Section 16Sec./Art. 16

Tax Exemptions.-During the ten-year construction period, the grantee, its successors or assignees, shall be exempt from any and all direct and indirect taxes and fees of any kind, nature or description, which emanate exclusively from the construction, development, establishment, and operation of the airport and Airport City, including income taxes, value-added taxes, percentage taxes, excise taxes, documentary stamp taxes, customs duties and tariffs, taxes on real estate, buildings and personal property, business taxes, franchise taxes, supervision fees, and permit fees levied, established or collected, or may be levied, established or collected, by any city, municipal, provincial or national authority.ℒαwρhi৷

After the ten-year construction period and during the remaining term of this franchise, the grantee, its successors or assignees, shall be exempt from income taxes and taxes on real estate, buildings and personal property, levied, established or collected, or may be levied, established or collected, by any city, municipal, provincial or national authority.

However, such exemption from income taxes and taxes on real estate, buildings and personal property shall expire as soon as it is determined by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) that the grantee, its successors or assignees, has fully recovered its investment cost on the airport and on the Airport City, whereupon the grantee, its successors or assignees, shall be subjected to all taxes under the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended, and the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act.