Court of Tax Appeals

Court of Tax Appeals
Hukuman ng Apelasyon sa Buwis
Seal of the Court of Tax Appeals
Flag of the Court of Tax Appeals
Established	June 16, 1954
Location	Agham Road, Diliman, Quezon City
Composition method	Presidential appointment from the short-list submitted by the Judicial and Bar Council
Authorized by	Republic Act No. 1125 and Republic Act No. 9282
Appeals to	Supreme Court of the Philippines
Appeals from	Regional Trial Courts
Number of positions	9
Annual budget	₱577.90 million (2020)[1]
Website	cta.judiciary.gov.ph
Presiding Justice
Currently	Roman G. Del Rosario
Since	March 13, 2013

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Court of Tax Appeals

The Court of Tax Appeals (Filipino: Hukuman ng Apelasyon sa Buwis^[2]) is the special court of limited jurisdiction, and has the same level with the Court of Appeals. The court consists of 8 Associate Justices and 1 Presiding Justice. The Court of Tax Appeals is located on Agham Road, Diliman, Quezon City in Metro Manila.

History[]

The Court of Tax Appeals was originally created by virtue of Republic Act. No. 1125 (R.A.1125) which was enacted on June 16, 1954, composed of three (3) Judges with Mariano CH. Nable as the first Presiding Judge. With the passage of Republic Act Number 9282 (R.A. 9282) on April 23, 2004, the CTA became an appellate Court, equal in rank to the Court of Appeals. Under Section 1 of the new law, the Court is headed by a Presiding Justice and assisted by five (5) Associate Justices. They shall have the same qualifications, rank, category, salary, emoluments and other privileges, be subject to the same inhibitions and disqualifications and enjoy the same retirement and other benefits as those provided for under existing laws for the Presiding Justice and Associate Justices of the Court of Appeals. A decision of a division of the CTA may be appealed to the CTA En Banc, and the latter's decision may further be appealed by verified petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court.

On June 16, 2019, the Court celebrated its 65th Founding Anniversary.

Expanded jurisdiction[]

On June 12, 2008, Republic Act Number 9503 (R.A. 9503) was enacted and took effect on July 5, 2008. This enlarged the organizational structure of the CTA by creating a Third Division and providing for three additional justices. Hence, the CTA is now composed of one Presiding Justice and eight Associate Justices. The CTA may sit en banc or in three divisions with each division consisting of three justices. The CTA, as one of the courts comprising the Philippine Judiciary, is under the supervision of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

Previously, only decision, judgment, ruling or inaction of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, the Commissioner of Customs, the Secretary of Finance, the Secretary of Trade and Industry, or the Secretary of Agriculture, involving the National Internal Revenue Code and the Tariff and Customs Code on civil matters are appealable to the Court of Tax Appeals. The expanded jurisdiction transferred to the CTA the jurisdiction of the Regional Trial Courts and the Court of Appeals over matters involving criminal violation and collection of revenues under the National Internal Revenue Code and Tariff and Customs Code. It also acquired jurisdiction over cases involving local and real property taxes which used to be with the Regional Trial Court and the Court of Appeals.

2008 organizational expansion[]

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on June 12, 2008, signed into law Republic Act 9503 (An Act Enlarging the Organizational Structure of the Court of Tax Appeals, Amending for the Purpose Certain Sections of the Law Creating the Court of Tax Appeals, and for Other Purposes), which added three more members (and one more division) to the court. The new law was enacted "to expedite disposition of tax-evasion cases and increase revenues for government to fund social services, food, oil and education subsidies and infrastructure."^[3]

Incumbent justices[]

The Court of Tax Appeals consists of a Presiding justice and eight associate justices. Among the current members of the Court, is the longest-serving justice, with a tenure of 7,297 days (19 years, 357 days) as of September 23, 2021; the most recent justice to enter the court is , whose tenure began on July 11, 2019.

Divisions[]

Court demographics[]

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Former judges[]

Former justices[]

See also[]

• Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Court of Appeals of the Philippines
• Sandiganbayan
• Philippines
• Political history of the Philippines
• Constitution of the Philippines

References[]

• The Official Website of The Court of Tax Appeals
• The Organizational Structure of The Court of Tax Appeals
• Republic Act 1125, An Act Creating the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA)
• Republic Act 9282, An Act Expanding the Jurisdiction Of the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA)
• Republic Act 9503, An Act Enlarging The Organizational Structure of the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA)

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External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Court of Tax Appeals of the Philippines.

• Philippines: Gov.Ph: About the Philippines Archived December 24, 2006, at the Wayback Machine – Justice category
• The Philippines Court of Tax Appeals – Official website
• List of CTA Justices Archived February 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine – List of Justices of the CTA