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FACTS:
If the regular income tax is higher than the MCIT, the corporation does
not pay the MCIT.
Any excess of the MCIT over the normal tax shall be carried forward
and credited against the normal income tax for the three immediately
succeeding taxable years.
The term ‘gross incomeʼ shall mean gross sales less sales returns,
discounts and allowances and cost of goods sold. "Cost of goods
sold" shall include all business expenses directly incurred to produce
the merchandise to bring them to their present location and use.
ISSUE:
HELD:
1. NO. MCIT is not violative of due process. The MCIT is not a tax on
capital. The MCIT is imposed on gross income which is arrived at by
deducting the capital spent by a corporation in the sale of its goods,
i.e., the cost of goods and other direct expenses from gross sales.
Clearly, the capital is not being taxed.
The MCIT merely approximates the amount of net income tax due from
a corporation, pegging the rate at a very much reduced 2% and uses
as the base the corporationʼs gross income.
This means that even if a corporation incurs a net loss in its business
operations or reports zero income after deducting its expenses, it is
still subject to an MCIT of 2% of its gross income. This is consistent
with the law which imposes the MCIT on gross income
notwithstanding the amount of the net income.