Publishing Executive Order No. 21, Amending Section 128 of the National Internal Revenue Code, As Amended, Revising the Specific Tax Rates on Petroleum Products

July 18, 1986 REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 22-86 SUBJECT : Publishing Executive Order No. 21, Amending Section 128 of the National Internal Revenue Code, As Amended, Revising the Specific Tax Rates on Petroleum Products TO : All Internal Revenue Officers and Others Concerned For the information and guidance of all concerned, published hereunder is the full text of Executive Order No. 21. "EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 21 AMENDING SECTION 128 OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED, BY REVISING THE SPECIFIC TAX RATES ON PETROLEUM PRODUCTS WHEREAS, the recent rollbacks in the prices of petroleum products have resulted in a substantial loss of revenue due to the reduction in the ad valorem tax collections; cd i WHEREAS, considering the expected budgetary deficits for the current year, it becomes imperative to revise the specific tax rates on these products to recoup the aforecited revenue loss; NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby direct and order that: Sec. 1. Section 128 of the National Internal Revenue Code, as amended, is hereby further amended to read in its entirety as follows: "Sec. 128. Manufactured Oils and Other Fuels . There shall be collected on refined and manufactured mineral oils and motor fuels, the following excise taxes which shall attach to the articles hereunder enumerated as soon as they are in existence as such: "(a) For products subject to specific tax only : "(1) Lubricating oils, per liter of volume capacity, four pesos and fifty centavos; "(2) Processed gas, per liter of volume capacity, five centavos; "(3) Greases, waxes and petrolatum, per kilogram, four pesos and fifty centavos; and "(4) On denatured alcohol to be used for motive power per liter of volume capacity, five centavos: Provided , That unless otherwise provided by special laws, if the denatured alcohol is mixed with gasoline, the excise tax on which has already been paid, only the alcohol content shall be subject to the tax herein prescribed. For purposes of this subsection, the removal of denatured alcohol of not less than one hundred eighty degrees proof (ninety per cent absolute alcohol) shall be deemed to have been removed from motive power, unless shown otherwise. cd i "(b) For products subject to both specific and ad valorem taxes : Specific Ad Valorem '"(1) Naphtha, regular gasoline and similar product of distillation P2.604/liter 25% '"(2) Premium and aviation gasoline P2.489/liter 25% '"(3) Kerosene P.628/liter 14% '"(4) Fuel oil commercially known as diesel fuel oil, and on similar fuel oils, having more or less the same generating capacity, and liquefied petroleum gas used for motive power P.523/liter 22% '"(5) Thinners and solvents P2.472/liter 25% '"(6) Liquefied petroleum gas except those used for motive power P.697/liter or 1.247/kilogram 14% '"(7) Aviation Turbo Fuel P2.5671/liter 25% '"(8) Fuel oil commercially known as bunker fuel oil and oils having more or less the same generating power P.511/liter 7% '"(9) Asphalts P.581/liter 14% "The ad valorem tax shall be based on the wholesale posted price, net of specific and domestic ad valorem taxes on the oil products as approved by the Board of Energy." Sec. 2. This Executive Order shall take effect beginning May 22, 1986. cdt Done in the City of Manila, this 19th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-six. (Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) JOKER P. ARROYO Executive Secretary" Salient Features : As a result of the revision of specific tax rates under Executive Order No. 21, the new excise taxes on certain petroleum products, effective May 22, 1986, are as follows: PRODUCTS Specific Tax/liter Ad Valorem Tax/liter Total Tax Naphtha, regular P2.604 P0.684 P3.288 gasoline Premium and aviation 2.489 0.787 3.276 gasoline Kerosene 0.628 0.424 1.052 Diesel 0.523 0.598 1.121 Thinners, solvents 2.472 0.748 3.22 LPG 0.697 0.369 1.066 or 1.247/kg. 0.660/kg 1.907/kg Aviation Turbo Fuel 2.567 0.769 3.336 Fuel Oil 0.511 0.13 0.641 Asphalts 0.581 0.344 0.925 All internal revenue officers and others concerned are enjoined to be guided accordingly and to give this circular as wide a publicity as possible. casia (SGD.) BIENVENIDO A. TAN, JR. Commissioner