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AAC Tax Code.

The National Internal Revenue Code of 1997 as it currently stands — consolidated by the firm to carry the TRAIN Law, the CREATE Act, the Ease of Paying Taxes Act, the VAT on Digital Services Act, CREATE MORE, the CMEPA and the amendatory laws in force to 1 August 2026, with a footnote at every provision naming the law that changed it.

Text current as at 1 August 2026. This is an unofficial consolidation prepared by the firm and not the official text of the Code. Repealed provisions are kept, struck through, so that references in earlier records stay traceable.
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The printed edition runs to 240 pages and carries the same text, footnotes and references as the browser below. Every section here shows the page it sits on in that PDF, so a citation taken from the screen matches the one taken from the book.

TITLE VI — EXCISE TAXES ON CERTAIN GOODS › CHAPTER III. EXCISE TAX ON ALCOHOL PRODUCTS

SEC. 143. Fermented Liquors

Page 109 of the PDF edition

There shall be levied, assessed and collected an excise tax on beer, lager beer, ale, porter and other fermented liquors regardless if manufactured in factories or sold and brewed at micro-breweries or small establishments such as pubs and restaurants,210 except tuba, basi, tapuy and similar fermented liquors in accordance with the following schedule:

Effective on January 1, 2020, the tax shall be Thirty-five pesos (P35.00) per liter;

Effective on January 1, 2021, the tax shall be Thirty-seven pesos (P37.00) per liter;

Effective on January 1, 2022, the tax shall be Thirty-nine pesos (P39.00) per liter;

Effective on January 1, 2023, the tax shall be Forty-one pesos (P41.00) per liter;

Effective on January 1, 2024, the tax shall be Forty-three pesos (P43.00) per liter;211

The rates of tax imposed under this Section shall be increased by six percent (6%)212 every year thereafter effective on 1 January 2025,213 through revenue regulations issued by the Secretary of Finance.

Every brewer, manufacturer214 or importer of fermented liquor shall, within thirty (30) days from the effectivity of this Act, and within the first five (5) days of every month thereafter, submit to the Commissioner a sworn statement of the volume of sales and removals215 for each particular brand of fermented liquor sold at his establishment for the three-month period immediately preceding.

Any brewer, manufacturer216 or importer who, in violation of this Section, misdeclares or misrepresents in his or its sworn statement herein required any pertinent data or information shall, upon final findings by the Commissioner that the violation was committed, be penalized by a summary cancellation or withdrawal of his or its permit to engage in business as brewer, manufacturer217 or importer of fermented liquor.

Any corporation, association or partnership liable for any of the acts or omissions in violation of this Section shall be fined treble the amount of deficiency taxes, surcharges and interest which may be assessed pursuant to this Section.

Any person liable for any of the acts or omissions prohibited under this Section shall be criminally liable and penalized under Section 254 of this Code. Any person who willfully aids or abets in the commission of any such act or omission shall be criminally liable in the same manner as the principal.

If the offender is not a citizen of the Philippines, he shall be deported immediately after serving the sentence, without further proceedings for deportation.

Amendment notes

  1. RA 11467, sec. 2 — inserted.
  2. RA 11467, sec. 2 — inserted.
  3. RA 11467, sec. 2 — inserted.
  4. RA 11467, sec. 2 — inserted.
  5. RA 11467, sec. 2 — inserted.
  6. RA 11467, sec. 2 — inserted.
  7. RA 11467, sec. 2 — inserted.
  8. RA 11467, sec. 2 — inserted.
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