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  2. Community Tax Certificate - Wikipedia

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    The history of the community tax certificate entails three incarnations dating back to Spanish colonial times. Introduced in a 19th-century reform of the tax system which followed the Revolt Against the Tribute of 1589 which scrapped the system of tribute, as well as subsequent tax reforms, the cédula was issued to all indios or natives between the ages of 18 and 60 upon payment of a ...

  3. Local government in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Each autonomous region has a unique form of government. The ARMM had a regional governor and a regional legislative assembly, mimicking the presidential system of the national government. The Bangsamoro will have a chief minister responsible to parliament, with parliament appointing a wa'lī, or a ceremonial governor, in a parliamentary system.

  4. Liga ng mga Barangay - Wikipedia

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    The Liga ng mga Barangay sa Pilipinas (League of Barangays in the Philippines) and the Asosasyon ng mga Kapitan ng Barangay (Association of Barangay Captains, ABC) are formal organizations of all the barangays in the Philippines. Presently, almost 42,000 barangays are part of this organization, making it the association of Philippine local ...

  5. Sangguniang Barangay - Wikipedia

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    The Sangguniang Barangay, known in English as the Barangay Council [note 1] is the local government of a barangay, the smallest administrative division in the Philippines. Each of the 42,004 barangays in the country has its respective Sangguniang Barangay. The term is coined from the Tagalog words sanggunian (lit. ' advisory ') and barangay.

  6. Taxation in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The policy of taxation in the Philippines is governed chiefly by the Constitution of the Philippines and three Republic Acts. Constitution: Article VI, Section 28 of the Constitution states that "the rule of taxation shall be uniform and equitable" and that " Congress shall evolve a progressive system of taxation ".

  7. Internal Revenue Allotment - Wikipedia

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    Section 284 of the Local Government Code of the Philippines (RA 7160) sets up the formula for the distribution of the allotment. All or nearly all of the revenue that a local government has to spend comes from their IRA, though some local governments also have additional local sources of revenue such as property taxes and government fees.

  8. Barangay - Wikipedia

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    The barangay [c] (/ b ɑːr ɑː ŋ ˈ ɡ aɪ /; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio, [d] is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines.Named after the precolonial polities of the same name, modern barangays are political subdivisions of cities and municipalities which are analogous to villages, districts, neighborhoods, suburbs, or boroughs. [6]

  9. Administrative divisions of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The barangay is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines. [1] Although "barangay" is sometimes translated into English as "village", a barangay can be: an urban neighborhood, such as a city block or a gated community (e.g., Forbes Park, Makati); a sizable urban district (e.g., Payatas, Quezon City);