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BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG. 649BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 649 - AN ACT
EXEMPTING FROM PAYMENT OF DONOR'S TAX, DONATIONS OF PRIVATE
AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND/OR HOMELOTS AND WAIVERS OF COMPENSATION UNDER
THE AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Section 1. The
provisions of existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding, donations
of private agricultural lands and/or homelots not covered by Operation
Land Transfer (OLT) under Presidential Decree Numbered Twenty-seven, as
amended, made to or in favor of tenant-farmers, actual tillers and/or
occupants, pursuant to the agrarian reform program of the government,
shall be exempt from the payment of donor's tax. Claims for exemption
under this provision shall be allowed upon certification by the
Ministry of Agrarian Reform that the donee is a tenant-farmer, actual
tiller and/or occupant of the land donated which, in no case, shall
exceed a family-size farm and/or homelot area and that the donation
conforms with the agrarian reform program of the government. For
purposes of this Act, the terms "family-size farm and/or homelot area"
and "tenant-farmer, actual tiller and/or occupant" shall be understood
in the sense that they are defined in existing laws, rules, regulations
and guidelines establishing and implementing the land reform program of
the government.
The certification shall be issued within sixty days from receipt of the
request therefor.
In case the land donated is tenanted, in no case shall the security of
tenure of the tenant be violated.
Sec. 2. No land and/or homelot donated under the
provisions of this Act shall be further transferred to anybody except
by hereditary succession or to the government. Any violation of this
provision will subject the donee to liability for the payment of the
donor's tax.
Sec. 3. The tax exemption provided under Section 1
hereof can also be availed of by a landowner covered by Operation Land
Transfer (OLT) or his successor-in-interest who waives his right to
receive the whole or the balance of the compensation due him from the
Land Bank of the Philippines or the farmer-beneficiary, as the case may
be, and in such case the tenant-farmer shall be relieved of the
obligation to pay the amount waived. Claims for exemption under this
provision shall be allowed upon certification by the Ministry of
Agrarian Reform that the compensation waived has been determined to be
in accordance with the provisions of Presidential Decree Numbered
Twenty-seven, as amended, and its implementing guidelines, which
certification shall be issued within the period provided for in Section one hereof.
Sec. 4. Fifty percent of the fair market value of
the property donated as determined in the tax declaration of such
property at least one year prior to the donation shall be a deduction
against taxable income of the donor in the year the donation is made.
If the donation is in accordance with the immediately preceding
section, the deduction shall be the whole amount waived.
Sec. 5. The Minister of Finance, in consultation
with the Minister of Agrarian Reform, and upon recommendation of the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, shall promulgate the necessary rules
and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.
Sec. 6. Any provision of this Act or any part
thereof which may be declared unconstitutional shall not affect the
other provisions hereof.
Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: March 7, 1984.
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