Exempting from Sales Tax Goods Sold to ADB and Exempting from Contractors Tax Services Rendered to ADB

April 21, 1987 EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 161 EXEMPTING FROM SALES TAX GOODS SOLD TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AND EXEMPTING FROM CONTRACTORS TAX SERVICES RENDERED TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK WHEREAS, the Philippines is a contracting party to the Agreement Establishing the Asian Development Bank; WHEREAS, the Asian Development Bank has continuously been supportive of the economic recovery program of the Philippines; WHEREAS, the exemption from sales tax of goods sold to the Asian Development Bank and the exemption from contractors tax of services rendered to the Asian Development Bank will enhance the competitiveness of domestic suppliers of goods and/or services; NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order: SECTION 1. Provisions of the National Internal Revenue Code, as amended, to the contrary notwithstanding: (a) goods sold directly to the Asian Development Bank shall not be subject to sales tax, and (b) services rendered under contracts entered into with the Asian Development Bank shall not be subject to contractors tax. SECTION 2. The Secretary of Finance shall promulgate the rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Executive Order. cdt SECTION 3. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately. DONE in the City of Manila, this 21st day of April, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Seven. Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 83 No. 20 Page 2391 on May 18, 1987.