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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 218 -
REACTIVATING THE TASK FORCE ON FEES AND CHARGES, EXPANDING ITS
MEMBERSHIP AND FUNCTIONS AND PROVIDING GUIDELINES FOR THE REVIEW OF THE
PROPOSED RATE INCREASE OF FEES AND CHARGES BY NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES AND GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS UNDER EO 197,
SERIES OF 2000
WHEREAS,
there is a need to improve revenue collection to achieve revenue
targets and fund the government’s socio-economic programs;
WHEREAS, fees and charges remain a significant source of revenue for
the government;
WHEREAS, government fees and charges are user charges which are
commensurate with the benefits received from services rendered, and
persons receiving such services must share the burden of expenses
incurred by the government instead of the full cost being borne by all
taxpayers;
WHEREAS, since the cost of rendering government services or regulating
certain activities has risen drastically and the government does not
have sufficient resources to sustain, improve or expand these services,
it is necessary that the rates of fees and charges be upgraded
commensurately with the increase in the cost of their administration;
WHEREAS, for social considerations, health, education and other social
services are generally free or subsidized by the government;
WHEREAS, despite the issuance of Executive Order (EO) No. 159, series
of 1994, directing all departments, bureaus, commissions, agencies and
instrumentalities of the national government including government-owned
or controlled corporations to adjust their fees and charges by just and
reasonable rates sufficient to cover at least the full cost of services
rendered, only very few agencies have complied;
WHEREAS, EO No. 197 series of 2000 has been issued to reiterate the
importance of revising the rates of fees and charges and to direct all
departments, bureaus, commissions, agencies, offices and
instrumentalities of the National Government, including
government-owned or controlled corporations, to increase their rates of
fees and charges by not less than 20 percent;
WHEREAS, to prevent indiscriminate and inappropriate increases in the
rates of fees and charges, it is important that the Task Force on Fees
and Charges be reactivated to review where necessary proposals from the
agencies concerned before approval of their Department
Secretaries.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby order:
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Done in the City of Manila,
this 15th day of March, in the Year of our Lord, Two Thousand.
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