THE rules and regulations implementing Republic Act 9994, also known as the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010, started its implementation on Tuesday after it was signed last week by the Department of Social Welfare and development (DSWD) and non-government agencies.
With its implementation already in place, Senator Loren Legarda said the country’s Senior Citizens will be having a more comfortable life due to the benefits that they will avail.
Legarda, principal author of RA 9994, explained that among the salient provisions of the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010 are that senior citizens shall be granted exemption from the value-added tax (VAT) provided under the National Internal Revenue Code on the sale of goods and services from all establishments and a twenty percent discount on the following:
Purchase of medicines; on the professional fees of attending physicians in all private hospitals, medical facilities, and outpatient clinics; on medical and dental services, diagnostic and laboratory fees in all private hospitals and medical facilities, and outpatient clinics;
Actual fares for land transportation, domestic air transport services and sea shipping;
Utilization of services in hotels and similar lodging establishments, restaurants and recreation centers;
Admission fees charged by theaters, cinema houses and concert halls, circuses, carnivals and other similar places of culture, leisure and amusement. (PIA-Bohol)
