Taxation Laws (compiled codal)
Section 55. Section 179 of the NIRC, as amended. is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 179. Stamp Tax on All Debt Instruments. - On every original issue of debt instruments, there shall be collected a documentary stamp-tax of One peso and fifty centavos (₱1.50) on each Two hundred pesos (₱200), or fractional part thereof, of the issue price of any such debt instruments: Provided, That for such debt instruments with terms of less than one (1) year, the documentary stamp tax to be collected shall be of a proportional amount in accordance with the ratio of its term in number of days to three hundred sixty-five (365) days: Provided, further, That only one documentary stamp tax shall be imposed on either loan agreement, or promissory notes issued to secure such loan.
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