Internal Revenue Allotment system

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The Internal Revenue Allotment system is the mechanism in the Philippines that automatically allocates a share of national government tax revenues to local government units to fund their operations and development programs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intergovernmental fiscal transfer mechanism
public finance system
administeredBy national government of the Philippines
allocatesTo barangays
cities
local government units
municipalities
provinces
allocationFormulaIncludes equal sharing
land area
population
alsoKnownAs IRA system
beneficiaryType local government unit
characteristic formula-based allocation
non-discretionary transfer
country Philippines
distributionLevel subnational governments
ensures predictable funding for local governments
fundingSource national internal revenue taxes
governedBy Department of Budget and Management of the Philippines NERFINISHED
Department of Finance of the Philippines NERFINISHED
impactOnLGUs increases financial resources of local governments
supports delivery of devolved functions
legalBasis Local Government Code of 1991 NERFINISHED
Philippine Constitution NERFINISHED
linkedConcept devolution of powers in the Philippines
intergovernmental fiscal relations in the Philippines
mechanismType automatic revenue sharing
policyGoal equitable distribution of national revenues
fiscal decentralization
local autonomy
purpose fund local development programs
fund local government operations
relatedTo Local Government Code of the Philippines NERFINISHED
fiscal transfers in the Philippines
revenueType tax revenues
timeOfTransfer annual
usedFor local basic services
local development planning
local infrastructure projects

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Provincial Government of Zambales budgetSource Internal Revenue Allotment system
this entity surface form: Internal Revenue Allotment (now National Tax Allotment) from the Philippine national government
Local Government Code of 1991 establishes Internal Revenue Allotment system
Provincial Government of Pampanga hasRevenueSource Internal Revenue Allotment system
this entity surface form: Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) / National Tax Allotment (NTA)