Navotas grants taxpayers amnesty

Good news for Navotas City taxpayers with missed payments, Mayor Toby Tiangco has signed Ordinance 2021-62 or the General Pandemic Amnesty Program.

Under the ordinance, penalties, interests, surcharges and any other additional fees incurred from January 2020 to December 2021 on all unpaid local taxes, regulatory fees and service charges will be waived as long as the taxpayers settle their accounts from January to 30 June 2022.

“Many of our constituents suffered financial instability because of the pandemic. Now that they are trying to get back on their feet and earning a living, we want to provide them an easy way to pay their dues without adding to their financial burden,” Tiangco said.

The pandemic amnesty program is open to all delinquent accounts related to business permits and taxes, as well as real property taxes, including idle lands within the territorial jurisdiction of Navotas, and transfers of real property ownership.

It also includes regulatory fees and service charges on permits, licenses, franchises and all other services from the city government such as parking fees and violation fines.

The program is also applicable to local tax cases and protests pending before any judicial, quasi-judicial or administrative bodies, provided that the concerned parties shall enter a compromise agreement on or before 30 March 2022 and settle all their tax liabilities in the city until 30 June 2022.

It can be recalled that following the reimplementation of enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila, Navotas, through City Ordinance 2021-51, also waived surcharges, penalties and interests on all local taxes and fees due and assessed from 6 August to 31 October 2021.