Professional Documents
Culture Documents
• EXEMPT
– General professional partnership (GPP), but partners are taxed on
their share of partnership profits actually or constructively paid during
the year
– Joint venture or consortium undertaking construction activity or
energy-related activities with operating contract with the government
• Agreement to manage and operate mine denominated as “Power of Attorney”
is in reality a partnership. Philex is a partner because it would receive 50% of
net profits as compensation under the agreement; it does not appear that
Baguio Gold was unconditionally obligated to pay the advances; it was unlikely
for a business to lend hundreds of millions without security or collateral and
without specific date when advance shall be due and payable (Philex Mining
Corp v. CIR, 2008).
RESIDENT FOREIGN CORPS
• TAXABLE
– Ordinary branch of a foreign corporation in the Phil (30% of net
taxable income from sources within the Phil)
• PEZA- & SBMA-registered branch are exempt from branch profit
remittance tax
– Regional operating headquarters (ROHQ) – 10% of net taxable
income from sources within the Phil
– Offshore banking unit (OBU) and foreign currency deposit unit
(FCDU) [ING Bank Manila v. CIR] – 10% on gross interest income on foreign
currency loans
– International carriers by air or water – 2.5% of Gross Phil Billings
– Foreign contractor or sub-contractor engaged in petroleum
operations in the Phil – 8% of gross income
• EXEMPT
– Representative office
– Regional headquarters (RHQ)
SOURCES OF INCOME
• Interest – Interest from sources within Phil and interest on bonds and obligations
of residents, corporate or otherwise
• Dividend – From domestic corporation and from foreign corporation, unless less
than 50% of gross income of foreign corporation for 3 years prior to declaration of
dividends was derived from sources within the Phil; hence, apply only ratio of Phil-
source income to gross income from all sources
• Services – Place where services are performed, except in case of international air
carrier and shipping lines which are taxed at 2.5% on their Gross Phil Billings.
Revenues from trips originating from the Phil are considered as income from
sources within the Philippines, while revenues from inbound trips are treated as
income from sources outside the Philippines.
• Rentals and royalties – Location or use of property or property right in Phil
• Sale of real property – Located in the Philippines
• Sale of personal property – Located in the Philippines
• Gain from sale of shares of stocks of a domestic corporation is ALWAYS treated as
income from sources within the Philippines.
• Other intangible property – Mobilia sequuntur personam – it follows domicile of
owner
GROSS INCOME
• SALE OF GOODS • SALE OF SERVICES
• Gross Sales • Gross Revenue
• Less: Cost of Sales: • Less: Cost of Service
• Beg. Inventory • consisting of all direct
+ Purchases • costs and expenses
Total available for sale • Gross income
- Ending inventory • Times 2%
Cost of Sales • MCIT
• Gross income NOTE: MCIT is imposed beginning on
the 4th taxable year immediately
• Times 2% following the year in which the
• MCIT corp commenced bus operations
(Sec 27(E)(1), NIRC)
• NOTE: MCIT is now computed Pay MCIT after 4 years immediately
on quarterly basis. If quarterly following the year bank
MCIT > than RCIT, excess MCIT commenced bus operations
of prior year is not allowed. (Manila Bank v CIR, GR 168118, Aug 28,
2006)
INCOME
• INCOME means cash or its equivalent coming to a person within a
specified period, whether as payment for services, interest or profit from
investment. It covers gain derived from capital, from labor, or from both
combined, including gain from sale or conversion of capital assets.
– FBT is a tax on fringe benefits received by employees, although the tax is assumed by
the employer-payor of income.
• Return of capital is exempt from income tax (e.g., tax-free exchange of
property).
• TYPES OF DIVIDENDS
– Taxable
• Cash dividend
• Property dividend
– Exempt
• Stock dividend (except when there is change in proportionate interest
among stockholders and there is subsequent cancellation or redemption
of shares declared as stock dividend)
• Computation of the quarterly and annual tax returns of individuals (except those
receiving purely compensation income) and corporations shall be made on the
cumulative basis; i.e., gross income and deductions are consolidated and the
income tax liability is computed on the consolidated net income, and the income
taxes paid for the preceding quarter(s) are credited against the consolidated
income tax due.
•
REFUND OR TAX CREDIT
• Taxpayer has 3 options: refund, tax credit, or carry over excess withholding tax or
payment.
• However, once taxpayer exercises option to carry over, such option is irrevocable
for that taxable period and no application for refund or tax credit shall be allowed
(Paseo Realty v CA, GR 119286, Oct 13, 2004).
• While a taxpayer is given the choice to claim refund or tax credit, such election is
not final. Prior verification and approval by CIR is required. Such remedy is not
absolute and mandatory (ibid).
• Conditions for grant of refund or tax credit: (1) claim was filed within 2 years from
date of payment; (2) income payment was declared in tax return; and (3) fact of
withholding is established by copy of BIR Form 2307 (BF Bank v. CA, GR 155682, Mar 27,
2007).
• In case of dissolution of corporation, the 2-year period for claim for refund is
counted 30 days after SEC approval of plan for dissolution, which is considered the
date of payment of taxes withheld on earned income (BPI v. CIR, GR 144653, Aug 28,
2001).
• Withholding agent in the Philippines is a proper party to file a claim for refund or
tax credit for tax erroneously or illegally paid to a foreign corporation. A person
liable to tax is also a person subject to tax (Procter & Gamble v. CIR).
WITHHOLDING TAX
• An income payment is subject to the expanded withholding
tax, if the following conditions concur:
• a. An expense is paid or payable by the taxpayer, which is
income to the recipient thereof subject to income tax;
• b. The income is fixed or determinable at the time of
payment;
• c. The income is one of the income payments listed in the
regulations that is subject to withholding tax, except when
payor is a Top 20,000 Corporation;
• d. The income recipient is a resident of the Philippines liable
to income tax; and
• e. The payor-withholding agent is also a resident of the
Philippines.
WITHHOLDING TAX
• EXEMPT FROM EWT
• 1. National government and its instrumentalities, including provincial, city or municipal
governments and barangays, except government-owned or controlled corporations;
• 2. Persons enjoying exemption from payment of income taxes pursuant to the provisions
of any law, general or special, such as but not limited to the following:
• a. Sales of real property by a corporation which is registered with and certified by HLURB
or HUDCC as engaged in socialized housing project where the selling price of the house
and lot or only the lot does not exceed P180,000 in Metro Manila and other highly
urbanized areas and P150,000 in other areas;
• b. Corporations registered with the BOI, PEZA, and SBMA, enjoying exemption from
income tax under E.O. 226, R.A. 7916, and R.A. 7227;
• c. Corporations which are exempt from income tax under Section 30 of the Tax Code,
such as GSIS, SSS, PHIC, PCSO, and PAGCOR;
• d. General professional partnerships; and
• e. Joint ventures or consortium formed for the purpose of undertaking construction
projects or engaging in petroleum, coal, geothermal and other energy operations
• f. International carriers (by air or water) subject to 2.5% Gross Phil Billings
• TRANSFER TAXES
ESTATE TAX
• Death is the generating source of the power to tax (Lorenzo v. Posadas). No
manual or physical transfer of the property is required for the estate tax to
accrue.
• The law in force at the time of death of the decedent governs.
• “Residence” refers to the permanent home, the place to which whenever
absent, for business or pleasure, one intends to return, and depends on
facts and circumstances, in the sense that disclose intent (Corre v. Tan Corre).
It is not necessarily the actual place of residence at the time of death.
• All properties (real or persona, tangible or intangible) and interests in
properties of the decedent at the time of his death shall be included in his
gross estate. However, properties transferred or interests relinquished by
the decedent before his death are excluded from his gross estate.
• The estate shall be appraised at its fair market value at the time of death
(even if period to file return and pay tax is extended by CIR).
– Real property: fair market value as determined by the CIR
– Shares of stocks: fair market value as shown in the audited financial
statements closest to the date of death of the decedent
ESTATE TAX
• Gross estate:
• Conjugal Exclusive Total
– Real property
– Personal property
• Less: Deductions:
– Funeral expenses
– Claims against the estate
– Unpaid taxes and mortgages
– Medical expenses
– Family home
– Standard deduction
– Properties previously taxed
– Share of the surviving spouse
• Net Taxable Estate
• Estate tax due (First P200,000 is exempt; 5% from P200,001; and 20% on over P10
M)
ESTATE TAX
• WHO IS THE DECEDENT AND WHAT PROPERTIES FORM PART
OF HIS GROSS ESTATE?
– Resident decedent: Citizen or resident alien
• Include in his gross estate all properties, real or personal, tangible
or intangible, regardless of location (within or without the
Philippines)
– Non-resident decedent: Non-resident alien
• Include in his gross estate all properties located in the Philippines
• For intangible properties, use the principle of mobilia sequuntur
personam – Taxation of intangibles follows the residence or
domicile of the owner.
ESTATE TAX
• THESE INTANGIBLE PROPERTIES HAVE SITUS IN THE
PHILIPPINES (Sec. 104, NIRC):
– Franchise which is exercised in the Phil
– Shares, obligations or bonds issued by any corporation
organized in the Phil
– Shares, obligations or bonds issued by any foreign
corporation, 85% of the business of which is located in the
Phil or if such properties have acquired business situs in
the Phil (Wells Fargo case)
– Shares or rights in partnership, business or industry
established in the Philippines
ESTATE TAX
• DECEDENT’S GROSS ESTATE (Sec. 85, NIRC)
– Decedent’s interest (in property owned or possessed)
– Transfers in contemplation of death
– Revocable transfers
– Property passing under a general power of appointment
– Proceeds of life insurance
– Transfers for insufficient consideration
– Capital of the surviving spouse (depending on date of
marriage and applicable property regime between the
spouses)
ESTATE TAX
• “Transfers in contemplation of death” refers to the thought of
death, as a controlling motive, which induces the disposition
of the property for the purpose of avoiding the tax.
• “Revocable transfers” covers transfers, by trust or otherwise,
where the enjoyment was subject at the date of his death to
any change or where such power is relinquished in
contemplation of death.
– Deceased declared her conveyance was a donation mortis causa and
forbade the registration of the deed until after her death (Puig v.
Penaflorida).
– It does not cover bona-fide sale of property for an adequate and full
consideration in money or money’s worth.
ESTATE TAX
• Transfer of property under a general power of appointment
– By will, or by deed executed in contemplation of death, or by deed
where he retains for his life or any period not ascertainable without
reference to his death, which in fact does not end before his death
– Possession or enjoyment of, or the right to the income from, the
property, or the right to designate the persons who shall possess or
enjoy the property or the income thereof
– Except in case of bona-fide sale for an adequate and full consideration
in money or money’s worth.
• Power of appointment is “general” when it gives to the donee the power
to appoint any person he pleases, thus having as full dominion over the
property as though he owned it. It is “special” when the donee can
appoint only among a restricted or designated class of persons other than
himself.
ESTATE TAX
• Proceeds of life insurance
• Taxable:
– Beneficiary is the estate of the deceased, his executor or
administrator, irrespective of whether or not the insured retained the
power of revocation
– Beneficiary is other than the decedent’s estate, executor or
administrator, when the designation of beneficiary is not expressly
made irrevocable. Under the Insurance Code, insurance policies are
presumed revocable.
• Not Taxable:
– Accident insurance proceeds (not life insurance)
– Proceeds of group insurance policies
– Beneficiary (NOT decedent’s estate, executor or administrator) is
designated irrevocably
– GSIS, SSS, and AFP RSBS
ESTATE TAX
• REQUISITES OF PROPERTY PREVIOUSLY TAXED
(VANISHING DEDUCTION)
– Death
– Identity of the property
– Inclusion of the property (in gross estate or gross gift)
– Previous taxation of the property (estate tax or gift tax)
– No previous vanishing deduction on the property (to
preclude application of vanishing deduction on same
property more than once).
– Percentage of deduction decreases over a period of 5
years or 20% reduction every year
ESTATE TAX
• FORMULA OF VANISHING DEDUCTION
• Value taken of property previously taxed (as declared in prior decedent’s
gross estate)
• Less: Mortgage debt paid (1st deduction)
• Initial basis
• Divided by the value of gross estate of present decedent = __%
• Multiplied by expenses, indebtedness, etc and transfers for public
purposes
• Equals 2nd deduction
• Initial basis less 2nd deduction = Final basis multiplied by applicable rate of
vanishing deduction =
• Amount of vanishing deduction deductible from the estate of second
decedent
DONOR’S TAX
• Donor’s Tax is a tax on the privilege to transfer property from a living
person to another living person.
– It is an excise tax, and not a property tax.
– It is imposed on the donor of property.
– Donee’s tax was already abolished and incorporated into donor’s tax.
• Purposes of donor’s tax
– To supplement estate tax
– To prevent avoidance of income tax thru the device of splitting income
• Donation of property must be accepted by the donee.
• Sale or exchange of property for less than adequate and full consideration
is subject to donor’s tax, except where the property is capital gains tax,
such as real property located in the Phil and shares of stock of a domestic
corporation.
• Donated property must be valued at fair market value at the time of the
donation.
DONOR’S TAX
• Transfer of property may be in trust or otherwise, direct or
indirect. Transfer becomes complete and taxable only when
the donor has divested himself of all beneficial interest in
himself or his estate.
• Donor’s tax rates
– Donee is member of the family
• First P100,000 of net gift is exempt
• 2% on P100,001 to P200,000
• 15% on amount over P10 M
– Donee is a stranger – 30% of net gift
• “Stranger” is a person who is not a (a) brother, sister (whether
by whole or half-blood), spouse, ancestor, and lineal
descendant; or (b) relative by consanguinity in the collateral
line within the fourth degree of relationship.
DONOR’S TAX
• Donor
– Individual
• Citizen and resident alien -- Taxable
• Non-resident alien – Taxable on property located in the Phil
– Corporation
• Domestic corporation and resident foreign corporation -- Taxable
• Non-resident foreign corporation – Taxable on property located in
the Phil
• Donation of conjugal
– Made by both spouses – TWO donations
– Made only by one spouse (Tang Ho v. Board of Tax Appeals
[now CTA]) – ONE donation
DONOR’S TAX
• Cumulative computation of donor’s tax is required for all
donations by the same donor during the calendar year, but no
cumulative computation is required for donations to
strangers.
• Exempt donations
– To Phil govt for scientific, engineering, etc purposes
– To social welfare, cultural, and charitable organizations, not more than
30% shall be used for administration purposes
– To IRRI and Ramon Magsaysay Awards Foundation
– To National Museum and National Library
– To Intramuros Administration
• VALUE ADDED TAX
BUSINESS TAXES
• VAT • NON-VAT/EXEMPT FROM
• Taxable transactions VAT TRANSACTIONS
– Transaction is subject to
– Sale or lease of goods or Other Percentage Tax (Title V,
properties NIRC) and exempt from VAT
– Sale of services – VAT is imposed on transaction
– Importation of goods in addition to Excise Tax, if
any
• Formula for computing VAT • Tax is imposed on Gross Receipts
– Output Tax or Gross Income
– Transaction is exempt from VAT,
– Less: Input Tax OPT, and Excise Tax (e.g., sale
– VAT Payable/(Excess Input of agricultural food products in
Tax) their original state)
VALUE ADDED TAX
• CHARACTERISTICS OF VAT
– Tax on value added of taxpayer
– Transparent form of sales tax
– Broad-based tax on consumption of goods, properties and
services in the Phil
– Indirect tax: tax is imposed on seller but burden of tax is
shifted to the buyer
– Tax is collected thru the tax credit method
• Output tax on sales; input tax on purchases
– No cascading of tax in VAT system
– “Tax-inclusive method” is adopted by the Phil
VALUE ADDED TAX
• TAXABLE PERSONS
– Seller of goods or properties
• Goods or properties are consumed or for consumption in the Phil
• In the course of trade or business
• Sales of goods or properties are not exempt from VAT
– Seller of services
• Listed services are performed or to be performed in the Phil
• In the course of trade or business
• For a valuable consideration
• Services are not exempt from VAT
– Importer of goods
• Whether done in the course of his trade or business or for
personal consumption
VALUE ADDED TAX
• Seller of real properties is subject to VAT
– Seller executes a document of sale (DAS or CTS)
– Real property is located in the Phil
– Seller is engaged in real estate business either as dealer, developer or
lessor
– Real property is held primarily for sale or for lease in the ordinary
course of trade or business
– Sale is not exempt from VAT
• However, Rev. Regs. No. 4-2007 (Feb 2007) provides that “if
the real property sold is used in his trade or business, said
transaction is subject to VAT, being incidental to the main
business” of the taxpayer, who is a VAT-registered taxpayer
engaged in other types of business.
VALUE ADDED TAX
• Sale, barter or exchange
– Sale, barter or exchange has the same tax consequence
– There must be valuable consideration; hence, donation is exempt from VAT
– Deemed sale is subject to VAT (output tax) in order to recoup previous VAT
(input tax) allowed
– Excise tax, if any, interest, and delivery charges form part of gross selling price
• In the course of trade or business
– The regular conduct or pursuit of a commercial or an economic activity,
including transactions deemed incidental thereto, regardless of whether or
not the person engaged therein is a non-stock, non-profit private organization
(irrespective of the disposition of its net income and whether or not it sells
exclusively to members or their guests), or government entity.
– Isolated transactions are not subject to VAT.
– Incidental income follows taxation of the principal activity.
VALUE ADDED TAX
– The absence of profit in the performance of taxable services does not
make such activity for a fee exempt from VAT (CIR v. COMASERCO, GR 125355, Mar 30, 2000).
• Goods or properties must be located in the Philippines and
consumed or destined for consumption in the Phil.
– Special economic zones under RA 7916 (PEZA Law) and freeport zones
under RA 7227 (BCDA Law) are treated as foreign territories by fiction
of law. Hence, importation of goods by a special economic or freeport
zone enterprise shall be exempt from VAT and customs duties and will
be subject to VAT and duties only upon their withdrawal from the
customs custody.
– Destination Principle:
• Export sales of goods are zero-rated (0% VAT)
• Import of goods into the Phil is taxable at 12% VAT
VALUE ADDED TAX
• Tax base is “Gross Selling Price” (GSP) - the total amount of money or its
equivalent, which the purchaser pays or is obligated to pay to the seller in
consideration of the sale, barter or exchange of the goods or properties,
excluding the VAT.
• As a rule, output tax accrues on sale of goods or properties (other than a
real property) at the time of sale, when the VAT sales invoice is issued,
although none or only a part of the gross selling price is paid by the buyer
at the time of sale.
• Excise tax, if any, shall form part of GSP.
• Sales discounts determined and granted at the time of sale, which are
expressly indicated in the sales invoice do not form part of the tax base.
Grant of discount must not depend upon the happening of a future event
or the fulfillment of certain condition. They must be recorded in the books
of accounts of the seller.
• 20% sales discounts to senior citizens under RA 9257 (Amended Senior
Citizens Law) shall be deducted from gross sales before applying the VAT
rate.
VALUE ADDED TAX
• To determine Gross Selling Price (100%), divide Total Invoice
Amount (112%) by 1.12.
• If Total Invoice Amount includes EWT, determine first the
Gross Selling Price.
• Tax base for installment sales of real property
– If initial payments (consisting of down payment and all monthly
amortizations in the year of sale) exceeds 25% of the gross selling
price, the tax base is the entire gross selling price as shown in the
document of sale, even though only a part of it has been received
during the period
– If initial payments during the year of sale do not exceed 25% of gross
selling price, the tax base is only the amount received
• Tax rates
– 12% beginning Feb 1, 2006 (RA 9337)
– 0% VAT on zero-rated sales
VALUE ADDED TAX
• Sales of goods subject to 0% VAT
– Actual export sales
– Deemed export sales
• Internal or constructive export sales under BOI law (EO 226) and special
laws (RA 7916 and RA 7227).
– Ecozones and freeport zones are deemed foreign territories by fiction
of law (CIR v. Seagate Technology (2005); CIR v. Toshiba Information Equipment (2005)
– For as long as the goods remain within the zone, consumed or
destroyed there, they will be duty-free and tax-free (Coconut Oil Refiners
Asso v. Torres (2005)
• Effectively zero-rated sales (sales to ADB, embassies, etc)
– Sales of gold to BSP
– Foreign currency denominated sales
– Sales of goods, supplies, equipment and fuel to persons engaged in
international shipping or international air transport operations
VALUE ADDED TAX
• ZERO-RATED SALE • EXEMPT SALE
• Transaction is completely free of • Exemption removes the VAT
VAT; rate charged by seller is zero at the exempt stage
• VAT-registered seller can reclaim
input taxes passed on to it by
sellers of goods or services from • Exempt taxpayer cannot
BIR in form of refund or tax credit reclaim VAT passed on to it
• Zero-rated sales are taxable sales by VAT-registered sellers
for purposes of registration as
VAT taxpayer to determine • Exempt sales are not
threshold taxable sales for VAT
purposes
VALUE ADDED TAX
• PERSONS SELLING TAXABLE SERVICES
– Construction and service contractors
– Brokers
– Lessors of property, real or personal
– Warehousing services
– Lessors or distributors of cinematographic films
– Persons engaged in milling, processing, manufacturing or
repacking goods for others
– Proprietors or operators or keepers of hotels, motels,
resthouses, pension houses, inns and resorts
– Proprietors or operators of restaurants and other similar
establishments
VALUE ADDED TAX
• PERSONS SELLING TAXABLE SERVICES
– Dealers in securities
– Lending investors
– Transportation contractors on their transport of goods or
cargoes
– Domestic common carriers by air and sea between points
in the Philippines
– Sales of electricity (by generation, transmission, and
distribution companies)
– Services of franchise grantees, except water and gas
– Non-life insurance companies, except crop insurance
– Similar services, regardless of whether or not the
performance thereof calls for the exercise or use of the
physical or mental faculties
VALUE ADDED TAX
• “Gross receipts” means the total amount of money or its
equivalent, representing the contract price, compensation,
service fee, rental or royalty, including the amount charged for
materials supplied with the services and deposits and
advance payments actually or constructively received during
the taxable quarter for the services performed or to be
performed for another person, excluding the VAT, except
those amounts earmarked for payment to unrelated third
party or received as reimbursement for advance payment on
behalf of another, which do not redound to the benefit of the
payor.
• ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDY
– BEFORE PAYMENT OF TAX
• PROTEST OF ASSESSMENT
– AFTER PAYMENT OF TAX
• TAX CREDIT, OR
• REFUND
• JUDICIAL REMEDY
– APPEAL TO COURT OF TAX APPEALS
NO PRE-ASSESSMENT NOTICE REQUIRED
• Deficiency tax is the result of mathematical error
• Discrepancy is between amount of tax withheld and amount
remitted to BIR
• Taxpayer who opted to claim refund/tax credit also carried
over and applied the same against tax of next taxable quarter
• Excise tax due has not been paid
• Constructive importation (Sec. 228, NIRC)
ASSESSMENT
• WHAT IS AN ASSESSMENT?
– Notice that taxpayer owes government a sum
of money
– Contains computation of tax liability and a
demand for payment of tax within a certain
period (CIR v. Pascor Realty & Dev Corp)
• PURPOSE OF ASSESSMENT
– To establish tax liability where an assessment is
required
ASSESSMENT
• FORMS OF ASSESSMENT
1. Formal assessment notice (FAN)
2. Collection letter
a. Letter demanding payment of erroneously
refunded amount (Guagua Electric Co v. CIR), or amount paid
by bouncing check (Republic v. Limaco & de Guzman)
• TAX EVASION is a scheme used outside of those lawful means and when
availed of, it usually subjects the taxpayer to further or additional civil or
criminal liabilities. It connotes 3 factors: end to be achieved; an
accompanying state of mind that is described as evil, willful or deliberate;
and course of action which is unlawful.