This might as well be good news for those selling mechanical typewriters, abacus (electronic calculators will be taxed, right?!), columnar books, and boxes of folders containing important documents. Local sari-sari stores will make a killing selling those crude pencil sharpeners (no electric sharpener, no tax!). Wow! Aren't you relieved knowing you won't encounter another computer virus ever again because you better not use computers anymore to avoid tax?! And dealing with government clerks will mean longer wait time for that transaction over that peculiar office window number so instead of hours or days, it could take weeks or months, and we should call that high performance productivity! Reap and enjoy the benefits of total privacy and confidentiality of communication because having no phone means no wiretapping or eavesdropping. Isn't that cool?! Imagine kids with less distraction in school over cellphone! Look forward to improved grammar and spelling; no more BS like "i'm oLweiz ir 4 u guyzs"! Kudos to the proponents of that ordinance! This ordinance should be emulated by every nook and cranny of the Philippines! What a stroke of sheer genius! Hehehe!!!
On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 5:30 PM, manny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > More greed and stupidity from City Hall! This new device tax will just > introduce another source of graft and corruption and more red tape. If the > City really wants to improve revenue collection, it should make a real > attempt to stamp out corruption (and go for the big fish in City Hall > itself). > > Is there any way to let City Hall know what we think of this measure? How > can we reach them? > > --- > CH polishes proposed measure to collect electronic device fees > > http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/03/01/news/ch.polishes.proposed.measure.to.collect.electronic.device.fees.html > > THE Cebu City Government is drafting the ordinance that will enforce a > National Building Code provision allowing local government units (LGUs) to > collect electronic fees. > > Once the measure is approved by the City Council, every computer unit, > electrical outlet and telephone node, for example, can be taxed. Councilor > Roberto Cabarrubias, head of the committee on information technology, said > he is crafting the ordinance following a meeting with City engineers, the > city building official and Mayor Tomas Osmeña. > > The ordinance is in line with the City Government's thrust to improve > revenue collection. > > "This will be a joint ordinance with Councilor Nestor Archival, chairman > of the (council) committee on infrastructure," said Cabarrubias. > > According to Section 7 of the building code, the electronic fees, which > depend on the taxed item, range from P2.40 per unit to P1,000. > > The section covers a wide range of taxable electronic devices and gadgets, > including all forms of wired and wireless communications like Internet > service and facsimile, with a P2.40 per port tax. > > Broadcast stations for both radio and television, relay or receiving > stations, maintenance centers, control centers and structures or locations > used for electronics and communication services like radar and global > positioning are also imposed a per location tax of P1,000. > > Automated teller machines, ticketing, vending and other types of > electronic dispensing machines, too, are taxable at P10 per unit. > > The same amount can be demanded as tax for hospital equipment like x-ray, > scanners, ultrasound and other devices used for medical, laboratory and > testing purposes. > > Cabarrubias said the electronic fees item of Memorandum Circular 1, series > of 2004, which sets the new schedule of building permit fees and other > charges, remain unenforced in Cebu city. > > He said implementing the fees can be done by the City's team of > inspectors by including it in its annual inspection of structures. > > And new building applications will not only require electrical and > sanitary permits, among others, but also electronics permit, necessitating > the employment of an accredited electronics engineer by the City. > > "Unya ang mga electronics engineers, magamit na unya nila ang ilang > lisensya, kay kinahanglanon na man unya ang ilang pirma sa plano (Then the > electronic engineers will then be able to use their license because their > signature will be needed for the building plan)," the councilor said. > > He said, though, that implementation will be gradual so as not to confuse > the businesses with the new law. RHM > > -- > Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to > do what we ought. -- Pope John Paul II > > --[Manny [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Alternative Information and Opinion at http://www.phnix.net > Advocacy blog: http://mamador.wordpress.com > Personal website: http://mannyamador.multiply.com > --[Pro-Life Philippines]-------------------[http://www.prolife.org.ph]-- > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- Tito Mari Francis H. Escaño Computer Engineer and Free Software Proponent _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
