QuestionsQuestions (LTO MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 97-242)
It addresses the need for uniform collectible registration fees for for-hire motor vehicles, particularly utility vehicles categorized as TAXI by the LTFRB, by prescribing how the fees should be computed.
Utility vehicles categorized as TAXI by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB).
By computing the collectible registration fees based on engine displacement (the text says “engine as piston displacement,” i.e., engine displacement measured as piston displacement).
It means the circular aims to apply the same fee computation method nationwide so that registration fees do not vary by region.
No. The circular mandates a uniform method—computing based on engine displacement—for taxi utility vehicles categorized by the LTFRB.
The discrepancy in collectible registration fees of for-hire taxi utility vehicles across different LTO regions.
Engine displacement (piston displacement).
It “shall take effect immediately.”
It was adopted on 2 December 1996.
Manuel F. Bruan, Brig. Gen. AFP (Ret.), Assistant Secretary.
It states: “For strict compliance.”
For utility vehicles categorized as TAXI by the LTFRB, the collectible registration fees are to be computed based on engine displacement, not different regional standards.
Both regions must use the uniform computation based on engine displacement as required by Memorandum Circular No. 97-242.
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