Amendment to Section 126 of Act No. 1189 (Internal Revenue Law of 1904)
Act No. 1899, enacted on May 18, 1909, amends Section 126 of the Internal Revenue Law of 1904 regarding taxation of insurance companies in the Philippines. It establishes a 1% tax on total premiums collected by insurance companies, which must be paid by July 1 of the following year. Notably, the amendment specifies that premiums refunded within six months due to risk rejection are not taxable. Additionally, it states that no further tax is required for reinsurance by companies that have already paid the tax on initial insurance. This law took effect on July 1, 1909.
May 18, 1909
ACT NO. 1899
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX OF ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, ENTITLED "THE INTERNAL REVENUE LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOUR," BY PROVIDING THAT UPON REINSURANCE BY A COMPANY WHICH HAS ALREADY EFFECTED THE INSURANCE AND PAID THE TAX, NO FURTHER TAX SHALL BECOME DUE
SECTION 1. Section one hundred and twenty-six of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-nine, entitled "The Internal Revenue Law of Nineteen hundred and four," as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: cdpr
"SEC. 126. There shall be levied and collected on every insurance company or agency thereof doing business in the Philippine Islands a tax equal to one per centum of the total premiums or other considerations received and collected in the Philippine Islands after August first, nineteen hundred and four, during each calendar year and whether said premiums were paid in money, notes, credits, or any substitutes for money; and every such company or agency shall, on or before the first day of July in each year, pay to the treasurer of the province in which the place of business is situate the tax due for the calendar year last preceding: Provided, That insurance companies need not include in the total premiums collected, and upon which the tax is to be levied, any premiums returned to the parties insured within six months of the payment thereof on account of the rejection of the risk by the company, or for other reasons returned to the persons insured: And provided further, That upon all reinsurance by a company which has already effected the insurance and paid the tax no further tax shall become due."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on July first, nineteen hundred and nine. prcd
Enacted: May 18, 1909