ITR required for vehicle registration?

[hagiber]

This is from the Inquirer.

Solons mull requiring ITRs during vehicle registration
Updated 03:09pm (Mla time) Aug 27, 2004
By Maila Ager
INQ7.net

A RESOLUTION requiring car and truck owners to submit copies of their income tax returns as a prerequisite for registering their vehicles has been filed at the House of Representatives on Friday.

Speaker Jose de Venecia led the filing of House Resolution 154, which urged President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo "to issue an executive order mandating the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to require the submission of a copy of the individual income tax payments during the registration of cars and trucks."

Appropriations committee chairman Rolando Andaya of Camarines Sur; Albay Representative Joey Salceda, chairman of the House committee on economic affairs; Negros Oriental Representative Herminio Teves and Tarlac Representative Jesli Lapus, chairmen of the ways and means committee; Surigao del Sur Representative Robert “Ace” Barbers, chairman of the accounts committee; Deputy Speakers Raul del Mar, Emilo Espinosa, and Gerry Salapuddin; and Majority Floor Leader Prospero Nograles co-authored the resolution.

The resolution said the number of privately owned cars and trucks registered with LTO as of December 30, 2003 was 3, 140,000.

"A substantial amount of revenues of no less than 15 billion pesos can be derived from the September to December 30, 2003 registration of cars and trucks," it said.

"An individual who does not pay income tax definitely cannot afford a car,” it said.

In the resolution, the lawmakers said it was “imperative” for the government to provide a mechanism that would "mainstream the underground economy, a significant source of money."

"Other government agencies can be a source of, and appropriate tool, for ensuring the proper tax related documents are submitted and filed by tax payers,” the resolution said.

"Collection efficiency could be improved in part to a thorough and complete assessment of documents
submitted by a taxpayer to government agencies," it said.

The resolution cited the LTO as one of those agencies "where the registrants thereof are presumed to be capable taxpayers who own vehicles that cannot be afforded by ordinary citizens."

[luckytruck]

interesting. i am not sure where i stand on this. it is such a new
idea that wala pa akong opinion na naisip

andy

[qman]

okey lang yan pero pano ang ofw wala kaming tax.

[yebo]

paano ang mga walang ITR gaya ng OFWs? wala kaming ITR.

o yung mga retirees? wala na sila income pero their pensions may be big enough to buy what they want, like cars. or they could have retired from working in the US and have come back to their beloved Pinas. so wala silang ITR.

lotto and sweepstakes winners? wala din tax yan so walang ITR.

people who win raffles, like sa SM and Robinsons. kahit mahirap lang pwede manalo ng Patrol, Pajero, Altis. e yung ITR nya below minimum pa, paano na yan?

people whose source of income is agriculture, since agriculture is tax exempt? one can easily earn 1 million pesos from 5 hectares of land, and if one is industrious enough even much much more. isang hectare lang ng prawn farm milliones kita pero walang tax yun, so walang ITR.


dapat spelled out ang exemptions sa bill na yan para walang makotongan sa LTO.

[hagiber]

Not to mention doctors, lawyers, actors, and other professionals in the service industry who dont issue receipts

[Altis6453]

I think its a really stupid measure.

Not all are able to afford brand new vehicles but can have them registered in these instances:

1. A parent/grandparent buying a car and having it registered in the name of his/her child/grandchild;

2. A person who forecloses on the chattel mortgage over a vehicle or one who buys foreclosed motor vehicles from banks;

3. A person who has a brand new car registered in his name in trust for the real or beneficial owner who resides abroad and who provides the funds therefor.

Kinda makes me think that our congressmen use their heads between their legs when they think about what kind of legislation they put out.

Just enforce the existing tax laws and go after tax cheats before making things inconvenient for those who abide by the law.

My 2 cents.

[jds]

Wala talagang maisip na matino itong mga tongressman na nag-propose nito at sponsors, ang target nila ay yung middle-class na naman para makapag-generate ng new taxes.

Bakit di nila habulin yung BIG TAX EVADERS at hindi itong honest-to-goodness middle-income earner.

Ako OFW, wala akong ITR, tatay ko retire na wala ring ITR, paano yun?

[theveed]

kalokohan, pano kung napanalunan mo yung oto??? labo talaga ng gobyerno na to, napaka helpless ang mga utak nakakaasar!

[tagalnasaabroad]

me deliberations muna inviting all sectors of the society for their inputs..blalblabla.. fast forward til it passed and ratified then comes the implimenting guidelines, right?!

ngayon palang nagbubulungan na mga kurakot brigades, "heto na naman mga kakosa pagkikitaan natinnnn.. hayaan pa natin mag-isip revenue generating measures mga kakosa natin dyan sa congreso..basta dito lang tayo..pag meron ulit pumasa datung na namannn..sarap talaga mabuhay sa pinaghirapan ng mga matitinong tao..

partner sumisitsit si satanas satin..ganon ba? yayain mo baka gusto tumagay dito..hekhekhek..

kaya ako tingin ko sa mga ito me mga sungay na, slithering, silver-tongued serpents at buntot na me sima..hwag nyo naman masyadong apihin mga pinoy..

[b1rken5tock]

walang ring mangyayari kahit kung ano ano pang mga bagay ang naiisipang bubuwisan ng gobyerno. dapat ay ayusin ang pangongolekta ng buwis.

habulin ang mga tax evaders....

[b1rken5tock]

ayusin muna ng gobyerno ang tax collection at inde kung ano anong bagong bubuwisan ang naiisipang gawin...

[baiskee]

tsuk-tsakin na yan...

di ba pwede mag-isip muna yang congressman/woman na yan bago mag post ng resolution. :mad:

[muffer]

STUPID, STUPID. ang nakaisip nyan, pucha mga tongressman pag-isipan naman nyong mabuti bago kayo magpapogi kay GMA!

Paano naman isang domestic helper na nagpa asemble ng Owner type jeep pero pinangalan nya sa tatay nyang walang trabaho, walang ITR. STUPIIID.

di rin nyo naiisip anak ng isang tongressman binili ng Expedition ang anak nya dahil sa kickback pero pinangalan nya sa iba nyang pamangkin para di ma lifestyle check, pero above mininum lang ang sweldo nong nephew, kahit na may ITR na mapakita., kaya ba nya bumili ng Expedition,...STUPPPiiiiiiD

Mga pulis na gumagamit ng mga carnap vehicle na nailipat na sa pangalan nya isang honda accord tapus SPO 1 lang sya...hulihin kaya nyo ang legal na karnaper.

LUMALABAS mga KABOBOAN ng mga leche, wag lang magalaw mga pork barrel ng mag lintek

Wag nyo ipasa kay Juan dela Cruz, mabigat na ang pasan pasan naming CRUZ. di naman tumataas ng malaki ang sweldo. BOBO

[muffer]

Nakakagigil na kayo!!!!Di bale sana kung nakikita ng mga mamamayan ang taxes kung saan napupunta. Lahat ng kalye si Marcos pa nag pagawa. EDSA lang di nyo maayos. Si CORY Flyover lang, Si FVR Expo Plipino, parking lng 100Million na, ngayon bulok na rin. Magsaysay Blvd. 600Million!

Punta kayo sa lugar ng mahihirap na lugar tignan ko lang kung di malasog mga SUV nyong naka V8 engine. Tapus puro kayo pangako sa MASA.

Palitan nyo ng SARAO mga service nyo, ng makatipid!

[yebo]

paano ang mga walang ITR gaya ng OFWs? wala kaming ITR.

o yung mga retirees? wala na sila income pero their pensions may be big enough to buy what they want, like cars. or they could have retired from working in the US and have come back to their beloved Pinas. so wala silang ITR.

lotto and sweepstakes winners? wala din tax yan so walang ITR.

people who win raffles, like sa SM and Robinsons. kahit mahirap lang pwede manalo ng Patrol, Pajero, Altis. e yung ITR nya below minimum pa, paano na yan?

people whose source of income is agriculture, since agriculture is tax exempt? one can easily earn 1 million pesos from 5 hectares of land, and if one is industrious enough even much much more. isang hectare lang ng prawn farm milliones kita pero walang tax yun, so walang ITR.


dapat spelled out ang exemptions sa bill na yan para walang makotongan sa LTO.

[Bud_wiser]

This is going too far!!!!! Sobra na sila!!!! Mag welga na tayo!!!!!

Let's organize a community protest action to make it known to these tonggressmen that we will not be bullied anymore!

[delprado]

Tang#$%^ pala sila eh... like sa case namin...technically, 0 income ang parents ko...kasi retired na ang tatay ko ..pero meron silang 2 sasakyan sa bahay... pinaghirapan sa abroad lahat yon... tapos ngayon... porke't di ka na nagbabayad nung buwis eh..sasabihin nila di ka na pwede mag rehistro nung sasakyan mo?... HOLY CRAP !!!!...

[Walter]

Actually, the idea has some sense but it won't be passed. The politicians will be the first ones to get hit by it. Automobile companies will definitely not agree with it since they'll lose a lot of sales, so expect them to lobby against it.

Ever wonder why elections will never be computerized in this country since politicians won't be able to cheat as easily anymore.

In other countries, they hold elections on a weekend. Use the national bank as vote counter. The polls are set up in bus stations and malls. For every vote a candidate gets 1 unit of their currency. A bank's system will always count 1 as 1. No need to purchase expensive equipment that's going to be used once in every 3-4 years.

[kiper]

wow..astig.

[racerx]

kahit sino puwede magfile ng itr. yung lang konti lang ang gumagawa. kahit ofw puwede rin magfile or even agricultural workers. just ask your friendly accountant or better yet visit the nearest BIR office and tell them of your predicament. They'll be more than willing to help you all out. I do my share and I expect everyone else to do theirs.

kung walang income, may exceptions din yan. pero kailangan magfile. we all benefit even in a small way. we still get to use our roads, buy produce from markets, etc. Its an obligation as a citizen of this country to file our taxes. whining instead of affirmative action will get us nowhere.