SB 1648

Senate·20th Congress·Filed Dec 18, 2025

Additional Travel Tax Exemption Act

An Act Amending Section 2 of Presidential Decree No. 1183 of 1977 as Amended, to Provide Additional Exemptions for the Imposition of Travel Tax, or to Be Known as the Additional Travel Tax Exemption Act

In plain language

The bill would let travel vloggers who are officially accredited by the Department of Tourism travel without paying the travel tax.

TaxationTourismCulture, Arts and Heritage

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Author · Senator

Manuel "Lito" M. LapidReceipts →

Official sources

Similar in what they’d do, filed by any lawmaker.

HB 7975· Filed Feb 23, 2026
An Act Abolishing the Travel Tax
Pending with the Committee on TOURISM since 2026-02-25Rep. Audrey Kay T. Zubiri
HB 7757· Filed Feb 11, 2026
An Act Abolishing the Travel Tax
Substituted by HB08464Rep. Paolo Henry M. Marcoleta
HB 7900· Filed Feb 19, 2026
An Act Abolishing the Travel Tax, Repealing for the Purpose the Presidential Decree No. 1183, as Amended, and for Other Purposes
Pending with the Committee on TOURISM since 2026-02-24Rep. Lordan G. Suan
HB 384· Filed Jun 30, 2025
An Act Establishing a Framework for Film and Television Tourism in the Philippines, Creating an Inter-Agency Committee on Film and Television Tourism and for Other Purposes
Pending with the Committee on CREATIVE INDUSTRIES since 2025-07-29Rep. Juan Carlos "Arjo" C. Atayde
HB 7904· Filed Feb 19, 2026
An Act Abolishing the Imposition of Travel Tax, Hereby Amending Presidential Decree No. 1183 and Republic Act No. 9593, Otherwise Known as the Tourism Act of 2009
Pending with the Committee on TOURISM since 2026-02-24Rep. Alyssa Michaela “mica” M. Gonzales

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SBN-1648 · Sources: BatasWatch