REVENUE REGULATIONS NO. 8-2020 issued on April 2, 2020 implements Section 4 (aa) of
Republic Act (RA) No. 11469 (Bayanihan to Heal as One Act).
The said Section of RA No. 11469 directs all banks, quasi-banks, financing companies,
lending companies, and other financial institutions, public and private, including the Government
Service Insurance System, Social Security System and Pag-IBIG Fund, to implement a minimum
of thirty (30)-day grace period for the payment of all loans, including but not limited to salary,
personal housing, and motor vehicle loans, as well as credit card payments, falling due within the
period of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) without incurring interest, penalties, fees,
or other charges. Persons with multiple loans shall likewise be given the minimum thirty (30)-day
grace period for every loan.
The regulations cover all extensions of payment and/or maturity periods of all loans
mentioned above falling due within the ECQ Period, including the extension of maturity periods
that may result from the grant of grace periods for these payments, whether or not such maturity
periods originally fall due within the ECQ Period. These regulations also cover credit
restructuring, micro-lending, including those obtained from pawnshops, and extensions thereof
during the ECQ Period.
No additional Documentary Stamp Tax, including that imposed under Section 179, 195
and 198 of the National Internal Revenue Code, shall apply to credit extensions and credit
restructuring, micro-lending, including those obtained from pawnshops and extensions thereof
during the ECQ Period.