Extending the Estate Tax Amnesty and for Other Purposes, Amending Section 6 of Republic Act No. 11213 (Tax Amnesty Act)

June 30, 2021

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11569

AN ACT EXTENDING THE ESTATE TAX AMNESTY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AMENDING SECTION 6 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11213, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "TAX AMNESTY ACT"

SECTION 1. Section 6 of Republic Act No. 11213 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 6. Availment of the Estate Tax Amnesty; When and Where to File and Pay. — The executor or administrator of the estate, or if there is no executor or administrator appointed, the legal heirs, transferees or beneficiaries, who wish to avail of the Estate Tax Amnesty shall, within June 15, 2021 until June 14, 2023, file with the Revenue District Office of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, which has jurisdiction over the last residence of the decedent, a sworn Estate Tax Amnesty Return, in such forms as may be prescribed in the Implementing Rules and Regulations. The payment of the amnesty tax shall be made at the time the Return is filed: Provided, That for nonresident decedents, the Estate Tax Amnesty Return shall be filed and the corresponding amnesty tax be paid at Revenue District Office No. 39, or any other Revenue District Office which shall be indicated in the Implementing Rules and Regulations:

"Provided, further, That the appropriate Revenue District Officer shall issue and endorse an acceptance payment form, in such form as may be prescribed in the Implementing Rules and Regulations of this Act for the authorized agent bank, or in the absence thereof, the revenue collection agent or municipal treasurer concerned, to accept the tax amnesty payment:

"Provided, finally, That the availment of the Estate Tax Amnesty and the issuance of the corresponding Acceptance Payment Form do not imply any admission of criminal, civil or administrative liability on the part of the availing estate."

SECTION 2. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — Within sixty (60) days from its effectivity, the Secretary of Finance shall, in coordination with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, issue the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

SECTION 3. Repealing Clause. — All laws, orders, rules and regulations which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.

SECTION 4. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved: June 30, 2021.

 

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 117, No. 28, p. 7151 on July 12, 2021.