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R.A. 593

Year:

1951

Category:

Other

Date Approved:

January 30, 1951

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This act amends specific subparagraphs of the National Internal Revenue Code regarding the taxation of locally manufactured and imported cigarettes. It establishes new tax rates for these products, aiming to update the revenue framework for tobacco products.

Full Text

REPUBLIC ACT No. 593

AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SUBPARAGRAPHS (1), (2) AND (3) OF SUBSECTION (b) OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED

Section 1. Subparagraphs (1), (2) and (3) of subsection (b) of section one hundred thirty-seven of Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred sixty-six, otherwise known as the National Internal Revenue Code, as amended, are hereby further amended so that said subsection shall have only two paragraphs, which shall read as follows:

Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: January 30, 1951


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