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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 340 - LIFTING
THE SUSPENSION OF PAYMENT OF ALL TAXES, DUTIES, FEES, IMPOSTS AND OTHER
CHARGES, WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT, DUE AND PAYABLE BY COPPER MINING
COMPANIES TO THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS UNDER LETTER OF
INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1416, DATED JULY 17, 1984
WHEREAS,
Letter of Instructions (LOI) No. 1416, ordered and directed the
suspension of payment of all taxes, duties, fees, imposts and other
charges, whether direct or indirect, due and payable to the National
and Local Governments by distressed copper mining companies;
WHEREAS, the immediate lifting of the suspension privilege of the
copper mines under LOI No. 1416 is warranted considering that the
present world market for copper has taken a sharp upturn;
WHEREAS, LOI No. 1416 provides that the repayment of suspended tax
obligations shall be scheduled according to the individual capacity of
each copper mining company; and
WHEREAS, a fible and staggered system of repayment has been worked out
and recommended by the appropriate bodies taking into consideration the
financial capabilities of said mining companies;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order the lifting
of the suspension of payment of all taxes, duties, fees, imposts and
other charges, whether direct or indirect, due and payable by copper
mining companies to the National and Local Governments under LOI No.
1416, dated July 17, 1984, and direct:
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Inter-Agency Committee composed of the representatives of the Departments of Trade and Industry (Chairman), Finance, Environment and Natural Resources and the National Tax Research Center shall, in consultation with the copper mining companies, work out a system of assistance/relief measures taking into account the prevailing needs and problems thereof.
All orders, rules and regulations in conflict or inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby modified or repealed accordingly.
This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 14th day of October in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight.
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