REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7167 - AN ACT ADJUSTING THE BASIC PERSONAL AND ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS ALLOWABLE TO INDIVIDUALS FOR INCOME TAX PURPOSES TO THE POVERTY THRESHOLD LEVEL, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 29, PARAGRAPH (L), ITEMS (1) AND (2) (A), OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7167, December 19, 1991 ]

AN ACT ADJUSTING THE BASIC PERSONAL AND ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS ALLOWABLE TO INDIVIDUALS FOR INCOME TAX PURPOSES TO THE POVERTY THRESHOLD LEVEL, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 29, PARAGRAPH (L), ITEMS (1) AND (2) (A), OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. The first paragraph of item (1), paragraph (l) of Section 29 of the National Internal Revenue Code, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"(l) Personal exemptions allowable to individuals. - (1) Basic personal exemption. - For the purpose of determining the tax provided in Section 21(a) of this Title, there shall be allowed a basic personal exemption as follows:

"For single individual or married individual judicially decreed as legally separated with no qualified dependents------------------ P 9,000 "For head of a family ---------------------------------------------- P12,000 "For married individual --------------------------------------------- P18,000

Provided , That husband and wife electing to compute their income tax separately shall be entitled to a personal exemption of P9,000 each."

SEC. 2. The first paragraph of item (2) (A), paragraph (l) of Section 29 of the same Code, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"(2) Additional exemption

"(A) Taxpayers with dependents. - A married individual or a head of family shall be allowed an additional exemption of Five thousand pesos (P5,000) for each dependent: Provided, That the total number of dependents for which additional exemptions may be claimed shall not exceed four dependents: Provided, further, That an additional exemption of One thousand pesos (P1,000) shall be allowed for each child who otherwise qualified as dependent prior to January 1, 1980: Provided, finally , That the additional exemption for dependents shall be claimed by only one of the spouses in the case of married individuals electing to compute their income tax liabilities separately."

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved,

JOVITO R. SALONGA RAMON V. MITRA

President of the Senate Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on August 22, 1991 and August 19, 1991, respectively.

EDWIN P. ACOBA CAMILO L. SABIO

Secretary of the Senate Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: December 19, 1991

CORAZON C. AQUINO President of the Philippines