shall be exempt from taxes and duties. Upon the
dissolution or cessation of the corporate existence of such institutions,
their assets shall be disposed of in the manner provided by law.
Proprietary educational institutions, including those cooperatively owned,
may likewise be entitled to such exemptions subject to the limitations
provided by law including restrictions on dividends and provisions for
reinvestment.
National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC)
SEC. 30. Exemptions from Tax on Corporations. - The following
organizations shall not be taxed under this Title in respect to income
received by them as such:
(H) A nonstock and nonprofit educational institution;
1987 Constitution ARTICLE VI The Legislative Department
SECTION 24. All appropriation, revenue or tariff bills, bills authorizing
increase of the public debt, bills of local application, and private bills shall
originate exclusively in the House of Representatives, but the Senate
may propose or concur with amendments.
1987 Constitution ARTICLE VI The Legislative Department
SECTION 28. (4) No law granting any tax exemption shall be passed
without the concurrence of a majority of all the Members of the Congress.
SECTION 27. (2) The President shall have the power to veto any
particular item or items in an appropriation, revenue, or tariff bill, but the
veto shall not affect the item or items to which he does not object.
1987 Constitution ARTICLE VIII The Judicial Department
SECTION 5. The Supreme Court shall have the following powers:
(2) Review, revise, reverse, modify, or affirm on appeal or certiorari, as
the law or the Rules of Court may provide, final judgments and orders of
lower courts in:
(a) All cases in which the constitutionality or validity of any (b) All cases involving the legality of any tax, impost,
treaty, international or executive agreement, law, presidential assessment, or toll, or any penalty imposed in relation thereto.
decree, proclamation, order, instruction, ordinance, or
regulation is in question.