Table C.2
LIST OF NEW MEASURES, 2003
         
                            PARTICULARS ESTIMATED YIELD
        (In million pesos)
         
     
A. LEGISLATIVE MEASURES           10,000
   
  BUREAU OF INTERNAL INTERNAL REVENUE  
     
  1. RECLASSIFICATION OF SIN TAXES            7,000
  >Restructuring of the excise tax on distilled spirits by having in place a  
  single structure of tax rates for all distilled spirits regardless of the raw  
  materials used.  
  >Indexation of the tax brackets and tax rates two years thereafter by the  
  amount of cumulative inflation for the two preceding years to ensure that  
  the excise tax rates track the changes in price;  
  >Immediate reclassification of alcohol and tobacco products based on  
  their current net retail price and reclassification of said products two  
  years thereafter.  
     
  2. RATIONALIZATION OF EXCISE TAX ON AUTOMOBILES            2,500
  Expands the definition of automobile to include those with 10 or more  
  seating capacity, including driver, such as passenger vans, AUVs 4x2s.  
     
  3. RESTRUCTURING OF DOCUMENTARY STAMP TAX ON DEBT  
      INSTRUMENTS              500
  >Applies a uniform rate for the primary issue of all debt instruments  at  
  the rate of .25% of the  issue  price;  
  >Allows  a  proportional  tax rate  for  short  term  instruments.  For  
  instruments with terms of less than one year, the DST to be collected  
  shall be of a proportional amount in accordance with the ratio of its  
  term in number of days to 365 days;  
  >No DST shall be imposed on derivatives;  
  >Removes DST on secondary trading of instruments.  
     
     
B. ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES            7,500
  BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE            6,000
     
       BUREAU OF CUSTOMS            1,500
     
  1.  FORFEITABLE BONDS               250
     
   Forfeitable bonds are collectibles from insurance companies which  
   guaranteed the payments  of  customs  duties and taxes of "tempo-  
   rary importations" if these are not re-exported within the deadline  
   specified in the contract.  
     
  2. ADDITIONAL  BILLINGS  ARISING  FROM  WAREHOUSING  
      AUDIT  AND  FROM  LIQUIDATION  OF  ENTRIES               450
     
  These additional revenues are collected after a Post-Release Audit  
   undertaken to check/verify whether the  right  amount of customs  
   duties  and  taxes  have  been  paid.   
     
     
  3. PROCEEDS  FROM  AUCTION  SALES               400
     
   Importations  with   major   violations   of   the   country's Customs  
   laws, rules and regulations or those abandoned and forfeited in favor  
   of the government are subsequently sold in public auctions.  
     
  4.  PROCEEDS  FROM  SETTLEMENT  AND  REDEMPTION  OF  
       SEIZED CARGO               200
     
   There  are   importers    who   prefer    the   remedy   of  settlement/  
   redemption  to get back shipments that have been seized   by  the  
   BOC  for   violation of  Customs  laws.   With  the  approval  of  the   
   BOC,  the   importers   are  asked  to  pay   fines/penalties  on  the  
   redemption  value,  the  payment   of  which  would  not  have been  
   made  if the goods  had not been seized.  
     
  5.  COLLECTIONS  FROM  TRANSFEREES  WHO  FRAUDULENTLY  
       SECURED  TAX  CREDIT  CERTIFICATES (TCCs)               200
     
   These yield will come from transferees who misrepresented and  
   submitted spurious  documents to secure TCCs (mostly BOI-related)  
   from the One Stop Shop Inter-agency Tax Credit and Duty Drawback  
  Center.  
     
  TOTAL          17,500