RPH MODULE 7 Flashcards
is the process of collecting fees or taxes from individuals who earn income from compensation or business profits to raise revenues for government expenditures and other services.
TAXATION
All Spanish colonies in America and the Philippines were required to pay taxes for two reasons
- As recognition of Spain’s sovereignty over the colonies
- To defray the expenses of pacification and governance
Exempted from paying tax
- Principales
- Alcaldes
- Gobernadorillos
- Several colonial laws on taxation were made by th
the Real y Supremo Consejo de las Indias (Royal and Supreme Council of the Indies)
was a general tax paid by the Filipinos to Spain
TRIBUTO
TRIBUTO IS AMOOUNTED
8 REALES
REQUIRED AGE TO PAY
) 18 to 50 years old males, (2) the carpenters, bricklayers, blacksmiths, tailors, and shoemakers, and (3) town workers such as those in road construction
was a tax in the amount of 3 real
SANCTORUM
- Sanctorum was a tax in the amount of
3 REALES
- Donativo was a tax in the amount of
HALF REAL
for the military campaign of the government against the Muslim. In later years, however, the amount collected from donativo was almost exclusively used for the Spanish fort in Zamboanga.
DONATIVO
- Caja de comunidad was a tax collected in the amount of
1 REAL
TAX for the incurred expenses of the town in the construction of roads, repair of bridges, or the improvement of public buildings.
CAJA DE COMUNIDAD
also called polo y servicios was a form of forced labor during the Spanish period in the Philippines
SARVICIO PERSONAL
Exempted from forced labor and falla:
- Gobernadorcillos
- Cabezas de barangay
- Members of the principalia
- School teachers
