Republic Act No. 1003, enacted on June 12, 1954, amends Section 93 of the National Internal Revenue Code regarding the filing of returns for estate and inheritance taxes. It mandates that executors, administrators, or heirs must file a sworn return in duplicate if the gross value of the estate exceeds three thousand pesos, detailing the estate's value and allowable deductions. For estates valued at fifty thousand pesos or more, additional documentation is required, including itemized assets and deductions, along with a certified statement of taxes due. This act took effect upon its approval and was published in the Official Gazette.
June 12, 1954
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1003
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINETY-THREE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AS AMENDED
SECTION 1. Section ninety-three of Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred sixty-six otherwise known as the National Internal Revenue Code as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 93. Returns —
(a) Requirements. — In all cases of inheritance or transfers subject to either the estate tax or the inheritance tax, or both, or where, though exempt from both taxes, the gross value of the estate exceeds three thousand pesos, the executor, administrator, or anyone of the heirs, as the case may be, shall file a return under oath in duplicate, setting forth (1) the value of the gross estate of the decedent at the time of his death, or, in case of a non-resident not a citizen of the Philippines of part of his gross estate in the Philippines; (2) the deductions allowed from gross estate in determining net estate as defined in section eighty-nine; (3) such part of such information as may at the time be ascertainable and such supplemental data as may be necessary to establish the correct taxes: Provided, however, That estate returns showing a gross value of fifty thousand pesos or more shall be accompanied with a statement of (1) itemized assets of the estate of the decedent with their corresponding gross value at the time of his death, or, in case of a non-resident not a citizen of the Philippines, of that part of his gross estate situated in the Philippines; (2) itemized deductions allowed from gross estate allowed in section eighty-nine; and, (3) the amount of taxes due whether paid or still due and outstanding duly certified to by certified public accountants." cd
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 12, 1954
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 50, No. 6, p. 2369 in June 1954