Angeles City Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan has certified as “an urgent and priority measure” a proposed ordinance granting “relief in the form of condonation of interests, penalties and surcharges of unpaid real property taxes.
The proposal is to cover unpaid taxes for the periods January 1 to December 31, 2010; January 1 to December 31, 2011; January 1 to December 31, 2012; January 1 to December 31, 2013; and, January 1 to December 31, 2014.
In his letter to the members of the majority bloc of the city council, Pamintuan noted that “the grant of tax relief to Angeles City landowners who have unpaid real property taxes will enable them to recuperate from losses brought about by the natural calamities that severely affected their businesses and livelihood from 2009 to 2014.”
Supporting the said tax relief measure was a resolution of the Angeles City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council which enumerated the typhoons that affected Angeles City from 2009 to 2014, and recommended the enactment of the tax relief ordinance.
Pamintuan’s letter was addressed to Councilors Bryan Matthew Nepomuceno, Jericho Aguas, Edgardo Pamintuan Jr., Alex Indiongco, Maricel Morales, Danica Lacson, Arvin Suller, Amos Rivera, Max Sangil and Lito Ganzon.
With the “sure” support of 10 out of 11 city councilors, the proposed tax relief measure is expected to be passed on third and final reading before the end of the third quarter of this year and will be in effect until the end of May 2016.
