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G.R. No. 131359. May 5, 1999.
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VITUG, J.:
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1 Rollo, p. 27.
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2 Rollo, p. 31.
3 Rollo, p. 113.
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To exemplify, in Mactan9
Cebu International Airport
Authority vs. Marcos, the Court upheld the withdrawal of
the real estate tax exemption previously enjoyed by Mactan
Cebu International Airport Authority. The Court
ratiocinated:
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“In an earlier case, the phrase ‘shall be in lieu of all taxes and at
any time levied, established by, or collected by any authority’
found in the franchise of the Visayan Electric Company was held
to exempt the company from payment of the 5% tax on corporate
franchise provided in Section 259 of the Internal Revenue Code
(Visayan Electric Co. vs. David, 49 O.G. [No. 4] 1385).
“Similarly, we ruled that the provision: ‘shall be in lieu of all
taxes of every name and nature’ in the franchise of the Manila
Railroad (Subsection 12, Section 1, Act No. 1510) exempts the
Manila Railroad from payment of internal revenue tax for its
importations of coal and oil under Act No. 2432 and the
Amendatory Acts of the Philippine Legislature (Manila Railroad
vs. Rafferty, 40 Phil. 224).
“The same phrase found in the franchise of the Philippine
Railway Co. (Sec. 13, Act No. 1497) justified the exemption of the
Philippine Railway Company from payment of the tax on its
corpo-
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11 181 SCRA 38, citing Carcar Electric & Ice Plant vs. Collector of Internal
Revenue, 56 O.G. (No. 4) 1068.
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13 G.R. No. 127708, 25 March 1999.
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Petition dismissed.
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