Model Municipal Revenue Code
Model Municipal Revenue Code
Model Municipal Revenue Code
Chapter/ Page
Title
Article Number
Chapter I General Provisions
Article A. Short Title And Scope
Article B. Construction Of Provisions
Article C. Definition Of Terms
Chapter II Taxes on Business
Article A. Graduated Tax On Business
Article B. Tax On Mobile Traders
Article C Taxes On Ambulant And Itinerant Amusement
Operations
Article D Tax On Mining Operations
Article E Tax On Forest Concessions and Forest
Products
Article F Situs of Tax
Article G Payment of Business Taxes
Article F Presumptive Income Level Assessment
Approach
Chapter III Permit And Regulatory Fees
Article A. Mayor’s Permit Fee On Business
Article B. Fees For Sealing And Licensing Of Weights
And Measures
Article C. Building Permit Fees
Article D. Permit Fee For Zonal/Locational Clearance
Article E. Permit Fees For Tricycle Operation
Article F. Permit Fee For Pedaled Tricycle
Article G. Permit Fee For Owners/Operators/Licensees/
Promoters And Cockpit Personnel
Article H. Special Permit For Cockfights
Article I. Permit Fee For Occupation/Calling Not
Requiring Government Examination
Article J. Fees For Registration And Transfer Of Large
Cattle
Article K. Fees For Impounding Astray Animals
Article L. Cart Or Sledge Registration Fee
Article M. Permit Fee On Caretela Or Calesa
Article N. Permit Fee For Agricultural Machinery And
Other Heavy Equipment
Article O. Permit Fee For Inspection Of Machineries And
Engines
Article P. Permit Fee For Storage Of Flammable And
Combustible Materials
Article Q. Permit Fee For Temporary Use Of Streets,
Sidewalks, Alley. Parks And Playground
Article R. Permit Fee For Excavations
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter/ Page
Title
Article Number
Article S. Permit Fee For Circus And Other Parades
Article T. Permit Fee For Conduct Of Groups Activities
Article U. Permit Fee For Film-Making
Chapter IV Service Fees
Article A. Secretary’s Fees
Article B. Local Civil Registry Fees
Article C. Police Clearance Fee
Article D. Sanitary Inspection Fee
Article E. Service Fees For Health Examination
Article F. Garbage Collection Fees
Article G. Dog Vaccination Fee
Chapter V Municipal Charges
Article A. Fishery Rentals, Fees And Charges
Article B. Rentals Of Personnel And Real
Properties Owned By The Municipality
Article C. Charges For Parking
Article D. Hospital Charges
Article E. Charges for the Use of Waterworks
System
Article F. Cemetery Charges
Article G. Market Fees And Charges
Article H. Slaughterhouse And Corral Fees
Article I. Toll Fees Or Charges
Chapter VI Community Tax
Chapter VII General Administrative Provisions
Article A. Collection And Accounting Of Municipal
Taxes And Other Impositions
Article B. Civil Remedies For Collection Of Revenues
Article C. Taxpayer’s Remedies
Article D. Miscellaneous Provisions
Chapter VIII General Penal Provisions
Chapter IX Final Provisions
Section 1A.01. Short Title. This ordinance shall be known as the Municipal Revenue
Code of _____________________,
Section 1A.02. Scope and Application. This Code shall govern the levy, assessment,
and collection of taxes, fees, charges and other impositions within the territorial
jurisdiction of this Municipality.
Section 1B.01. Words and Phrases Not Herein Expressly Defined. - Words and
phrases embodied in this Code not herein specifically defined shall have the same
definitions as found in RA 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of
1991.
Section 1B.02. Rules of Construction. - In construing the provisions of this Code, the
following rules of construction shall be observed unless inconsistent with the manifest
intent of the provisions;
(a) General Rules. All words and phrases shall be construed and understood
according to the common and approved usage of the language; but the
technical words and phrases and such other words in this Code which may have
acquired a peculiar or appropriate meaning shall be construed and understood
according to such technical, peculiar or appropriate meaning.
(b) Gender and Number. Every word in the Code importing the masculine gender
shall extend to both male and female. Every word importing the singular
number shall apply to several persons or things as well; and every word
importing the plural number shall extend and be applied to one person or thing
as well.
(c) Reasonable Time. In all cases where any act is required to be done within the
reasonable time, the same shall be deemed to mean such time as may be
necessary for the prompt performance of the act.
(e) References. All references to chapters, articles, or sections are to the Chapters,
Articles or Sections in this Code unless otherwise specified.
(b) Charges refer to pecuniary liability, as rents or fees against persons or property;
(f) Fee means a charge fixed by law or ordinance for the regulation or inspection of
a business or activity. It shall also include charges fixed by law or agency for
the services of a public officer in the discharge of his official duties;
(g) Franchise is a right or privilege, affected with public interest that is conferred
upon private persons or corporations, under such terms and conditions as the
government and its political subdivisions may impose in the interest of public
welfare, security and safety;
(h) Gross Sales or Receipts include the total amount of money or its equivalent
representing the contract price, compensation or service fee, including the
amount charged or materials supplied with the services and deposits or
advance payments actually received during the taxable quarter for the services
performed or to be performed for another person excluding discounts if
determinable at the time of sales, sales return, excise tax, and value added tax
(VAT);
(k) Motorcycle-for-hire refers to motorcycles used for the transport of goods for a
fee.
(l) Municipal Waters include not only streams, lakes and tidal waters within the
Municipality, not being the subject of private ownership and not comprised within
the national parks, public forest, timber lands, forest reserves or fishery
reserves, but also marine waters included between two lines drawn
perpendicularly to the general coastline from points where boundary lines of the
Municipality touch the sea at low tide and a third line parallel with the general
coastline and fifteen (15) kilometers from it. Where two (2) municipalities are so
situated on the opposite shores that there is less than fifteen (15) kilometers of
marine waters between them, the third line shall be equally distant from opposite
shores of the respective municipalities;
(m) Operator includes the owner, manager, administrator, or any other person who
operates or is responsible for the operation of a business establishment or
undertaking;
(p) Persons mean every natural or juridical being, susceptible of rights and
obligations or of being the subject of legal relations;
(q) Public Market a place where fresh food or items for food or other commodities
are sold. It may be established or operated by the municipal government or by a
franchise granted by the Sangguniang Bayan to private persons. The public
market area may include stalls where goods may be sold to public, loading and
unloading spaces and parking areas for vehicles.
(r) Public Utility refers to electric power generating and distributing systems, road,
rail, air and water companies, characterized by large investments because their
optimum scale is huge. They are natural monopolies whose prices, profits and
efficiency are not subject to competitive checks, and they provide essential
services to industries and constituents. The operations of public utilities are
granted through special laws or ordinances.
(s) Rental means the value of the consideration, whether in money, or otherwise,
given for the enjoyment or use of a thing.
(t) Residents refer to natural persons who have their habitual residence in the
province, city, or municipality where they exercise their civil rights and fulfill their
civil obligations, and to juridical persons for which the law or any other provision
creating or recognizing them fixes their residence in a particular province, city or
municipality. In the absence of such laws, juridical persons are residents or the
province, city or municipality where they have their legal residence or principal
place of business or where they conduct their principal business or occupation;
(u) Revenue includes taxes, fees and charges that a state or its political subdivision
collects and receives into the treasury for public purposes.
(x) Tax means an enforced contribution, usually monetary in form, levied by the law
making body on persons and property subject to its jurisdiction for the precise
purpose of supporting governmental needs.
(y) Vessels include every type of boat, craft or other artificial contrivance, capable of
being used, as a means of transportation on water.
(a) Advertising Agency includes all persons who are engaged in the business of
advertising for others by means of billboards, posters, placards, notices, signs,
directories, pamphlets, leaflets, handbills, electric or neon lights, airplanes,
balloons or other media, whether in pictorial or reading form.
(b) Agricultural Products include the yield of the soil, such as corn, rice, wheat,
rye, hay, coconut, sugarcane, tobacco, root crops, vegetables, fruits, flowers,
and their by-products; ordinary salt; all kinds of fish; poultry; and livestock and
animal products, whether in their original form or not.
The phrase "whether in their original form or not" refers to the transformation
of said products by the farmer, fisherman, producer or owner through the
application of processes to preserve or otherwise to prepare said products for
the market such as freezing, drying, salting, smoking, or stripping for purposes
of preserving or otherwise preparing said products for the market; to be
considered an agricultural product whether in its original form or not, its
transformation must have been undertaken by the farmer, fisherman, producer
or owner.
Agricultural products as defined include those that undergo not only simple but
even sophisticated processes employing advanced technological means in
packaging like dressed chicken or ground coffee in plastic bags or styropor or
other packaging materials intended to process and prepare the products for
the market.
(d) Amusement Places include theaters, cinemas, concert halls, circuses and
other places of amusement where one seeks admission to entertain oneself
by seeing or viewing the show or performance;
(g) Business Agent includes all persons who act as agents of others in the
transaction of business with any public officer, as well as those who conduct
collecting, advertising, employment, or private detective agencies.
(i) Capital Investment is the capital that a person employs in any undertaking, or
which he contributes to the capital of a partnership, corporation, or any other
juridical entity or association in a particular taxing jurisdiction;
(j) Carinderia refers to any public eating place where food already cooked are
served at a price.
(k) Cockpit includes any place, compound, building or portion thereof, where
cockfights are held, whether or not money bets are made on the results of
such cockfights.
(l) Contractor includes persons, natural or juridical, not subject to professional tax
under Section 139 of the Local Government Code of 1991, whose activity
consists essentially of the sale of all kinds of services for a fee, regardless of
whether or not the performance of the service calls for the exercise or use of
the physical or mental faculties of such contractor or his employees;
As used in this Article, the term "contractor" shall include general engineering,
general building and specially contractors as defined under applicable laws,
filling, demolition and salvage works contractors; proprietors or operators of
mine drilling apparatus; proprietors or operators of dockyards; persons
engaged in the installation of water system, and gas or electric light, heat, or
establishments; proprietors or operators of smelting plants; engraving plating
and plastic lamination establishments; proprietors or operators of
establishments for repairing, repainting, upholstering, washing or greasing of
vehicles, heavy equipment, vulcanizing, recapping and battery charging;
proprietors or operators of furniture shops and establishments for planning or
surfacing and re-cutting of lumber and sawmills under contract to saw or cut
logs belonging to others; proprietors or operators of dry-cleaning or dyeing
establishments, steam laundries, and using washing machines; proprietors or
owners of shops for the repair of any kind of mechanical and electrical
devices; instruments, apparatus, or furniture and shoe repairing by machine or
any mechanical and electrical devices; proprietors or operators of
establishments or lots for parking purposes; proprietors or operators of tailor
shops, dress shops. milliners and hatters, beauty parlors, barbershops,
The term contractor shall include welding shops, service stations, white/blue,
printing, recopying, or photocopying services, assaying laboratories,
advertising agencies, shops for shearing animals, vaciador shops, stables,
construction of motor vehicles, animal drawn vehicles, and/or tricycles, lathe
machine shops, furniture shops, and proprietors of bulldozers and other heavy
equipment available to others for consideration.
(m) Dealer means one whose business is to buy and sell merchandise, goods and
chattels as a merchant. He stands immediately between the producer or
manufacturer and the consumer and depends for his profit not upon the labor
he bestows upon his commodities but upon the skill and foresight with which
he watches the market;
(n) Importer means any person who brings articles, goods, wares or merchandise
of any kind or class into the Philippines from abroad for unloading therein, or
which after entry are consumed herein or incorporated into the general mass
of property in the Philippines. In case of tax-free articles, brought or imported
into the Philippines by persons, entities or agencies exempt from tax which are
subsequently sold, transferred or exchanged in the Philippines to non-exempt
private persons or entities, the purchaser or recipient shall be considered the
importer thereof.
(q) Motor Vehicle means any vehicle propelled by any power other than muscular
power using the public roads, but excluding road rollers, trolley cars, street
sweepers, sprinklers, lawn mowers, bulldozers, graders, forklifts, amphibian
trucks, and cranes if not used on public roads, vehicles that run only on rails
or tracks, tractors, trailers, and traction engines of all kinds used exclusively for
agricultural purposes;
(r) Peddler means any person who, either for himself or on commission, travels
from place to place and sells his goods or offers to sell and deliver the same.
Whether a peddler is a wholesale peddler or retail peddler of a particular
commodity shall be determined from the definition of wholesale dealer or retail
dealer as provided in this Ordinance;
(s) Public Market refers to any place, building, or structure of any kind designated
as such by the local board or council, except public streets, plazas, parks, and
the like.
(t) Rectifier comprises every person who rectifies, purifies, or refines distilled
spirits or wines by any process other than by original or continuous distillation
from mash, wort, wash, sap, or syrup through continuous closed vessels and
pipes until the manufacture thereof is complete. Every wholesale or retail
liquor dealer who has in his possession any still or mash tub, or who keeps
any other apparatus for the purpose of distilling spirits, or in any manner
refining distilled spirits, shall also be regarded as a rectifier and as being
engaged in the business of rectifying.
(u) Restaurant refers to any place which provides food to the public and accepts
orders from them at a price. This term includes caterers.
(v) Retail means a sale where the purchaser buys the commodity for his
consumption, irrespective of the quantity of the commodity sold;
(w) Vessel includes every type of boat, craft, or other artificial contrivances used,
or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water.
(x) Wharfage means a fee assessed against the cargo of a vessel engaged in
foreign or domestic trade based on quantity, weight, or measure received
and/or discharged by vessel;
(y) Wholesale means a sale where the purchaser buys or imports the
commodities for resale to persons other than the end user regardless of the
quantity of the transaction.
The preceding rates shall apply only to the amount of domestic sales of manufacturers,
assemblers, repackers, processors, brewers, distillers, rectifiers and compounders of
liquors, distilled spirits, and wines or manufacturers of any article of commerce of
whatever kind or nature other than those enumerated under paragraph (c) of this
Section.
The businesses enumerated in paragraph (a) above shall no longer be subject to the
tax on wholesalers, distributors, or dealers herein provided for.
For purposes of this provision, the term exporters shall refer to those who are
principally engaged in the business of exporting goods and merchandise, as well as
manufacturers and producers whose goods or products are both sold domestically and
abroad. The amount of export sales shall be excluded from the total sales and shall be
(d) On retailers.
P400,000.00 or less 2%
More than P400,000.00 1%
The rate of two percent (2%) per annum shall be imposed on sales not exceeding Four
Hundred Thousand Pesos (P 400,000.00) while the rate of one percent (1%) per
annum shall be imposed on sales in excess of the first Four Hundred Thousand Pesos
(P400,000.00).
However, barangays shall have the exclusive power to levy taxes on stores whose
gross sales or receipts of the preceding calendar year does not exceed Thirty
Thousand Pesos (P 30,000.00) subject to existing laws and regulations.
(e) On contractors and other independent contractors in accordance with the following
schedule.
Provided, that in no case shall the tax on gross sales of P 2,000,000.00 or more be
less than P 11,500.00.
Upon completion of the project, the taxes shall be recomputed on the basis of the gross
receipts for the preceding calendar years and the deficiency tax, if there be any, shall
be collected as provided in this Code or the excess tax payment shall be refunded.
In cases of projects completed within the year, the tax shall be based upon the contract
price and shall be paid upon the issuance of the Mayor’s Permit.
(f) On banks and other financial institutions, at the rate of fifty percent of one percent
(50% of 1%) of the gross receipts of the preceding calendar year derived from
interest, commissions and discounts from lending activities, income from financial
leasing, dividends, rentals on property, and profit from exchange or sale of property,
insurance premium. All other income and receipts not herein enumerated shall be
excluded in the computation of the tax.
(g) On businesses hereunder enumerated, the graduated tax rates are hereby
imposed:
3. Commission agents
8. Privately-owned markets;
15. All other similar activities consisting essentially of the sales of services
for a fee.
Provided, that in no case shall the tax on gross sales of P 2,000,000.00 or more be
less than P 11,500.00.
(h) On peddlers engaged in the sale of any merchandise or article of commerce, at the
rate of P 50.00 per peddler annually.
The tax herein imposed shall be payable within the first twenty (20) days of
January. An individual who will start to peddle merchandise or articles of commerce
after January 20 shall pay the full amount of the tax before engaging in such
activity.
A Mobile Trader is a person, who either for himself or commission, travels from
place to place and sells his goods or sells and offers to deliver the same, using a
vehicle. Subsumed in this definition are rolling stores, portable stores, and similar
arrangements.
Section 2B.02. Imposition of Tax. – There is hereby imposed an annual tax at the
rate of one percent (1%) on the gross receipts of Mobile Traders.
Section 2B.03. Time of Payment. – The tax shall be paid upon the issuance of the
Mayor’s Permit to do business in the Municipality.
(a) The Municipal Treasurer shall determine the taxable gross receipts by
applying the Presumptive Income Level Technique provided in this Code, and
thereafter assess and collect the tax due.
Section 2C.01. Imposition of Tax. – There is hereby imposed a tax on ambulant and
itinerant amusement operators during fiestas and fairs at the following rates:
Section 2C.01. Time of Payment. – The tax herein imposed shall be payable before
engaging in such activity.
(b) Mineral Products shall mean things produced and prepared in a workable state
by simple treatment processes such as washing or drying but without
(c) Quarry Resources means any common stone or other common mineral
substances such as but not restricted to marble, granite, volcanic cinders,
basalt, tuff, and rock phosphate.
Section 2D.02. Imposition of Tax. – There is hereby levied an annual tax at the rate
of _______________ percent (____%) based on the gross receipts for the preceding
year of mining operations.
Section 2D.03. Situs of the Tax. - Payment of the tax shall be made to this
municipality which has jurisdiction over the mining area. (In case the area transcends
two (2) or more local government units, payment shall be made to the municipality
having the largest area.
Section 2D.04. Exclusion. - Extraction of the following are excluded from the
coverage of the tax levied herein:
(a) Mineral Products such as ordinary stones, sand, gravel, earth and other quarry
resources;
(b) Indigenous petroleum such as mineral oil, hydrocarbon gas, bitumen, crude
asphalt, mineral gas and all other similar or naturally associated substances.
Section 2D.05. Time of Payment. - The tax shall be paid once within the first twenty
(20) days of January or in quarterly installments within the first twenty (20) days of
January, April, July, and October of each year.
(a) The Municipal Treasurer shall keep a registry of mining operators on which all
instruments concerning mining rights, such as acquisition, sub-lease, operating
agreements, transfers, assignments, condonation, cancellation and others, are
recorded.
(b) It shall be the duty of every lessee, owner, or operator to make a true and
complete return setting forth the quantity and the actual market value of the
minerals or mineral products or quarry resources to be removed.
Section 2D.07. Liability to Real Property Tax. – Any person, grantee, concessionaire
who shall undertake and execute mining operations (exploration development and
commercial utilization) of certain mineral deposits existing within the mining area shall
be subject/liable to real property tax.
Section 2D.08. Payment of Mayor’s Permit and Other Regulatory Fees. – Mayor’s
Permit and other regulatory fees shall be collected before the start of the mining
operation of a mining company pursuant to the provision of this code.
(a) Forest Products means timber, pulp-wood/chipwood, firewood, fuel wood and
minor forest products such as bark, tree tops, resins, gum, wood, oil, honey,
beeswax, nipa, rattan or other forest growth such as grass, shrub, and flowering
plants, the associated water, fish, scenic, historical, recreational, and geologic
resources in forest lands.
(b) Forest Lands include the public forest, the permanent forest or the forest
reserves, and forest reservations.
Section 2E.03. Time of Payment. - The tax shall be paid once within the first twenty
(20) days of January or in quarterly installments within the first twenty (20) days of
January, April, July, and October of each year.
(a) For purposes of collection of the business tax under the "situs" of the tax law,
the following definition of terms and guidelines shall be strictly observed:
1. Principal Office - the head or main office of the businesses appearing in the
pertinent documents submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission,
or the Department of Trade and Industry, or other appropriate agencies as
the case may be.
The sales allocation in (a) and (b) above shall not apply to experimental
farms. LGUs where only experimental farms are located shall not be entitled
to the sales allocation herein provided for.
4. In case of a plantation located in a locality other than that where the factory
is located, said seventy percent (70%) sales allocation shall be divided as
follows:
6. The foregoing sales allocation under par. (3) hereof shall be applied
irrespective of whether or not sales are made in the locality where the
factory, project office, plant or plantation is located. In case of sales made
by the factory, project office, plant or plantation, the sale shall be covered by
paragraph (1) or (2) above.
8. All sales made by the factory, project office, plant or plantation located in this
municipality shall be recorded in the branch or sales office which is similarly
located herein, and shall be taxable by this municipality. In case there is no
branch or sales office or warehouse in this municipality, but the principal
office is located therein, the sales made in the dais factory shall be taxable
by this municipality along with the sales made in the principal office.
(c) Port of Loading - the Municipality where the port of loading is located shall not
levy and collect the tax imposable under Article A, Chapter 2 of this Ordinance
unless the exporter maintain in said Municipality its principal office, a branch,
sales office, warehouse, factory, plant or plantation in which case the foregoing
rule on the matter shall apply accordingly.
(d) Route Sales - sales made by route trucks, vans or vehicles in this municipality
where a manufacturer, producer, wholesaler, maintains a branch or sales office
or warehouse shall be recorded in the branch or sales office or warehouse and
shall be taxed herein.
This municipality shall tax the sales of the products withdrawn by route trucks
from the branch, sales office or warehouse located herein but sold in another
locality.
(a) The taxes imposed under Chapter II of this Ordinance shall be payable for
every separate or distinct establishment or place where the business subject to
the tax is conducted and one line of business does not become exempt by being
conducted with some other businesses for which such tax has been paid. The
tax on a business must be paid by the person conducting the same.
The conduct or operation of two or more related businesses provided for under
Chapter II of this Code any one person, natural or juridical, shall require the
issuance of a separate permit or license to each business.
(b) In cases where a person conducts or operates two (2) or more of the
businesses mentioned in Chapter II of this Ordinance which are subject to the
same rate of imposition, the tax shall be computed on the combined total gross
sales or receipts of the said two (2) or more related businesses.
(c) In cases where a person conducts or operates two (2) or more businesses
mentioned in Section 2A.01 of this Ordinance which are subject to different rates
of imposition, the taxable gross sales or receipts of each business shall be
reported independently and tax thereon shall be computed on the basis of the
pertinent schedule.
Section 2G.02. Accrual of Payment. - Unless specifically provided in this Article, the
taxes imposed herein shall accrue on the first day of January of each year.
Section 2G.03. Time of Payment. - The tax shall be paid once within the first twenty
(20) days of January or in quarterly installments within the first twenty (20) days of
January, April, July, and October of each year. The Sanggunian may, for a justifiable
reason or cause, extend the time for payment of such taxes without surcharges or
penalties, but only for a period not exceeding six (6) months.
(a) Requirement. Any person who shall establish, operate or conduct any
business, trade or activity mentioned in this Chapter in this municipality shall first
obtain a Mayor's Permit and pay the fee therefor and the business tax imposed
under the pertinent Article.
(b) Issuance and Posting of Official Receipt. The Municipal Treasurer shall issue
an official receipt upon payment of the business tax. Issuance of the said official
receipt shall not relieve the taxpayer of any requirement imposed by the different
departments of this municipality.
(c) Invoices or Receipt. All persons subject to the taxes on business shall, for each
sale or transfer of merchandise or goods, or for services rendered, valued at
Twenty-Five Pesos (P 25.00) or more at any one time, prepare and issue sales
or commercial invoices and receipts serially numbered in duplicate, showing
among others, their names or styles, if any, and business address. The original
of each sales invoice or receipts shall be issued to the purchaser or customer
and the duplicate to be kept and preserved by the person subject to the said tax,
in his place of business for a period of five (5) years. The receipts or invoices
issued pursuant to the requirement of the Bureau of Internal Revenue for
determination of national internal revenue taxes shall be sufficient for purposes
of this Code.
(e) Submission of Certified Income Tax Return Copy. All persons who are granted
a permit to conduct an activity or business and who are liable to pay the
business tax provided in this Code shall submit a certified photocopy of their
income tax returns (ITR) on or before April 30 of each year. The deficiency in
the business tax arising out of the difference in gross receipts or sales
declared in the application for Mayor’s Permit/ Declaration of gross sales or
receipts and the gross receipts or sales declared in the ITR shall be payable
on or before May 20 of the same year with interest at the rate of ten percent
(10%) corresponding to the two percent (2%) per month from January to May.
Payments of the deficiency tax made after May 20 shall be subject to the
twenty-five percent (25%) surcharge and two percent (2%) interest for every
month counted from January up to the month payment is made.
(1) Any person natural or juridical, subject to the tax on business under Article A,
Chapter 11 of this Ordinance shall, upon termination of the business, submit
a sworn statement of the gross sales or receipts for the current calendar
year within thirty (30) days following the closure. Any tax due shall first be
paid before any business or undertaking is fully terminated.
(a) The Municipal Treasurer shall assign every application for the
termination or retirement of business to an inspector in his office who
shall go to address of the business on record to verify if it is really not
operating. If the inspector finds that the business is simply placed
under a new name, manager and/or new owner, the Municipal
Treasurer shall recommend to the Municipal Mayor the disapproval of
the application of the termination or retirement of said business;
(b) Accordingly, the business continues to become liable for the payment
of all taxes, fees, and charges imposed thereon under existing local
tax ordinance; and
(c) In addition, in the case of a new owner to whom the business was
transferred by sale or other form of conveyance, said new owner shall
be liable to pay the tax or fee for the business and shall secure a new
Mayor’s permit therefor.
(i) Death of Licensee. When any individual paying a business tax dies, and the
business is continued by a person interested in his estate, no additional
payment shall be required for the residue of the term for which the tax was paid.
Section 2H.01. Presumptive Income Level. - For every tax period, the Treasurer’s
Office shall prepare a stratified schedule of "presumptive income level" to approximate
the gross receipt of each business classification.
Section 2H.02. The Presumptive Income Level (PIL) of gross receipts shall be used to
validate the gross receipts declared by taxpayers and/or for establishing the taxable
gross receipts where no valid data is otherwise available.
Section 3A.01. Mayor’s Permit. - All persons are required to obtain a Mayor’s
Permit for the privilege of conducting business within the municipality.
Section 3A.02. Imposition of Fee. - There shall be collected an annual fee for the
issuance of a Mayor's Permit to operate a business, pursue an occupation or calling, or
undertake an activity within the Municipality.
The permit fee is payable for every distinct or separate business or place where the
business or trade is conducted. One line of business of trade does not become exempt
by being conducted with some other business of trade for which the permit fee has
been obtained and the corresponding fee paid for.
For purpose of the Mayor’s Permit Fee, the following Philippine categories of
business sizes are here by adopted:
The permit fee shall either be based on asset size or number of workers, whichever will
yield the higher fee.
2. On Banks
Rural, Thrift and Savings Banks P 1,000.00
Commercial, Industrial and 3,000.00
Development Banks 5,000.00
Universal Banks 5,000.00
4. On Contractors/Service Establishments
Micro-Industry P 100.00
Cottage Industries 300.00
Small-scale Industries 500.00
Medium-Scale Industries 1,000.00
Large-Scale Industries 2,000.00
5. On Wholesalers/Retailers/Dealers or
Distributors
Micro-Industry P 100.00
Cottage Industries 300.00
Small-scale Industries 500.00
Medium-Scale Industries 1,000.00
Large-Scale Industries 2,000.00
6. On Trans-loading Operations
Medium P 2,000.00
Large 4,000.00
7. Other Businesses
Micro-Industry P 100.00
Cottage Industries 200.00
Small-scale Industries 400.00
Medium-Scale Industries 800.00
Large-Scale Industries 1,000.00
Section 3A.03. Time and Manner of Payment. - The fee for the issuance of a Mayor's
Permit shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon application before any business or
For a newly-started business or activity that starts to operate after January 20, the fee
shall be reckoned from the beginning of the calendar quarter. When the business or
activity is abandoned, the fee shall not be exacted for a period longer than the end of
the calendar quarter. if the fee has been paid for a period longer than the current
quarter and the business activity is abandoned, no refund of the fee corresponding to
the unexpired quarter or quarters shall be made.
(a) Supervision and control over establishments and places. The Municipal
Mayor shall supervise and regulate all establishments and places where
business is conducted. He shall prescribe rules and regulations as may be
necessary to maintain peaceful, healthy, and sanitary conditions in the
municipality.
(b) Application for Mayor's Permit: An application for a Mayor's Permit shall
be filed with the Office of the Municipal Mayor. The form for the purpose
shall be issued by the same Office and shall set forth the requisite
information including the name and residence of the applicant, the
description of business or undertaking that is to be conducted, and such
other data or information as may be required.
Every permit issued by the Mayor shall show the name and residence of the
applicant, his nationality and marital status; nature of the organization, that is
whether the business is a sole proprietorship, corporation or partnership,
etc.; location of the business; date of issue and expiration of the permit; and
other information as may be necessary.
(d) Posting of Permit. Every permittee shall keep his permit conspicuously
posted at all times in his place of business or office or if he has no place of
business or office, he shall keep the permit in his person. The permit shall
be immediately produced upon demand by the Municipal Mayor, the
Municipal Treasurer or any of their duly authorized representatives.
(e) Duration of Permit and Renewal. The Mayor's Permit shall be granted for
a period of not more than one (1) year and shall expire on the thirty-first
(31st) of December following the date of issuance unless revoked or
surrendered earlier. Every permit shall cease to be in force upon revocation
or surrender thereof. The permit issued shall be renewed within the first
twenty (20) days of January. It shall have a continuing validity only upon
renewal thereof and payment of the corresponding fee.
(f) Revocation of Permit. The Mayor’s Permit may be revoked any of the
following grounds:
(b) Establishments selling cooked and readily edible foods shall have them
adequately covered and protected from dust, flies and other insects, and
shall follow strictly the rules and regulations on sanitation promulgated by the
Municipal Health Officer and existing laws or ordinances.
(c) Sauna bath, massage, barber and beauty shops. Said shops shall not be
allowed to operate with masseurs, barbers, and beauticians without having
secured the necessary corresponding medical certificate from the Municipal
Health Officer.
Section 3B.01. Implementing Agency. - The Municipal Treasurer shall strictly enforce
the provisions of the Regulation of Practices Relative to Weights and Measures, as
provided in Chapter II of the Consumer Act, Republic Act No. 7394.
Section 3B.04. Payment of Fees and Surcharge. - The fees herein imposed shall be
paid and collected by the Municipal Treasurer when the weights or measures
instruments are sealed, before their use and thereafter, on or before the anniversary
date thereof.
The official receipt serving as license to use the instrument is valid for one (1) year from
the date of sealing unless such instrument becomes defective before the expiration
period. Failure to have the instrument re-tested and the corresponding fees therefor
paid within the prescribed period shall subject the owner or user to a surcharge of five
hundred percent (500%) of the prescribed fees which shall no longer be subject to
interest.
Section 3B.05. Place of Payment. – The fees herein levied shall be paid at the local
treasury office of the municipality where the business is operating. A peddler or
itinerant vendor using only one (1) instrument of weight or measure shall pay the fee in
the municipality where he maintains his residence.
(a) All instruments for weights and measures used in government work of or
maintained for public use by any instrumentality of the government.
(a) The official receipt for the fee issued for the sealing of a weight or measure
shall serves as a license to use such instrument for one year from the date
of sealing, unless deterioration or damage renders the weight or measure
inaccurate within that period. The license shall expire on the day and the
month of the year following its original issuance. Such license shall be
preserved by the owner and together with the weight or measure covered by
the license, shall be exhibited on demand by the Municipal Treasurer or his
(b) The Municipal Treasurer is hereby required to keep full sets of secondary
standards, which shall be compared with the fundamental standards in the
Department of Science and Technology annually. When found to be
sufficiently accurate, the secondary standards shall be distinguished by
label, tag or seal and shall be accompanied by a certificate showing the
amount of its variation from the fundamental standards. If the variation is of
sufficient magnitude to impair the utility of instrument, it shall be destroyed at
the Department of Science and technology.
(c) The Municipal Treasurer or his deputies shall conduct periodic physical
inspection and test weights and measures instruments within the locality.
(d) Instruments of weights and measures found to be defective and such defect
is beyond repair shall be confiscated in favor of the government and shall be
destroyed by the Municipal Treasurer in the presence of the Municipal
Auditor or his representative.
a) for any person other than the official sealer or his duly authorized representative
to place an official tag, seal, sticker, mark, stamp, brand or other characteristic
sign used to indicate that such instrument of weight and measure has officially
been tested, calibrated, sealed or inspected;
b) for any person to imitate any seal, sticker, mark stamp, brand, tag or other
characteristic design used to indicate that such instrument of weight or measure
has been officially tested, calibrated, sealed or inspected;
c) for any person other than the official sealer or his duly authorized representative
to alter in any way the certificate or receipt given by the official sealer or his duly
authorized representative as an acknowledgement that the instrument for
determining weight or measure has been fully rested, calibrated, sealed or
inspected;
d) for any person to make or knowingly sell or use any false or counterfeit seal,
sticker, brand, stamp, tag, certificate or license or any dye for printing or making
the same or any characteristic sign used to indicate that such instrument
of weight or measure has been officially tested, calibrated, sealed or
inspected;
e) for any person other than the official sealer or his duly authorized representative
to alter the written or printed figures, letters or symbols on any official seal,
sticker, receipt, stamp, tag, certificate or license used or issued;
f) for any person to use or reuse any restored, altered, expired, damaged stamp,
tag certificate or license for the, purpose of making it appear that the
g) for any person engaged in the buying and selling of consumer products or of
furnishing services the value of which is estimated by weight or measure to
possess, use or maintain with intention to use any scale, balance, weight or
measure that has not been sealed or if previously sealed, the license therefor
has expired and has not been renewed in due time;
h) for any person to fraudulently alter any scale, balance, weight or measure after
it is officially sealed;
i) for any person to knowingly use any false scale, balance, weight or measure,
whether sealed or not;
j) for any person to fraudulently give short weight or measure in the making of a
scale;
k) for any person, assuming to determine truly the weight or measure of any article
brought or sold by weight or measure, to fraudulently misrepresent the weight or
measure thereof; or
l) for any person to procure the commission of any such offense abovementioned
by another.
Instruments officially sealed at some previous time which have remained unaltered and
accurate and the seal or tag officially affixed therein remains intact and in the same
position and condition in which it was placed by the official sealer or his duly authorized
representative shall, if presented for sealing, be sealed promptly on demand by the
official sealer or his duly authorized representative without penalty except a surcharge
equal to two (2) times the regular fee fixed by law for the sealing of an instrument of its
class, this surcharge to be collected and accounted for by the Municipal Treasurer in
the same manner as the regular fees for sealing such instruments.
(a) Any person who shall violate the provisions of paragraphs (a) to (f) and
paragraph (l) of Section 3B.08 shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine
of One thousand pesos (P 1,000.00) or by imprisonment of not more than
six (6) months, or both, upon the discretion of the court.
(b) Any person who shall violate the provisions of paragraph of (g) of
Section 3B.08 for the first time shall be subject to fine of One Thousand
Five hundred pesos (P 1,500.00) or by imprisonment of not more than six
(6) moths, or both, upon the discretion of the court.
Section 3C.01. Imposition of Fee. – A fee shall be collected from each applicant of a
building permit pursuant to the latest DPWH issuance on the schedule of fees and
charges of the revised implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the National
Building Code of the Philippines (PD1096)
Section 3C.02. Time and Payment. - The fees specified under this article shall be
paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon application for a building permit from the
Municipal Mayor.
(2) Description and ownership of the lot on which the proposed work is to
be done as evidenced bt TCT and/or copy of the contract of lease over
the lot if the applicant is not the registered owner;
(3) The use or occupancy for which the proposed work is intended;
To be submitted together with such application are at least five sets of corresponding
plans and specifications prepared, signed and sealed by a duly licensed architect or
civil engineer in case of architectural and structural plans, by a registered mechanical
engineer in case of mechanical plans, by a registered electrical engineer in case of
electrical plans, and by licensed sanitary engineer or master plumber in case of
plumbing or sanitary installation plans except in those cases exempted or not required
by the Building Official.
Section 3C.04. Penal Provisions. - It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation, to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert,
demolish, equip, use, occupy, or maintain any building or structure or cause the same
to be done contrary to or in violation of any provision of the Building Code
Any person, firm or corporation, who shall violate any of the provisions of the Code
and/or commit any act hereby declared to be unlawful shall upon conviction, be
punished by a fine not more than twenty thousand pesos or by imprisonment of not
more than two years or by both: Provided, that in case of a corporation, firm,
partnership or association, the penalty shall bed imposed upon its official responsible
for such violation and in case the guilty party is an alien, he shall immediately be
deported after payment of the fine and/or service of sentence
1. Zoning/Locational Clearance
2. Permits for subdivision and condominium projects/activities under PD 957
3. Projects under BP 220
4. Approval of Industrial subdivision
5. Approval of farmlot subdivision
6. Approval of memorial park/cemetery project/Calumbarium
7. Other transactions/certifications
8. Registration of dealers/brokers/salesmen
Section 3D.02. Time of Payment. –The fees in this Article shall be paid to the
Municipal Treasurer.
(a) The fee shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon application or renewal
of the permit.
(b) The filing fee shall be paid upon application for an MTOP based on the
number of units.
(c) Filing fee for amendment of MTOP shall be paid upon application for transfer
to another zone, change of ownership of unit or transfer of MTOP.
(c) The Sangguniang may impose a common color for tricycles for hire in the same
zone. Each tricycle unit shall be assigned and bear an identification number,
aside from its LTO license plate number.
It shall establish a fare structure that will provide the operator a reasonable
return or profit, and still be affordable to the general public. The fare structure
may either be flat (single fare regardless of distance) as a minimum amount plus
a basic rate per kilometer.
(d) The zones must be within the boundaries of this municipality. The existing zones
which covers the territorial unit not only of the municipality but other adjoining
municipalities or cities as well shall be maintained provided the operators
serving the said zone secure the MTOP.
(e) For the purpose of this Article, a Municipal Tricycle Operator’s Permit
Regulatory Board is hereby created as follows:
______________________ Chairman
______________________ ________________________
______________________ ________________________
Section 3F.01. Imposition of Fee. - There shall be collected from the owner of
pedaled tricycle operated within the Municipality, a permit fee of ______________
pesos (P_______) per annum.
Section 3F.02. Time of Payment. - The imposed herein shall be due on the first
day of January and payable to the Municipal Treasurer within the first twenty (20)
days of January of every year. For pedaled tricycle acquired after the first twenty
(20) days of January, the permit fee shall be paid without the penalty within the first
twenty (20) days of the quarter following the date of purchase.
(b) The Municipal Treasurer shall keep a register of all pedaled tricycles
containing information such as the make and brand of the tricycle, the name
and address of the owner and the number of the permit plate.
(a) Cockpit includes any place, compound, building or portion thereof, where
cockfights are held, whether or not money bets are made on the results of
such cockfights.
(b) Bet taker or Promoter refers to a person who alone or with another initiates a
cockfight and/or calls and take care of bets from owners of both gamecocks
and those of other bettors before he orders commencement of the cockfight
thereafter distributes won bets to the winners after deducting a certain
commission, or both.
(d) Referee (Sentenciador) refers to a person who watches and oversees the
proper gaffing of fighting cocks; determines the physical condition of
gamecocks while cockfighting is in progress, the injuries sustained by the
cocks and their capability to continue fighting, and decides and makes
(a) The application filing fee is payable to the Municipal Treasurer upon
application for a permit or license to operate and maintain cockpits.
(b) The cockpit registration fee is also payable upon application for a permit
before a cockpit can operate and within the first twenty days of January of
each year in case of renewal thereof. January 20;
(c) The permit fees on cockpit personnel shall be paid before they participate in
a cockfight and shall be paid annually upon renewal of the permit on the birth
month of the permittee.
(a) Ownership, operation and management of cockpit. Only Filipino citizens not
otherwise inhibited by existing ordinances or laws shall be allowed to own,
manage and operate cockpits. Cooperative capitalization is encouraged.
(d) Only duly registered and licensed promoters, referees, cashiers, bet
managers, pit referees, bet takers, or gaffers shall take part in all kinds of
cockfights held in this Municipality. No operator or owner of a cockpit shall
employ or allow to participate in a cockfight any of the above-mentioned
personnel unless he has registered and paid the fee herein required.
(e) Upon payment of the fees herein imposed, the corresponding Mayor's
Permit shall be issued.
Section 3H.02. Imposition of Fees. - There shall be collected the following fees
per day for cockfighting:
Section 3H.03. Exclusions. - Regular cockfights i.e., those held during Sundays,
legal holidays and local fiestas and international derbies shall be excluded from the
payment of fees herein imposed.
Section 3H.04. Time and Manner of Payment. - The fees herein imposed shall be
payable to the Municipal Treasurer before the special cockfights and derbies can be
lawfully held.
(c) Cockfighting officials. Gaffers, referees, bet takers, or promoters shall not
act as such in any cockfight in the Municipality without first securing a license
renewable every year on their birth month from the Municipality where such
cockfighting is held. Only gaffers, referees, bet takes, or promoters licensed
by the Municipality shall officiate in all kinds of cockfighting authorized
herein.
(b) Employees and workers in food or eatery establishments such as but not
limited to the following:
(c) Employees or workers in night or night and day establishments such as but
not limited to the following:
In cases of night and day clubs, night clubs, day clubs, cocktail lounges, bars,
cabarets, sauna bath houses and other similar places of amusements, they
shall under no circumstances allow hostesses, waitress, waiters, entertainers,
or hospitality girl below 18 years of age to work as such. For those who shall
secure the Individual Mayor’s Permit on their 18th birth year, they shall present
their respective baptismal or birth certificate duly issued by the local civil
registrar concerned.
(d) All other employees and persons who exercise their profession, occupation or
calling within the jurisdiction limits of the Municipality aside from those already
specifically mentioned in previous sections.
Section 3I.04. Time and Manner of Payment - The fees prescribed in this Article
shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon filing of the application for the first
time and annually thereafter within the first twenty (20) days of January and every
quarter thereafter. The permit fee is payable for every separate or district
occupation or calling. Employer shall advance the fees to the Municipality for its
employees.
Section 3I.05. Surcharge for Late Payment. - Failure to pay the fee prescribed
in this Article within the time prescribed shall subject a taxpayer to a surcharge of
Twenty-five percent (25%) of the original amount of the fee due, such surcharge
shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner as the tax due.
Newly hired workers and/or employees shall secure their individual Mayor’s
Permit from the moment they are actually accepted by the management of any
business or industrial establishment to starts working.
The individual Mayor’s Permit so secured shall be renewed during the respective
birth month of the permittee next following calendar.
(b) Persons engaged in the above mentioned occupation or calling with valid
Mayor’s Permit shall be required to surrender such permit and the
corresponding Official Receipt for the payment of fees to the Municipal
Treasurer and to the Municipal Mayor respectively for cancellation upon
retirement or cessation of the practice of the said occupation or calling.
Section 3J.01. Definition. - For purposes of this Article, "large cattle" includes a
two-year old horse, mule ass, carabao, cow or other domesticated member of the
bovine family.
Section 3J.02. Imposition of Fee. - The owner of a large cattle is hereby required
to register said cattle with the Municipal Treasurer for which a certificate of
ownership shall be issued to the owner upon payment of a registration fee as
follows:
The transfer fee shall be collected only once if a large cattle is transferred more
than once in a day.
(a) Large cattle shall be registered with the Municipal Treasurer upon reaching
the age of two (2) years.
(b) The ownership of large cattle or its sale or transfer of ownership to another
person shall be registered with the Municipal Treasurer. All branded and
counter-branded large cattle presented to the Municipal Treasurer shall be
registered in a book showing among others, the name and residence of the
owner, the consideration or purchase price of the animal in cases of sale or
transfer, and the class, color, sex, brands and other identification marks of
the cattle. These data shall also be stated in the certificate of ownership
issued to the owner of the large cattle.
(c) The transfer of the large cattle, regardless of its age, shall be entered in the
registry book setting forth, among others, the names and the residence of
the owners and the purchaser; the consideration or purchase price of the
animal for sale or transfer, class, sex, brands and other identifying marks of
the animals; and a reference by number to the original certificate of
ownership with the name of the Municipality issued to it. No entries of
transfer shall be made or certificate of transfer shall be issued by the
Municipal Treasurer except upon the production of the original certificate of
ownership and certificates of transfer and such other documents that show
title to the owner.
Section 3J.05. Applicability Clause. – All other matters relating to the registration
of large cattle shall be governed by the pertinent provisions of the Revised
Administrative Code and other applicable laws, ordinances and rules and
regulations.
(a) Astray Animal means an animal which is set loose unrestrained, and not
under the complete control of its owner, or the charge or in possession
thereof, found roaming at-large in public or private places whether fettered or
not.
Section 3K.02. Imposition of Fee. – There shall be imposed the following fees
for each day or fraction thereof on each head of astray animal found running or
roaming at large, or fettered in public or private places:
Section 3K.03. Time of Payment. – The impounding fee shall be paid to the
Municipal Treasurer prior to the release of the impounded animal to its owner.
(a) For purposes of this Article, the Barangay Tanods of the Municipality are
hereby authorized to apprehend and impound astray animals in the
Municipal corral or a place duly designated for such purpose. He shall also
cause the posting of notice of the impounded astray animal in the Municipal
Hall for _______________ (state number) consecutive days, starting one
day after the animal is impounded, within which the owner is required to
claim and establish ownership of the impounded animal. The Municipal
Mayor and Municipal Treasurer shall be informed of the impounding.
(b) Impounded animals not claimed within ______________ (____) days after
the date of impounding shall be sold at public auction under the following
procedures:
1. The Municipal Treasurer shall post notice for ________ (____) days in
_________ (____) places including the main door of the Municipal Hall
and the public markets. The animal shall be sold to the highest bidder.
Within _____ (____) days after the auction sale, the Municipal Treasurer
shall make a report of the proceedings in writing to the Municipal Mayor.
2. The owner may stop the sale by paying at any time before or during the
auction sale, the impounding fees due and the cost of the advertisement
and conduct of sale to the Municipal Treasurer, otherwise, the sale shall
proceed.
In addition to the fine, the owners shall pay the amount of damage incurred, if any,
to the property owner.
Section 3L.02. Time and Manner of Payment. - The fee imposed herein shall be
due and payable within the first twenty (20) days of January of every year. For
each cart or sledge newly acquired after the first twenty (20) days of January, the
permit shall be paid without penalty within the first twenty (20) days of the quarter
following the date of purchase.
(a) A metal plate with a corresponding registry number shall be provided by the
Municipal Treasurer for every calesa or sledge at cost to the owner.
(b) The Municipal Treasurer shall keep a register of all carts or sledges which
shall set forth, among others, the name and address of the owner.
Section 3M.02. Time and Manner of Payment. – The fee imposed herein shall be
due and payable upon application for a Mayor's Permit within the first twenty (20)
days of January of each year. For newly acquired calesas or caretelas, the fee
shall be payable within twenty (20) days after acquisition.
(a) A metal plate shall be provided by the Municipal Treasurer for every
registered caretela or calesa.
(b) The Municipal Treasurer shall keep a register of all calesas or caretelas
which shall contain, among others, the name and the address of the owner.
.
Section 3N.02. Time and Manner of Payment. – The fee imposed herein shall be
payable prior to the rental of the equipment upon application for a Mayor's permit.
Rate Of Fee
Kinds Of Machineries & Engines
Per Annum
a. Internal combustion engines
Section 3O.02. Time of Payment. – The annual fee imposed in this Article shall
be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon application of the Permit with the Mayor
but not later than fifteen (15) days after the actual inspection by person
authorized in writing by the Mayor. Thereafter, the fee shall be paid within twenty
(20) days of January, or of every quarter as the case may be.
Section 3P.01. Imposition of Fee. – There shall be collected an annual permit fee
for the storage of combustible materials at the rates as follows:
Section 3P.02. Time of Payment. – The fees imposed in Article shall be paid to
the Municipal Treasurer upon application for his permit with the Mayor to store
the aforementioned substances.
(a) No person shall keep or store at his place of business any of the following
flammable, combustible or explosive substances without securing a permit
therefor. Gasoline or naptha not exceeding the quantity of One Hundred
(100) gallons, kept in and used by launches or motor vehicles shall be
exempt from the Permit fee herein required.
Section 3Q.01. Imposition of Fee. – Any person that shall temporarily use
and/or occupy a street, sidewalk, or alley or portion thereof in this municipality in
connection with their construction works and other purposes, shall first secure a
permit from the Mayor and pay a fee in the following schedule:
Section 3Q.02. Time of Payment. – The fee shall be paid to the Municipal
Treasurer upon application of the permit with the Municipal Mayor.
Section 3R.01. Imposition of Fee. There shall be imposed the following fees on
every person who shall make or cause to be made any excavation on public or
private streets within this Municipality.
Amount
Kinds Of Excavation
Of Fee
a. For crossing streets with concrete pavement
1. Minimum fee P-
2. Additional fee for each linear meter crossing the _______
streets (minimum width of excavation, 0.3m) P-
_______
d. For crossing existing curbs and gutters resulting in damage P-
_______
Section 3R.02. Time and Manner of Payment. – The fee imposed herein shall be
paid to the Municipal Treasurer by every person who shall make any excavation or
cause any excavation to be made upon application for Mayor's Permit, but in all
cases, prior to the excavation.
(c) In order to protect the public from any danger, appropriate signs must be
placed in the area where work is being done.
Section 3S.02. Time and Manner of Payment. – The fee imposed herein shall be
due and payable to the Municipal Treasurer upon application for a permit to the
Municipal Mayor at least ______ (___) days before the scheduled date of the circus
or parade and on such activity shall be held.
(a) Any persons who shall hold a parade within this Municipality shall first obtain
from the Municipal Mayor before undertaking the activity. For this purpose, a
written application in a prescribed form shall indicate the name, address of
the applicant, the description of the activity, the place or places where the
same will be conducted and such other pertinent information as may be
required.
(b) The Station Commander of the Philippine National Police shall promulgate
the necessary rules and regulations to maintain an orderly and peaceful
conduct of the activities mentioned in this Article. He shall also define the
boundary within which such activities may be lawfully conducted.
Section 3T.01. Imposition of Fee. – Every person who shall conduct, or hold
any program, or activity involving the grouping of people within the jurisdiction of
this Municipality shall obtain a Mayor’s permit therefor for every occasion of not
more than twenty-four (24) hours and pay the Municipal Treasurer the
corresponding fee in the following schedule:
Section 3T.02. Time of Payment. – The fee imposed in this article shall be paid
to the Municipal Treasurer upon filing of application for permit with the Municipal
Mayor.
Section 3U.01. Imposition of Fee. – There shall be collected the following permit
fee from any person who shall go on location-filming within the territorial jurisdiction
of this Municipality.
In cases of extension of filming time, the additional amount required must be paid
prior to extension to filming time.
Section 3V.02. Time of Payment. – The fee imposed herein shall be paid to the
Municipal Treasurer upon application for the Mayor's Permit ____________ ( )
days before location-filming is commenced.
Section 4A.01. Imposition of Fees. – There shall be collected the following fees
from every person requesting for copies of official records and documents from the
offices of this Municipality.
Section 4A.02. Exemption. – The fees imposed in this Article shall not be
collected for copies furnished to other offices and branches of the government for
official business, except for those copies required by the Court at the request of the
litigant, in which case, charges shall be in accordance with the above-mentioned
schedule.
Section 4A.03. Time and Manner of Payment. – The fees shall be paid to the
Municipal Treasurer at the time the request, written or otherwise, for the issuance of
a copy of any Municipal record or document is made.
Section 4B.01. Imposition of Fees. There shall be collected a fee for services
rendered by the Civil Registrar of this Municipality as follows:
Amount of
Civil Registry Services
Fees
A. Marriage Related Fees
1. Application fee P 110.00
2. License fee 50.00
3. Solemnization fee 110.00
4. Family Planning/marriage counseling fee
(including certificate) 50.00
Section 4B.02. Exemptions. – The fee imposed in this Article shall not be
collected in the following cases:
(a) Issuance of certified copies of documents for official use at the request of a
competent court or other government agency, except those copies required
by courts at the request of litigants, in which case the fee should be
collected.
(b) Issuance of birth certificates of children reaching school age when such
certificates are required for admission to the primary grades in a public
school.
Section 4B.03. Time of Payment. – The fees shall be paid to the Municipal
Treasurer before registration or issuance of the permit, license or certified copy of
local registry records or documents.
Section 4C.01. Imposition Fee. – There shall be paid for each police clearance
certificate obtained from the Station Commander of the Philippine National Police of
this Municipality as follows:
Section 4D.01. Imposition of Fee. – There shall be collected the following annual
fees from each business establishment in this Municipality or house for rent, for the
purpose of supervision and enforcement of existing rules and regulations and safety
of the public in accordance with the following schedule:
Section 4D.02. Time of Payment. – The fees imposed in this Article shall be paid
to the Municipal Treasurer upon filing of the application for the sanitary inspection
certificate with the Municipal Health Officer and upon renewal of the same every
year thereafter within the first twenty (20) days of January.
(a) The Municipal Health Officer or his duly authorized representative shall
conduct an annual inspection of all establishments and buildings, and
accessories and houses for rent, in order to determine their adequacy of
ventilation, general sanitary conditions and propriety for habitation.
(b) The Municipal Health Officer shall require evidence of payment of the fee
imposed herein before he issues the sanitary inspection certificate.
A fee of ________ Pesos (P_____) shall be collected for each additional copy of
subsequent issuance of a copy of the initial medical certificate issued by the
Municipal Health Officer.
Section 4E.02. Time of Payment. – The fee shall be paid to the Municipal
Treasurer before the physical examination is made and the medical certificate is
issued.
(c) The Municipal Health Officer shall keep a record of physical and other health
examinations conducted, and the copies of medical certificates issued
indicating the name of the applicant, the date and the purpose for which the
examination was made.
Section 4F.02. Time of Payment. – The fees prescribed in this Article shall be paid
to the Municipal Treasurer on or before the tenth (10 th) day of every month or the
authorized representative who shall collect the said fee from the establishment.
(a) For purposes of the imposition, the area of garbage collection shall only be
the business area of the town proper and Public Market.
(c) The Sanitary Inspector (for the Municipal Health Officer) shall inspect once
every month of the said business establishment to find out whether garbage
is properly disposed of within the premises.
(d) This Article shall not apply to business operators or establishments which
provides their own system of garbage disposal.
Section 4G.02. Time of Payment – The fee shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer
prior to the vaccination of the dog in close coordination with the Municipal
Agricultural Office and the Office of the Municipal Veterinarian.
2. It shall be the duty of each trained vaccination when vaccinating any dog
to complete certificate of rabies vaccination (in duplicate for each animal
vaccinated). The certificate shall include the following information.
3. The dog owner shall be provided with a copy of the certificate. The
veterinarian/ vaccinator will retain one copy for the duration of the
vaccination. A durable metal or plastic tag, serially numbered issued by
the veterinarian/ vaccinator, shall be securely attached to the collar of the
dog.
6. Reporting of Biting Incidents - The owner of a dog which has bitten any
person and the person who has been bitten shall, within 24 hours of the
occurrence, report the incident to the Municipal Rabies Control Authority, a
health care worker or a police officer receiving such information who shall
immediately transmit it to the Municipal Rabies Control Authority for
investigation.
7. The owner of a dog which has bitten any person shall be responsible for
all the Treatment and dog examination.
Section 4G.04. Penalty – Any dog owner who fails to abide by any of the provisions
of his ordinance shall be subjected to a fine of Two Thousand Five Hundred
(P2,500.00) Pesos.
(b) Municipal Waters include not only streams, lakes and tidal waters within this
Municipality, not being the subject of private ownership, and not comprised
within national parks, public forests, timber lands, forest reserves, or fishery
reserves, but also marine waters included between two (2) lines drawn
perpendicular to the general coastline from points where the boundary lines of
the Municipality to the sea at low tide and a third parallel with the general
coastline and fifteen (15) kilometers from it.
(c) Vessels include every sort of boat, craft, or other artificial contrivance used as a
means of transportation on water.
Section 5A.02. Fishery Rentals, Fees and Charges. – This Municipality shall have
the exclusive authority to grant the following fishery privileges within its Municipal
waters and impose rentals, fees, or charges therefrom:
(a) To erect fish corrals, oyster, mussel, or other aquatic beds or bangus fry areas.
(b) To gather, take or catch bangus fry, prawn fry or kawag-kawag or fry of other
species and fish from Municipal waters by nets, traps or other fishing gears.
However, marginal fishermen shall be exempt from any rentals, charge or any
other imposition whatsoever.
For this purpose, there is hereby created a committee to conduct the public auction to
be constituted as follows:
The Committee shall advertise the call for sealed bids for the leasing or a zone or
zones of Municipal waters in public auction for two (2) consecutive weeks in the bulletin
board of the Municipal hall. If no bids are received within two (2) weeks, such notice
shall be posted for another two (2) weeks. If after said two (2) notices for the grant of
The notice advertising the call for bids shall indicate the date and time when such bids
shall be filed with the Municipal Treasurer.
At the time and place designated in the notice, the Committee sitting en banc shall
open all the bids and award the lease to the qualified bidder offering the highest bid.
The lease shall be executed within ten (10) days after the award is made by a
committee and if the successful bidder refuses to accept, or fails or neglects to execute
the lease within such time, his deposit shall be forfeited to the Municipal government, in
such a case another bidding shall be held in the manner provided above.
The deposits of the unsuccessful bidders shall be returned upon the execution of the
lease contract by the successful bidder or before the calling of another bid.
At the time and place designated in the notice, the Committee sitting en banc shall
open all the bids and award the lease to the qualified bidder offering the highest bid.
The lease shall be executed ten (10) days after the award is made by the Committee
and should the successful bidder refuse to accept, or fails or neglects to execute the
lease within such time, his deposit shall be forfeited to the Municipal Government. In
such case, another bidding shall be held in the manner herein prescribed.
Section 5A.04. Duration of Lease. – The grant of lease of fishery rights through public
auction shall be for a period of _______ (____) years.
Zone From To
Zone 1
Zone 2
Zone 3
Zone 4
Section 5A.06. Imposition of Fees. – There shall be collected the following license
fee for the grant of exclusive fishery rights to erect fish corrals, operate fishponds or
oyster, mussel or aquatic beds, or take or catch "bangus" fry or "kawag-kawag" or fry of
other species of fish for propagation, if there are no interested bidders in the public
auction.
Any person who is not a grantee of license or privilege to engage in commercial fishing
is hereby allowed to fish for domestic use, in every Municipal water, for as long as no
communal fishery therein is not yet established; Provided, That, such fishing shall not
take place within two hundred (200) meters from a fish corral licensed by this
Municipality; and that such fish caught under this privilege shall not be sold.
(a) The annual rental for the lease shall be paid in advance. For the initial year of
the lease, the rental shall be paid at the time all the necessary documents
granting the lease are executed, and the subsequent installments within the first
twenty (20) days after the anniversary date of the grant of such lease. The
deposit made by the successful bidder accompanying the sealed bid shall be
applied against the rental due from him.
(b) The license fee for the grant of exclusive fishery rights in the Municipal waters
for at least the corresponding current quarter shall be paid in advance.
(c) The license fees for the privilege to catch fish from Municipal waters with nets,
traps, and other fishing gears and the operation of fishing vessels shall be paid
upon application for a license and within the first twenty (20) days of January of
every year for subsequent renewal thereof.
(a) A licensee of other localities shall not fish within the Municipal waters of this
Municipality without first securing the necessary permit from the Municipal
Mayor and paying the corresponding fee to the Municipal Treasurer.
(b) No fish net without eyelet or the opening of which is at least one-fourth (1/4) inch
shall be used in this Municipal waters.
(c) Failure to pay the rental of license fees for fishery rights for two (2) consecutive
years shall cause automatic cancellation of said fishing rights.
Section 5B.01. Imposition. There shall be collected a rental fee for the use of real
and personal properties of this Municipality as follows:
Section 5B.02. Time of Payment. The fees imposed herein shall be paid to the
Municipal Treasurer or his duly authorized representative, before the use or occupancy
of the property.
Section 5C.01. Imposition of Fee. There shall be collected a parking fee for the
use of Municipal owned parking area on designated streets in accordance with the
following schedule:
Nature Fee
Section 5C.02. Time of Payment. - The fees herein imposed shall be paid to the
Municipal Treasurer or to his duly delegated representative upon parking thereat.
Services Fee
1. Medical Services
a. In Patient Service
- Ward Room P _______
- Delivery Room P _______
- Normal Delivery (excluding medicine) P _______
- Abnormal Delivery (excluding medicine) P _______
- Operating Room P _______
- Air-conditioned Room P _______
- Private Room without Aircon P _______
- Nursery P _______
2. Dental Services
- Extraction (including anesthesia) P _______
- Temporary Filling P _______
- Permanent Filling P _______
- Silicate Cement P _______
- Composite Filling P _______
- Cementation P _______
- Prophylaxis P _______
- Gum Treatment
Initial Treatment P _______
Second Treatment P _______
- Dental X-Ray P _______
3. X-Ray Examination
a. Posterioranterior (PA)
- AP P _______
- APL P _______
- 14 x 17 P _______
- 14 x 14 AP P _______
- 11 x 14 APL P _______
- 10 x 12 P _______
- 8 x 10 P _______
b. Thoracic Cage
- AP P _______
- APL P _______
- 14 x 17 P _______
- 14 x 14 AP P _______
5. Subsistence
- Pay Ward P _______
- Charity P _______
Section 5D.02. Time and Manner of Payment. – The fees herein shall be paid upon
application or after the extension of service. In no case shall deposit be required in
emergency cases requiring immediate attention.
Section 5D.03. Exemptions. – Residents who are certified by the assigned Municipal
Officer as indigent and upon approval by the Municipal Mayor may be exempted from
the payment of any or all fees in this schedule.
An indigent is one who belongs to a family whose family income does not exceed
P50,000.00 per year of the poverty line established by NEDA, whichever is higher.
Section 5E.01. Imposition of Charges. – The following fees and charges provided
herein shall be collected for the water services rendered by the Waterworks System of
this Municipality:
Section 5E.02. Time of Payment. – The water rental is due and payable to the Office
of the Municipal Treasurer within the first _____ ( ) days of the following month.
In cases where the cash deposit shall no longer be sufficient to cover water
fees and surcharges, the water connection shall be disconnected after failure
by the customer to settle the difference after a period of ______ ( ) days from
receipt of notice of disconnection.
The cash deposit shall be refunded by the System if the customer desires to
withdraw the service of the System and all his water bills shall have been fully
paid.
If the testing of the meter is upon the request of the customer and the test
discloses that the water meter is defective, corresponding adjustments shall be
made and no fee shall be charged to the customer. If no defect is found in the
meter, then the customer shall pay to the System _____________________
Pesos (P ) for every five-eighth (5/8") and three-fourth inch (3/4") of water
meter and _____________ Pesos (P ) for every water meter bigger than the
above.
(d) For re-opening of service upon request of the customer after it has been closed
for delinquency, ________ Pesos (P ) shall be charged if the service is
closed at the metering point. If it is closed at the water main or main pipe, the
cost of street repair shall be paid by the customer.
(e) Service connection for domestic or residential use shall not use pipes bigger
than on-half inch (1/2") in diameter.
(f) Service connection using pipes bigger than one-half (1/2") in diameter may be
allowed for commercial and/or industrial use only, provided that the applicant
thereof shall satisfy in his application the need of a bigger size which shall in all
cases be subject to the approval of the _______________________________.
(g) Every multi-door apartment shall have separate water service connection and
separate water meter for every occupant or lessee therein.
Section 5F.01. Imposition of Fees. There shall be collected the following fees for a
period of _______ years for the rental of Municipal Cemetery lots:
Section 5F.02. Time of Payment. – The fee shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer
upon application for a burial permit prior to the construction thereon of any structure
whether permanent or temporary, or to the interment of the deceased. Thereafter, the
fee shall be paid within twenty (20) days before the expiration of the lease period.
(a) As used in this Article, Municipal Cemetery shall refer to the lot owned by this
Municipality located at ______________________.
(b) A standard cemetery lot shall be three (3) meters long and one (1) meter wide or
three (3) square meters.
(c) Except in cases allowed under existing laws and regulations, no person may be
buried or interred, permanently or temporarily, other than in properly designated
cemeteries or burial grounds.
(d) In addition to the burial permit, a certificate of death issued by the attending
physician or Municipal Health Officer; or, if no medical officer is available, by the
Municipal Mayor, Municipal Administrator, or any member of the Sangguniang
Bayan shall be required.
(e) Any construction of whatever kind or nature in the public cemetery whether for
temporary or perpetual use, shall only be allowed after the approval of a permit
issued by the Municipal Mayor, upon recommendation of the Municipal Health
Officer.
(f) In case a lessee intends to renew the lease after its termination, he must inform
the Municipal Treasurer within thirty (30) days before the expiry date of the
lease, and shall pay the corresponding fees therefor.
(g) It shall be the duty of the Municipal Treasurer to prepare and submit to the
Municipal Mayor a list of the leases that are to expire five (5) days prior to the
expiration date. The Municipal Treasurer shall send a reminder to the lessee of
the expiration of his lease, two (2) weeks prior to the expiration date of the
lease.
(h) The Municipal Treasurer shall keep a register in account of the cemetery,
together with such additional information as may be required by the
Sangguniang Bayan.
Section 5G.01. Subdivision of Market Building. – The public market shall be divided
into sections with each section housing one class or group of allied goods,
commodities, or merchandise.
Section 5G.02. Imposition of Market Fees and Charges. – There shall be collected
the following fees and charges on the market operated by this Municipality:
Provided, That stalls, booths, tiendas, and/or spaces located in the best areas, e.g.,
corner spaces or those so designated by the Market Administrator/Supervisor, shall
pay rental charges twenty-five percent (25%) higher than the rates imposed herein;
Provided Further, That rental charges shall be paid within the first ten (10) days
of the month.
Any vendor occupying any table, cubicle or other space with an area exceeding that to
which by virtue of payment of the entrance fee shall be required to pay the correct
amount of fees thereon less what he may have already paid as entrance fee.
Section 5G.03. Payment of Fees. – Unless otherwise provided herein, the market fee
must be paid in advance before any person can sell, or offer to sell, any commodity or
merchandise within the public market and its premises.
Section 5H.01. Permit Fee to Slaughter. – Before any animal is slaughtered for public
consumption, a permit therefor shall be secured from the Municipal Veterinarian. For
this permit a permit fee in the amount of Php _________shall be paid.
Section 5H.02. Imposition of Slaughter Fees. – There shall be collected the following
fees for the services rendered by slaughterhouse owned and operated by the
Municipality:
Section 5H.03. Place of Slaughter. – The slaughter of any kind of animal for sale to,
or consumption of, the public shall be done only in the municipal slaughterhouse. The
slaughter for animals intended for home consumption may be done elsewhere except
cattle; Provided, that the animal slaughtered shall not be sold or offered for sale.
Section 5H.04. Requirement for the Issuance of a Permit for the Slaughter of
Large Cattle. – Upon issuance of the permit required in Section 4B.01 of this Article,
large cattle shall be slaughtered at the municipal slaughterhouse or in any other place
as may be authorized by ordinance. Before issuing the permit for the slaughter of large
cattle, the Treasurer shall require for branded cattle the production of certificate of
ownership if the owner is the applicant or the original certificate of ownership and the
certificate of transfer showing title in the name of the person applying for the permit if
he is not the original owner. If the applicant is not the original owner and there is no
certificate of transfer made in his favor, one such certificate shall be issued and the
corresponding fee collected therefor. For unbranded cattle that have not yet reached
the required age for branding, the Treasurer shall require such evidence as will be
satisfactory to him regarding the ownership of the animal for which permit to slaughter
has been requested. For unbranded cattle for the required age, the necessary owner’s
and transfer certificates shall be issued and the corresponding fees collected therefor
before the permit is granted.
Section 5H. 05. Corral Fee. – The following fees, per day or fraction thereof, shall be
collected for the animals to be slaughtered, which are deposited and kept in a corral
owned by the local government:
(a) The slaughter of any kind of animal intended for sale shall be done only in the
Municipal slaughterhouse designated as such by the Sangguniang. The
slaughter of animals intended for home consumption may be done elsewhere,
except large cattle which shall be slaughtered only in the public
slaughterhouse. The animal slaughtered for home consumption shall not be
sold.
(b) Before issuing the permit for the slaughter of large cattle the Municipal
Treasurer shall require for branded cattle, the production of the certificate of
ownership and certificate of transfer showing title in the name of the person
applying for the permit if he is not the original owner. If the applicant is not the
For unbranded cattle that have not yet reached the age of branding, the
Municipal Treasurer shall require such evidence as will be satisfactory to him
regarding the ownership of the animal for which permit to slaughter has been
requested.
For unbranded cattle of the required age, the necessary certificate of ownership
and/or transfer shall be issued, and the corresponding fees collected therefor
before the slaughter permit is granted.
(c) Before any animal is slaughtered for public consumption, a permit therefor shall
be secured from the Municipal Veterinarian or his duly authorized
representative, through the Municipal Treasurer. The permit shall bear the date
and month of issue and the stamp of the Municipal Veterinarian, as well as the
page of the book in which said permit number is entered and wherein the name
of the permittee, the kind and sex of the animal to be slaughtered appears.
(d) The permit to slaughter as herein required shall be kept by the owner to be
posted in a conspicuous place in his/her stall at all times.
Section 5I.01. Imposition of Toll Fee or Charges. – There shall be collected a fee or
charge for the use of the following infrastructure facilities owned, constructed and
operated by the municipality.
1. Pier P _______
2. Ferry P _______
3. Bridge P _______
4. Roads P _______
5. Others (Pls specify) P _______
Section 5I.02. Exemptions. – No such tolls or fees or charges shall be collected from
officers and enlisted men of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and members of the
Philippine National Police on mission, ambulances, post office personnel delivering
mail, physically handicapped, and disabled citizens who are sixty-five (65) years or
older.
Section 5I.03. Time of Payment. – Fees or charges for the use of the above
mentioned facilities shall be made every time such facilities are utilized.
In the case of husband and wife, the additional tax herein imposed shall be based
upon the total property owned by them and the total gross receipts or earnings
derived by them.
(a) For every Five Thousand (P 5,000.00) Pesos worth of real property in the
Philippines owned by it during the preceding year based on the valuation used
in the payment of real property tax under existing laws, found in the
assessment rolls of this Municipality where the real property is situated - Two
(P 2.00) Pesos; and
(b) For every Five Thousand (P 5,000.00) Pesos of gross receipts or earnings
derived by it from its business in the Philippines during the preceding year -
Two (P 2.00) Pesos.
Sec. 6.04. Exemption. – The following are exempted from the Community Tax:
(b) Transient visitors when their stay in the Philippines does not exceed three
(3) months.
Section 6.05. Place of Payment. – The Community Tax shall be paid in the Office
of the Municipal Treasurer or to the deputized Barangay Treasurer.
(a) The Community Tax shall accrue to the first (1st) day of January each year
which shall be paid not later than the date of February of each year.
(b) If a person reaches the age of eighteen (18) years or otherwise loses the
benefit of exemption on or before the last day of June, he shall be liable for
the payment of community tax on the day he reached such age or upon
the day the exemption ends. If a person reaches the age of eighteen (18)
years or loses the benefit of exemption on or before the last day of March
he shall have twenty (20) days within which to pay the community tax
without being delinquent.
(c) Persons who come to reside in the Philippines or reach the age of
eighteen (18) years on or after the first (1 st) day of July of any year, or
who cease to belong to an exempt class on or after the same date, shall
not be subject to community tax for that year.
(d) Corporations established and organized on or before the last day of June
shall be liable for the payment of community tax for that year. Corporations
established or organized on or before the last day of March shall have
twenty (20) days within which to pay the community tax without becoming
delinquent. Corporations established and organized on or after the first
day of July shall not be subject to community tax for that year.
(e) If the tax is not paid within the time prescribed above, there shall be added to
the unpaid amount an interest of twenty-four percent (24%) per annum from
the due date until it is paid.
The presentation of community tax shall not be required in connection with the
registration of a voter.
(c) The community tax certificate required in the two preceding paragraphs shall
be the one issued for the current year, except for the period of January until
the fifteenth (15th) of April each year, in which case, the certificate issued for
the preceding year shall suffice.
(a) The Municipal Treasurer shall deputize the Barangay Treasurer, subject to
existing laws and regulation, to collect the Community Tax payable by
individual taxpayers in their respective jurisdiction; provided, however, that
said Barangay Treasurer shall be bonded in accordance with existing laws;
(b) One Hundred Percent (100%) of the proceeds of the Community Tax actually
and directly collected by the Municipal Treasurer shall accrue entirely to the
general fund of the Municipality.
(1) Fifty percent (50%) shall accrue to the general fund of the Municipality;
and
(2) Fifty percent (50%) shall accrue to the barangay where the tax is collected.
Section 7A.01. Tax Period. – Unless otherwise provided in this Ordinance, the tax
period for all local taxes, fees, and charges imposed under this Ordinance shall be the
calendar year.
Section 7A.02. Accrual of Tax. – Unless otherwise provided in this Ordinance, all
taxes and charges imposed herein shall accrue on the first (1st) day of January of
each year. However, new taxes, fees or charges, or changes in the rate of existing
taxes, fees, or charges, shall accrue on the first (1st) day of the quarter next following
the effectivity of the Ordinance imposing such new levies or taxes.
Section 7A.04. Surcharge for Late Payment. – Failure to pay the tax described in
this Article within the time required shall subject the taxpayer to a surcharge of twenty-
five percent (25%) of the original amount of tax due, such surcharge to be paid at the
same time and in the same manner as the tax due.
Where an extension of time for the payment of the tax has been granted and the
amount is not paid in full prior to the expiration of the extension, the interest above-
mentioned shall be collected on the unpaid amount from the date it becomes originally
due until fully paid.
Section 7A.06. Collection. – Unless otherwise specified, all taxes, fees and charges
due to this Municipality shall be collected by the Municipal Treasurer or his duly
authorized representatives.
Pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance and other existing rules and regulations,
the Municipal Treasurer is hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the Municipal
Mayor, to promulgate rules and regulations for the proper and efficient administration
and collection of taxes, fees and charges herein levied and imposed.
The Ordinance Number and the specific section thereof upon which collections are
based shall invariably be indicated on the face of all official receipts acknowledging
payment of taxes, fees, or charges.
Section 7A.08. Record of Persons Paying Revenue. – It shall be the duty of the
Municipal Treasurer to keep a record, alphabetically arranged and open to public
inspection during office hours, of the names of all persons paying Municipal taxes,
fees and charges. He shall, as far as practicable, establish and keep current the
appropriate tax roll for each kind of tax, fee or charge provided in this Ordinance.
For this purpose, the records of the Revenue District Office of the Bureau of Internal
Revenue shall be made available to the Municipal Treasurer, his deputy or duly
authorized representative.
The forms and the guidelines to be observed for the proper and effective
implementation of this Section shall be those prescribed by the Department of
Finance.
Section 7A.11. Accrual to the General Fund of Fines, Costs, and Forfeitures. –
Unless otherwise provided by law or ordinance, fines, costs, forfeitures, and other
pecuniary liabilities imposed by the court for violation of any Municipal ordinance shall
accrue to the General Fund of the Municipality.
Section 7B.01. Local Government's Lien. – Local taxes, fees, charges and other
revenues herein provide constitute a lien, superior to all liens, charges or
encumbrances in favor of any person, enforceable by appropriate administrative or
judicial action, not only upon any property or rights therein which may be subject to
lien but upon also property used in business, occupation, practice of profession or
calling, or exercise of privilege with respect to which the lien is imposed. The lien may
only be extinguished upon full payment of the delinquent local taxes, fees, and
charges including related surcharges and interest.
Section 7B.02. Civil Remedies. – The civil remedies for the collection of local
business taxes, fees, or charges, and related surcharges and interest resulting from
delinquency shall be:
(a) Seizure. Upon failure of the person owing any local tax, fee or charge to pay
the same at the time required, the Municipal Treasurer or his deputy may,
upon written notice, seize or confiscate any personal property belonging to
the person or any personal property subject to the lien, in sufficient quantity to
satisfy the tax, fee or charge in question, together with any increment thereto
incident to delinquency and the expenses of seizure. In such case, the
Municipal Treasurer or his deputy shall issue a duly authenticated certificate
based upon the records of this office showing the fact of delinquency and the
amount of the tax, fee or charge and penalty due. Such certificate shall serve
as sufficient warrant for the distraint of personal property aforementioned,
subject to the taxpayer's right to claim exemption under the provisions of
existing laws. Distrained personal property shall be sold at public auction in
the manner herein provided for.
(b) Accounting of Distrained Goods. The officer executing the distraint shall make
or cause to be made an account of the goods, chattels or effects distrained, a
copy of which signed by himself shall be left either with the owner or person
from whose possession the goods, chattels, or effects are taken, or at the
dwelling or place of business of that person and with someone of suitable age
and discretion, to which list shall be added a statement of the sum demanded
and a note of the time and place of sale.
(d) Release of Distrained Property Upon Payment Prior to Sale. If not any time
prior to the consummation of the sale, all proper charges are paid to the
officer conducting the same, the goods or effects distrained shall be restored
to the owner.
Should the property distrained be not disposed of within one hundred and
twenty (120) days from the date of distraint, the same shall be considered as
sold to the local government unit concerned for the amount of the assessment
made thereon by the Committee on Appraisal and to the extent of the same
amount, the tax delinquencies shall be canceled.
(f) Disposition of Proceeds. The proceeds of the sale shall be applied to satisfy
the tax including the surcharges, interest, and other penalties incident to
delinquency, and the expenses of the distraint and sale. The balance over
and above what is required to pay the entire claim shall be returned to the
owner of the property sold. The expenses chargeable upon the seizure and
sale shall embrace only the actual expenses of seizure and preservation of
the property pending the sale, and no charge shall be imposed for the
services of the local officer or his representative. Where the proceeds of the
sale are insufficient to satisfy the claim, other property may, in like manner, be
distrained until the full amount de, including all expenses, is collected.
(g) Levy on Real Property. After the expiration of the time required to pay the
delinquency tax, fee or charge, real property may be levied on before,
simultaneously or after the distraint of personal property belonging to the
delinquent taxpayer. To this end, the Municipal Treasurer, shall prepare a
duly authenticated certificate showing the name of the taxpayer and the
amount of the tax, fee or charge, and penalty due from him. Said certificate
shall operate with the force of a legal execution throughout the Philippines.
Levy shall be effected by writing upon said certificate of description of the
property upon which levy is made. At the same time, written notice of the levy
shall be mailed to or served upon the Assessor and Register of Deeds of the
Municipality who shall annotate the levy on the tax declaration and certificate
of title of the property, respectively, and the delinquent taxpayer or, if he be
absent from the Municipality, to his agent or the manager of the business in
respect to which the liability arose, or if there be none, to the occupant of the
property in question.
In case the levy on real property is not issued before or simultaneously with
the warrant of distraint on personal property, and the personal property of the
taxpayer is not sufficient to satisfy his delinquency, the Municipal Treasurer,
shall within thirty (30) days after execution of the distraint, proceed with the
levy on the taxpayer's real property.
(h) Penalty for Failure to Issue and Execute Warrant. Without prejudice to
criminal prosecution under the Revised Penal Code and other applicable
laws, the Municipal Treasurer, if he fails to issue or execute the warrant of
distraint or levy after the expiration of the time prescribed, or if he is found
guilty of abusing the exercise thereof by competent authority, shall be
automatically be dismissed from the service after due notice and hearing.
(i) Advertisement and Sale. Within thirty (30) days after levy, the Municipal
Treasurer shall proceed to publicly advertise for sale or auction the property
or a usable portion thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the claim and cost
of sale; and such advertisement shall cover a period of at least thirty (30)
days. It shall be effected by posting a notice at the main entrance of the
Municipal hall, and in a public and conspicuous place in the barangay where
the real property is located, and by publication once a week for three (3)
weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Municipality. The
advertisement shall contain the amount of taxes, fees or charges, and
penalties due thereon, and the time and place of sale, the name of taxpayer
against whom the taxes, fees or charges are levies, and a short description of
the property to be sold. At any time before the date fixed for the sale, the
taxpayer may stay the proceedings by paying the taxes, fees, charges,
penalties and interests. If he fails to do so, the sale shall proceed and shall
be held either at the main entrance of the Municipal Hall or on the property to
be sold, or at any other place as determined by the Municipal Treasurer,
conducting the sale and specified in the notice of sale.
Within thirty (30) days after the sale, the Municipal Treasurer or his deputy
shall make a report of the sale to the Sangguniang Bayan , and which shall
form part of his records. After consultation with the Sangguniang Bayan, and
which shall form part of his records. After consultation with the Sanggunian,
the Municipal Treasurer shall make and deliver to the purchaser a certificate
of sale, showing proceedings of the sale, describing the property sold, stating
the name of the purchaser and setting out the exact amount of all taxes, fees,
charges and related surcharges, interests, or penalties: Provided, however,
that any excess in the proceeds of the sale over the claim and cost of sales
shall be turned over to the owner of the property. The Municipal Treasurer
may, by a duly approved ordinance, advance an amount sufficient to defray
the costs of collection by means of the remedies provided for in this
Ordinance, including the preservation or transportation in case of personal
property, and the advertisement and subsequent sale, in cases of personal
and real property including improvements thereon.
(j) Redemption of Property Sold. Within one (1) year from the date of sale, the
delinquent taxpayer or his representative shall have the right to redeem the
property upon payment to the Municipal Treasurer of the total amount of
taxes, fees or charges, and related surcharges, interests or penalties from the
date of delinquency to the date of sale, plus interest of not more than two
percent (2%) per month on the purchase price from the date of purchase to
The Municipal Treasurer or his deputy upon surrender by the purchaser of the
certificate of sale previously issued to him, shall forthwith return to the latter
the entire purchase price paid by him plus the interest of not more than two
percent (2%) per month herein provided for, the portion of the cost of sale and
other legitimate expenses incurred by him, and said property thereafter shall
be free from the lien of such taxes, fees or charges and other related
surcharges, interests, and penalties.
The owner, shall not, however, be deprived of the possession of said property
and shall be entitled to the rentals and other income thereof until the
expiration of the time allowed for its redemption.
(k) Final Deed of Purchaser. In case the taxpayer fails to redeem the property as
provided herein, the Municipal Treasurer shall execute a deed conveying to
the purchaser so much of the property as has been sold, free from liens of
any taxes, fees, charges, related surcharges, interests and penalties. The
deed shall sufficiently recite all the proceedings upon which the validity of the
sale depends.
(l) Purchase of Property by the Municipal for Want of Bidder. In case there is no
bidder for the real property advertised for sale as provided herein or if the
highest bid is for an amount insufficient to pay the taxes, fees, or charges,
related surcharges, interests, penalties and cost, the Municipal Treasurer
shall purchase the property on behalf of the Municipality to satisfy the claim
and within two (2) days thereafter shall make a report to his proceedings
which shall be reflected upon the records of his office. It shall be the duty of
the Registrar of Deeds concerned upon registration with his office of any such
declaration of forfeiture to transfer the title of the forfeited property to this
Municipality without the necessity of an order from a competent court.
Within one (1) year from the date of such forfeiture the taxpayer or any of his
representative, may redeem the property by paying to the Municipal
Treasurer the full amount of the taxes, fees, charges and related surcharges,
interests or penalties, and the costs of sale. If the property is not redeemed
as provided herein, the ownership thereof shall be fully vested on the
Municipality.
(m) Resale of Real Estate Take for Taxes, Fees or Charges. The Sangguniang
Bayan may, by a duly approved ordinance, and upon notice of not less than
twenty (20) days, sell and dispose of the real property acquired the preceding
paragraph at public auction. The proceeds of the sale shall accrue to the
general fund of this Municipality.
(o) Further Distraint or Levy. The remedies by distraint and levy may be
repeated if necessary until the full amount due, including all expenses is
collected.
(p) Personal Property Exempt from Distraint of Levy. The following property shall
be exempt from distraint and the levy, attachment or execution thereof for
delinquency in the payment of any local tax, fee or charge, including the
related surcharge and interest:
2. One (1) horse, cow, carabao, or other beast of burden, such as the
delinquent taxpayer may select, and necessarily used by him in his
occupation;
4. Household furniture and utensils necessary for housekeeping and used for
that purpose by the delinquent taxpayer, such as he may select, of a value
not exceeding Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00);
7. One fishing boat and net, not exceeding the total value of Ten Thousand
Pesos (P10,000.00), by the lawful use of which a fisherman earns his
livelihood; and
(a) Local taxes, fees, or charges shall be assessed within five (5) years from the
date they became due. No action for the collection of such taxes, fees, or
charges, whether administrative or judicial, shall be instituted after the
expiration of such period: Provided, that taxes, fees, or charges which have
accrued before the effectivity of the Local Government Code of 1991 may be
assessed within a period of five (5) years from the date they became due.
(c) Local taxes, fees, or charges may be collected within five (5) years from the
date of assessment by administrative or judicial action. No such action shall be
instituted after the expiration of said period: Provided, however, that taxes,
fees and charges assessed before the effectivity of the LGC of 1991 may be
assessed within a period of three (3) years from the date of assessment.
(d) The running of the periods of prescription provided in the preceding paragraphs
shall be suspended for the time during which:
Section 7C.02. Protest of Assessment. – When the Municipal Treasurer or his duly
authorized representative finds that correct taxes, fees, or charges have not been
paid, he shall issue a notice of assessment stating the nature of the tax, fee or charge,
the amount of deficiency, the surcharges, interests and penalties.
Within sixty (60) days from the receipt of the notice of assessment, the taxpayer may
file a written protest with the Municipal Treasurer contesting the assessment;
otherwise, the assessment shall become final and executory. The Municipal
Treasurer shall decide the protest within sixty (60) days from the time of its filing. In
cases where the protest is denied, the taxpayer shall have thirty (30) days from the
receipt of denial or form the lapse of the sixty-day period prescribed herein within
which to appeal with the court of competent jurisdiction otherwise the assessment
becomes conclusive and unappealable.
Section 7C.03. Claim for Refund of tax Credit. – No case or proceeding shall be
maintained in any court for the recovery of any tax, fee, or charge erroneously or
illegally collected until a written claim for refund or credit has been filed with the
Municipal Treasurer. No case or proceeding shall be entertained in any court after the
expiration of two (2) years from the date of payment of such tax, fee or charge, or from
the date the taxpayer is entitled to a refund or credit.
Section 7D.01. Power to Levy Other taxes, Fees or Charges. – The Municipality
may exercise the power to levy taxes, fees or charges on any base or subject not
otherwise specifically enumerated herein or taxed under the provisions of the National
Internal revenue Code, as amended, or other applicable laws: Provided, that the
taxes, fees or charges shall not be unjust, excessive, oppressive, confiscatory or
contradictory to declared national policy. Provided, further, that the ordinance levying
such taxes, fees or charges shall not be enacted without any prior public hearing
conducted for the purpose.
Section 7D.02. Publication of the Revenue Code. – Within ten (10) days after its
approval, a certified copy of this Ordinance shall be published in full for three (3)
consecutive days in a newspaper of local circulation. Provided, however, that in cases
where there are no newspapers of local circulation, the same may be posted in at
least two (2) conspicuous and publicly accessible places.
Section 7D.03. Public Dissemination of this Code. – Copies of this Revenue Code
shall be furnished to the Municipal Treasurer for public dissemination.
Section 7D.04. Authority to Adjust Rates. – The Sangguniang Bayan shall have the
sole authority to adjust tax rates as prescribed herein not oftener than once every five
(5) years, but in no case shall such adjustment exceed ten percent (10%) of the rates
fixed under the LGC.
Section 8.01. Penalties for Violation of Tax Ordinance. – Any person or persons
who violates any of the provisions of this Ordinance or the rules or regulations
promulgated by authority of this Ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished by a
fine of Two Thousand and Five Hundred Pesos (P 2,500.00) or imprisonment of not
less than one (1) month nor more than six (6) months, or both, at the discretion of the
court.
Punishment by a fine or imprisonment as herein provided for, shall not relieve the
offender from the payment of the tax, fee or charge imposed under this Ordinance.
Section 9.01. Separability Clause. – If for any reason, any section or provision of this
Ordinance shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid by competent authority, such
judgment or action shall not affect or impair the other sections or provisions thereof.
Section 9.02. Applicability Clause. – All other matters relating to the impositions in
this Ordinance shall be governed by pertinent provisions of existing laws and other
ordinances.
Section 9.03. Repealing Clause. – All ordinances, rules and regulations, or part
thereof, in conflict with, or inconsistent with any provisions of this Ordinance are
hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Enacted, _______________.