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Section 1
Reduction and Condonation
Section 1.
Reduction and Condonation.
—All liabilities for RPT for Calendar Year (CY) 2023, including any special levies accruing to the Special Education Fund on property, machinery and equipment actually and directly used by IPPs for the production of electricity under Build-Operate-Transfer scheme and similar contracts, whether denominated as Power Purchase Agreements, Energy Conversion Agreements or other contractual agreements, with GOCCs, assessed by LGUs and other entities authorized to impose RPT for all years up to CY 2023, are hereby reduced to an amount equivalent to the tax due if computed based on assessment level of fifteen percent (15%) of the fair market value of said property, machinery and equipment depreciated at the rate of two percent (2%) per annum, less any amount already paid by the IPPs. All interests and penalties on such deficiency RPT liabilities are also hereby condoned and the concerned IPPs are relieved from payment thereof.
Section 2
Application to Future RPT Liabilities
Section 2.
Application to Future RPT Liabilities.
—All RPT payments made by the IPPs over and above the reduced amount under Section 1 of this Order shall be applied to their RPT liabilities for succeeding years.
Section 3
Compliance by all Government Entities
Section 3.
Compliance by all Government Entities.
—All concerned departments, agencies and instrumentalities of the government, including concerned GOCCs and LGUs, are hereby directed to strictly comply with this Order. Any violation of this Order shall be dealt with in accordance with civil service laws, rules and regulations.
Section 4
Separability
Section 4.
Separability.
—If any part or provision of this Order shall be held invalid or unconstitutional, the provisions not affected thereby shall remain in full force and effect.
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Section 5
Repeal
Section 5.
Repeal.
—All orders, rules and regulations, and other issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Order, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 6
Effectivity
Section 6.
Effectivity.
—This Order shall take effect immediately upon publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
DONE,
—in the City of Manila, this 25th—day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty-Three.
(SGD.)—
FERDINAND ROMUALDEZ MARCOS, JR.
By the President:
(SGD.)—
LUCAS P. BERSAMIN
Executive Secretary