Increase in Tax on Rentals, Charter and Other Fees Earned by Non-Resident Lessors of Aircraft

November 23, 1990 EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 437 INCREASING THE TAX ON RENTALS, CHARTER AND OTHER FEES EARNED BY NON-RESIDENT LESSORS OF AIRCRAFT FROM 7.5% TO 8.5% PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH 4, SECTION 25 (b) OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED WHEREAS, the President is authorized under subparagraph 4 Section 25 (b) of the National Internal Revenue Code, as amended, to prescribe the tax on rentals, charter and other fees earned by non-resident lessors of aircraft, machineries and other equipment upon recommendation of the Secretary of Finance; WHEREAS, to lessen the regressivity of the income tax system, the present 7.5% preferential tax on rental income of non-resident lessors on leased aircraft should be increased; WHEREAS, since the common carrier's tax of 2%, which had been one of the bases of the 7.5% preferential tax rate, has been increased by one percentage point by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 1959 in 1984; WHEREAS, increasing the tax rate still maintains the preferential tax treatment of said income vis-a-vis the normal tax rate of 35% imposed on other corporate incomes; NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order. SECTION 1. The rate of 8.5% shall be imposed on rentals, charter and other fees derived by non-resident lessors of aircraft. SECTION 2. The rate of 7.5% shall remain imposed on rentals and other fees derived by non-resident lessors of machineries and other equipment. SECTION 3. This Executive Order shall take effect two (2) days following the completion of its publication in a national newspapers of general circulation. DONE in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of November, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety.