Taxes Common to Taxpayers:
Income Tax, VAT, Other
g Tax, Withholding
g
Percentage
Taxes
18 July 2012
Discussion Outline
► Income Tax
– General Principles
– Taxability of Individuals
– Taxability of Corporations
– Gross Income
– Allowable Deductions from Gross Income
– Unallowable Deductions from Gross Income
– Filing of Returns and Administrative Requirements
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Discussion Outline
► Value-Added Tax
– General Principles
– Input
p VAT on Capital
p
Goods
– Treatment of Excess Input VAT
– Filing of Returns and Administrative Requirements
► Other Percentage Taxes
– Persons Subject to Percentage Tax and Percentage Tax Rates
– Filing of Returns and Administrative Requirements
► Withholding Taxes
– Nature of Different Common Withholding Taxes
– Withholding Agents
– Withholding Tax Rates
– Filing of Returns and Administrative Requirements
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Income Tax
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
General Principles
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
General Principles
►
►
Individuals
–
Resident citizen: taxable on all income derived from sources within and
without the Philippines
–
N
Non-resident
id t citizen:
iti
ttaxable
bl only
l on iincome d
derived
i d ffrom sources within
ithi
the Philippines
Corporations
–
Domestic corporation - taxable on all income derived from sources within
and without the Philippines
–
Foreign Corporations (resident and non-resident) – taxable only on
Philippine sourced income
Philippine-sourced
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxability of Individuals
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxability of Individuals
►
►
Graduated tax rates:
Over
But Not Over
Not over
10,000
10,000
30,000
500 + 10%
10,000
30,000
70,000
2,500 + 15%
30,000
70,000
140,000
8,500 + 20%
70,000
140,000
250,000
22,500 + 25%
140,000
250,000
500,000
50,000 + 30%
250,000
500,000
over
125,000 + 32%
500,000
Of Excess Over
5%
-
Married individuals:
►
Husband and Wife compute separately individual income tax
►
Income which cannot be directly attributed to either of the spouse, divided
equally between them.
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Amount / Rate
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxability of Individuals
►
Personal exemptions:
► Basic personal exemption - P50,000 for each individual taxpayer
► Additional personal exemption - P25,000 for each dependent
not exceeding four (4)
► Husband – proper claimant of additional personal exemption for
children except:
a. Husband is unemployed
b. Husband is non-resident citizen deriving income from foreign
sources
c Husband waives his right to claim the exemptions of children
c.
(waiver should be for all children) in a sworn statement to be
attached to his Application for Registration (BIR Form No.
1902) and that of his wife's
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Passive Income Subject to Final Tax for
Individuals
►
Interests, royalties, prizes and other winnings – 20% final tax, except if
prizes does not exceed P10,000
►
Royalties on books literary works and musical compositions – 10% final
tax
►
Interest income received by an individual taxpayer from a depository bank
under the expanded foreign currency deposit system – 7.5% final tax
►
Interest income from long term investment held for more than 5 years and
in accordance with the prescribed rules – exempt
►
Cash and/or property dividends – 10% final tax
►
Capital gains from sale of shares of stocks not traded in the stock
g – 5% for not over P100,000
,
and 10% for in excess of P100,000
,
exchange
►
Capital gains from sale of real property – 6% based on the gross selling
price or current fair market value, whichever is higher.
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxability of Corporations
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxability of Corporations
Domestic corporation:
►
30% Regular Corporate Income Tax (RCIT)
►
►
based on taxable income derived during each taxable year from all
sources within and without the Philippines.
2% Minimum Corporate Income Tax (MCIT)
►
Applicable if greater than 30% RCIT
►
Beginning on the fourth taxable year immediately following the year in
which such corporation commenced its operation.
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxability of Corporations
2% MCIT (cont’d):
►
Excess MCIT over RCIT
►
Carried forward and credited against the normal income tax for the three
(3) iimmediately
di t l succeeding
di ttaxable
bl years.
►
Secretary of Finance - authorized to suspend imposition of MCIT on any
corporation which suffers losses on account of prolonged labor dispute, or
because of force majeure, or because of legitimate business reverses.
►
Computed in quarterly income tax return and annual income tax return.
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Passive Income Subject to Final Tax for
Corporations
►
Interests, royalties, prizes and other winnings – 20% final tax
►
Interest income received by an domestic corporation from a depository
bank under the expanded foreign currency deposit system – 7.5% final tax
►
I t
Intercorporate
t dividends
di id d – dividends
di id d received
i db
by a d
domestic
ti corporation
ti
from another domestic corporation shall not be subject to tax
►
Capital gains from sale of shares of stocks not traded in the stock
exchange – a final tax on the net capital gains realized as follows:
Not over P100,000
Amount in excess of P100,000
►
Capital gains from sale of real property – 6% based on the gross selling
price or current fair market value
value, whichever is higher
higher.
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5%
10%
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
10% Improperly Accumulated Earnings Tax
(IAET)
►
10% of the improperly accumulated taxable income
►
Applies to every corporation formed or availed for the purpose of avoiding
th income
the
i
tax
t with
ith respectt to
t its
it shareholders
h h ld
or th
the shareholders
h h ld
off any
other corporation by permitting earnings and profits to accumulate instead of
being divided or distributed.
►
Exempt from IAET
►
Banks and other non-bank financial intermediaries
►
Insurance companies
►
P bli l h ld corporations
Publicly-held
ti
►
Taxable partnerships
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
10% Improperly Accumulated Earnings Tax
(IAET)
►
Exempt from IAET (cont’d):
►
Non-taxable joint ventures
►
PEZA-registered enterprises
►
BCDA-registered enterprises
►
Other entities registered under special economic zones enjoying special
tax rates on their registered operations or activities in lieu of other taxes,
national or local
►
Branches of a foreign corporation or resident foreign corporation.
Closely-held corporations
►
Corporations at least 50% in value of the outstanding capital stock or at
least 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock
entitled to vote is owned directly or indirectly by or for not more than 20
individuals.
►
Domestic corporations not falling under this definition considered publiclyheld corporations.
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
10% Improperly Accumulated Earnings Tax
(IAET)
►
Evidence of purpose to avoid income tax:
–
Prima Facie Evidence
–
–
Evidence Determinative of Purpose
–
►
Mere holding company or investment company
Earnings or profits of a corporation are permitted to accumulate
beyond the reasonable needs of the business (i.e., retained earnings is
in excess of 100% of paid up capital) unless proven to the contrary.
Paid-up capital
►
Par value of the shares of stock (RMC No. 35-2011)
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Gross Income
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Gross Income
All income derived from whatever source, except certain items as provided by the
Tax Code, including (but not limited to) the following:
–
Compensation for services in whatever form paid, including, but not limited to
fees, salaries, wages, commissions, and similar items
–
Gross income derived from the conduct of trade or business or the exercise of a
profession
–
Gains derived from dealings in property
–
Interests (except those already subject to final tax or exempt from income tax)
–
Rents
–
Royalties
–
Dividends (except those already subject to final tax or exempt from income tax)
–
Annuities
–
Prizes and winnings (except those already subject to final tax or exempt from tax)
–
Pensions
–
Partner's distributive share from the net income of the general professional
partnership.
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Gross Income
Exclusions:
–
Life insurance – however, interests, if any, shall be included in the gross income
–
Amounts received by the Insured as return of premiums paid under life insurance
–
Gift bequests
Gifts,
b
t and
d devices
d i
–
Compensation for injuries and sickness – including the amounts of any damages
received, whether by suit or agreement, on account of such injuries and sickness
–
Income exempt under Treaty
–
Retirement benefits, pensions, gratuities, etc.
–
Prizes and awards – provided that the recipient was selected without any action
on his part to enter the contest or proceeding and the recipient is not required to
g the p
prize or award
render substantial future services as a condition to receiving
–
Gains from the sale of bonds, debentures or other certificate of indebtedness with
a maturity of more than 5 years (applicable to individuals only)
–
Gains from redemption of shares in mutual fund
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Allowable Deductions from
Gross Income
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Allowable Deductions from Gross Income
►
►
Expenses –
►
Ordinary and necessary expenses paid or incurred during the taxable year
►
Directly attributable to, the development, management, operation and/or
conduct
d t off the
th trade,
t d business
b i
or exercise
i off a profession
f
i
Interests –
►
Paid or incurred during the taxable year
►
Related to indebtedness in connection with the taxpayer's profession,
trade or business
–
If taxpayer has interest income subject to final tax
–
–
Interests paid to related parties not allowable deduction
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Amount of interest expense reduced by 33% of such interest income.
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Allowable Deductions from Gross Income
►
Taxes –
►
Paid or incurred within the taxable year
►
Related to taxpayer's profession, trade or business
►
Exception
►
Income tax under Title II of the Tax Code
►
Income taxes imposed by authority of any foreign country
►
Estate and donor’s taxes
►
Taxes assessed against local benefits of a kind tending to increase the
value of the property assessed.
Taxes allowed as deduction (e.g., not among the exceptions above) are
refunded or credited
►
Part of gross income in the year of receipt subject to tax benefit
doctrine
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Allowable Deductions from Gross Income
►
Losses –
►
actually sustained during the taxable year
►
not compensated for by insurance or other forms of indemnity
►
Incurred in trade or business
►
Property connected with trade or business (loss arising from fires, storms,
shipwreck, or other casualties, or from robbery, etc.)
►
►
Net Operating Loss Carry-Over (NOLCO) – deductible for the next 3
consecutive
ti taxable
t
bl years immediately
i
di t l ffollowing
ll i th
the year off such
h lloss.
Provided:
►
taxpayer is not exempt from income tax during the year of the loss, and
►
no substantial change in ownership of the business or enterprise
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Sworn declaration of loss – submit to BIR within 45 days from
discovery of the casualty or robbery, theft or embezzlement
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Allowable Deductions from Gross Income
►
►
►
►
Capital losses
►
Deductible up to the extent of capital gains
►
Individuals: any excess capital losses over the capital gains (in an
amount not in excess of the net income for such year)
year), after
considering the allowable percentage of deduction, may be carried
over for not more than 12 months.
“Wash sales” of stocks or securities
Wagering losses –
►
Arising from wagers/betting games (other than those already subject to
other percentage tax, such as illegal gambling, endings, etc.)
►
Deductible onlyy up
p to the extent of g
gains from such transaction
Abandonment losses
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Allowable Deductions from Gross Income
►
Depreciation
►
Depletion of oil and gas wells and mines
►
Charitable and other contributions
►
Individuals – not in excess of 10% of taxable income before donation
►
Corporations – not in excess of 5% of taxable income before donation
►
Deductible in full – donations to:
►
►
Government
►
Certain foreign institutions or international organization
►
Accredited nongovernment organization – subject to compliance with
certain requirements
Certificate/s of Donation – required as proof for deductibility
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Allowable Deductions from Gross Income
►
Research and development
►
Pension trusts
►
Additional requirements for deductibility of certain payments – properly
subjected to appropriate withholding taxes (e.g., expanded withholding tax,
final withholding tax, etc.)
►
Optional Standard Deduction (OSD)
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
40% Optional Standard Deduction (OSD)
►
Available to:
–
Individuals subject to the graduated tax rates (i.e., individuals who does
not purely derive income from compensation)
–
–
40% of his g
gross sales or g
gross receipts
p
Corporations
–
40% of its gross income.
►
Intention to avail of the OSD must be disclosed in 1st quarter ITR
►
Irrevocable for the taxable year
►
Individuals availing of OSD – not required to submit financial statements as
attachment to ITR
►
Records pertaining to gross sales/receipts or gross income must still be kept
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Unallowable Deductions from
Gross Income
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Unallowable Deductions from Gross Income
►
Personal, living or family expenses
►
Any amount paid out for new buildings or for permanent improvements, or
betterments made to increase the value of any property or estate
►
Any amount expended in restoring property or in making good the exhaustion
thereof for which an allowance is or has been made
►
Premiums paid on any life insurance policy covering the life of any officer or
employee, or of any person financially interested in any trade or business
carried on by the taxpayer, individual or corporate, when the taxpayer is
directly or indirectly a beneficiary under such policy
►
Losses from sales or exchanges of property directly or indirectly
–
Between members of a family
–
Between an individual and a corporation more than 50% in value of the
outstanding stock of which is owned by the individual
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Filing of Returns and
Administrative Requirements
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Filing of Returns and Administrative
Requirements
Individuals (cont’d):
►
►
Where to file – AAB, RDO, Collection Agent or duly authorized Treasurer of
the city or municipality in which such person has his legal residence or
principal
p
p p
place of business in the Philippines,
pp
, or if there be no legal
g residence
or place of business in the Philippines, with the Office of the Commissioner.
When to file and pay:
►
Declaration of income tax
Every individual receiving self-employment income
►
►
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On or before April 15 of the same taxable year.
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Filing of Returns and Administrative
Requirements
Individuals (cont’d):
► When to file and pay (cont’d):
► Quarterly income tax return – payment shall be made in 4 installments.

1st installment: at the time of the declaration (on or before April 15)

2nd installment: on or before August 15 of the current year

3rd installment: on or before November 15 of the current year

4th installment: on or before April 15 of the following calendar year
► Annual income tax return ► Lump sum payment: on or before April 15 of the following calendar
year
► Installment p
payment:
y
applicable
pp
if tax due is in excess of P2,000
,

1st installment: at the time the return is filed

2nd installment: on or before July 15 following the close of the
calendar year.
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Filing of Returns and Administrative
Requirements
Individuals (cont’d):
►
Married individuals, whether citizens, resident or nonresident aliens, who do
not derive income purely from compensation – file a return for the taxable
yyear to include the income of both spouses,
p
,
►
If impracticable for the spouses to file one return – each spouse may
file a separate return of income
►
►
Income of unmarried minors derived from property received from a living
parent shall be included in the return of the parent, except:
►
when the donor's tax has been p
paid on such p
property
p y
►
when the transfer of such property is exempt from donor's tax
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BIR shall consolidate the filed returns for verification
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Filing of Returns and Administrative
Requirements
Corporations:
►
►
Deadline for filing and payment:
►
Quarterly income tax return (BIR Form No. 1702Q): 60 days after the
close of each of the first 3 quarters of the taxable year
year.
►
Annual income tax return (BIR Form No. 1702): 15th day of the 4th month
following the end of the year
Required attachments upon filing to the BIR:
►
Audited financial statements
►
Statement of Management Responsibility
►
Original copies of creditable withholding taxes (CWT), if any
►
Hard
H
d or softcopy
ft
off the
th summary alphalist
l h li t off withholding
ithh ldi taxes
t
(SAWT),
(SAWT) as
applicable
►
Other supporting schedules, if applicable
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Value Added Tax (VAT)
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
General Principles
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
General Principles
►
Imposed on any person who sells, barters, exchanges, leases goods or
properties and renders services in the course of trade or business
►
Imposed on any person who imports goods.
►
Indirect tax- amount of tax may be shifted or passed on to the buyer,
transferee or lessee of the goods, properties or services.
►
In the course of trade or business (Rule of Regularity) –regular conduct or
pursuit of a commercial or an economic activity, including transactions
incidental thereto, by any person or government entity.
►
Incidental – something necessary, appertaining to, or depending upon
another which is termed the principal, something incident to the main
purpose.
►
Annual sales and/or receipts does not exceed P1,919,500 – not subject to
VAT, but subject to percentage tax.
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
General Principles
VAT Rates
►
►
Taxable
– General Rate: 12%
– Special
S
i lR
Rate:
t 0%
Exempt
Zero-rated Sales
Exempt Sales
Not subject to VAT
Subject to VAT at 0% rate.
Input taxes allocable/ attributable to
Input taxes allocable/ attributable to
the zero-rated sale may be claimed as the
th VAT exemptt sale
l cannott be
b
input tax credit
claimed as input tax credit but shall
form part of costs.
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
General Principles
VAT Base
►
►
Sale of goods – gross selling price
►
Less: sales returns and allowances and sales discounts
►
Add: charges for packaging, delivery & insurance
►
Add: excise taxes if goods are subject to excise tax
Sale of services – gross receipts
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Substantiation Requirements
►
VAT invoice – for sale, barter or exchange of goods or properties
►
VAT OR – for lease of goods or properties, and every sale, barter or
exchange of services
►
The amount of VAT shall be shown as a separate item in the invoice or
receipt
►
“VAT-exempt sale” shall be written or printed prominently on the invoice or
receipt for VAT exempt transactions
►
“Zero-rated sale” shall be written or printed prominently on the invoice or
receipt for zero-rated transactions
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Supporting documents for claiming input tax
►
Domestic purchases of goods or properties made in the course of trade or
business – VAT invoice
►
Domestic purchase of services – VAT OR
►
Importation – Original import entry internal revenue declaration (IEIRD) or
other equivalent document showing actual payment of VAT on importation
►
Transitional input tax – inventory of goods as shown in a detailed list to be
submitted to the BIR
►
“Deemed sale” transactions – required invoices
►
Payments to non-residents (such as for services, rentals or royalties) –
Monthly WVAT Return (BIR Form 1600) filed by the resident payor in behalf
of the non-resident evidencing remittance of VAT due which was withheld by
the payor
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Input VAT on Capital Goods
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Input VAT on depreciable Capital Goods
►
Computation of input tax if the aggregate acquisition cost (exclusive of VAT)
in a calendar month, regardless of acquisition cost of each capital good, shall:
►
Exceed P1 million:
-
If estimated useful life of a capital good is 5 years or more:
Monthly Input Tax 
-
If estimated useful life of a capital good is less than 5 years
Monthly Input Tax 
►
Total Input Tax
Estimated Useful Life in Months
NOT exceed
d P1 million:
illi
-
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Total Input Tax
60 Months
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Total input tax allowed as credit against output tax in the month of
acquisition
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Treatment of Excess Input VAT
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Treatment of Excess Input VAT
►
Carried-over
►
Claimed as Refund
►
Claimed as Tax Credit Certificate (TCC)
Period of application:
►
Zero-rated and effectively zero-rated sales
►
►
Within 2 years after the close of taxable quarter when such sales were
made
Cancellation of VAT registration
►
Registration is cancelled due to retirement from, cessation of business, or
d tto changes
due
h
iin or cessation
ti off status
t t as VAT taxpayer
t
►
Within 2 years from date of cancellation
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Filing of Returns and
Administrative Requirements
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Filing of Returns and Administrative
Requirements
►
If manual:
►
Monthly VAT declaration: within 20 days following the end of each month
►
Quarterly VAT return: within 25 days following the close of each taxable
quarter
q
►
►
►
Withholding VAT return: on the 10th day of the following month
If through Electronic Filing and Payment System (EFPS):
►
Monthly VAT declaration:
►
Filing:
g depends
p
on the industry
y classification of the taxpayer
p y
►
Payment: 25 days from the end of the month
►
Quarterly VAT return: same as the deadline for manual
►
Withholding VAT return: same as the deadline for manual
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Quarterly returns should reflect the cumulative totals of the sales,
purchases, output tax and input tax for the taxable quarter
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Filing of Returns and Administrative
Requirements
►
Quarterly Summary Lists of Sales (QSLS) and Quarterly Summary Lists of
Purchases (QSLP) are required for the following:
► Persons liable for VAT
► Before January 1, 2012
► Required for taxpayers with quarterly purchases not exceeding
P1,000,000 and quarterly sales not exceeding P2,500,000 are not
required to submit QSLS/P
► Beginning January 1, 2012
► All taxpayers
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Filing of Returns and Administrative
Requirements
►
Manner of Submission:
Manual:
► USB/CD/DVD to the RDO or LTDO or LTAD
► within 25 days following the close of each taxable quarter
► EFPS
► Through EFPS
► within 30 days following the close of each taxable quarter
►
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Other Percentage Taxes
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Persons Subject to Percentage Tax and the
Applicable Percentage Tax Rates
►
Tax on persons exempt from VAT –
►
Gross annual sales and/or receipts do not exceed P1,500,000, and not
VAT-registered
►
►
Cooperatives – exempt from the 3% gross receipts tax.
►
Rate: 3% of his gross monthly sales or receipts
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Threshold
Th
h ld iincreased
d ffrom P1
P1,500,000
500 000 tto P1,919,500
P1 919 500 beginning
b i i
January 1, 2012 pursuant to RR No. 11-2011
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Slide 52
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Filing of Returns and
Administrative Requirements
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Slide 53
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Filing of Returns and Administrative
Requirements
►
Payment: not be later than the 20th day following the end of each month.
For person retiring from a business – notify nearest RDO, file return and
pay the tax due thereon within 20 days after closing of business
►
►
►
Filing shall be made with:
► Authorized Agent Bank (AAB) within the territorial jurisdiction of the
Revenue District Office where the taxpayer is required to
register/conducting business.
► In case no AABs – with the Revenue Collection Officer or duly Authorized
City or Municipal Treasurer within the Revenue District Office where the
taxpayer is required to register/conducting business.
Consolidated return for head office and branches –
Required for large taxpayers
► Others – may opt to file either consolidated or individual returns
►
July 18, 2012
July 18, 2012
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Slide 54
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Withholding Taxes
July 18, 2012
Slide 55
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Different Kinds of Common Withholding
Taxes
Kinds
►
Expanded Withholding Tax
►
Final Withholding Tax
►
Income tax withheld on income
payments – full payment of income tax
due from payee
►
Withholding Value-Added
Tax (VAT)
►
VAT withheld – may be final or
creditable against VAT liability of payee
►
►
Fringe Benefit Tax
Income tax withheld on benefits of
officers
ffi
– full
f ll paymentt off related
l t d
income tax due from officers
►
Withholding Tax on Wages
►
Income tax withheld on compensation
of employees – payment of income tax
due on compensation to employees
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July 18, 2012
Nature
► Income tax withheld on income
payments – creditable against income
t d
tax
due from
f
payee
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Slide 56
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Who are Withholding Agents?
►
Any juridical person, whether or not engaged in trade or business;
►
An individual, with respect to payments made in connection with his
trade or business.
business
►
►
In exchanges or transfers of real property, the buyers, whether or
not engaged in trade or business, are constituted as withholding
agents. In any case, no Certificate Authorizing Registration (CAR)/
Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC) shall be issued to the buyer
unless the withholding tax due on the sale, transfer or exchange of
property has been duly paid.
All government offices including government
government-owned
owned or controlled
corporations, as well as provincial, city, and municipal governments
and barangays;
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Slide 57
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Who are Withholding Agents?
►
Agents, employees, or any person purchasing goods or
services/paying for and in behalf of the aforesaid withholding agents
► Provided that the ORs of payment/sales invoice shall be issued in
the name of the person whom the former represents and the
corresponding certificate of taxes withheld (BIR Form No. 2307)
shall immediately be issued upon withholding of the tax. (RR 3003 dated December 12, 2003)
►
Person having control over the payment and who, at the same time,
claims the expenses
July 18, 2012
July 18, 2012
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Slide 58
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
When the obligation to withhold arises
At the time an income payment is:
•
Paid, or
•
Payable,
y
, or
•
Accrued or recorded as an expense or asset, whichever is applicable, in the
payors books whichever comes first
(Section 2.57.4 of RR No. 2-98 as amended by Section 4 of RR No. 12-2001)
July 18, 2012
Slide 59
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Expanded Withholding Tax (EWT)
July 18, 2012
July 18, 2012
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Slide 60
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Basic Principles
► Only payments enumerated under the EWT regulations are subject to EWT.
► Payee and the payor must be residents of the Philippines (except payments
to non-resident aliens engaged in trade or business in the Philippines).
► Not
N t a fi
finall ttax.
► EWT Base:
– Gross billing on payments made to a Non-VAT registered supplier of
goods or services;
– Gross amount paid exclusive or net of VAT on payments made to a
VAT-registered supplier of goods and services
► CWT Certificate (BIR Form 2307)
► Furnished in triplicate within 20 days following the close of the taxable
quarter employed by the payee in filing his/its quarterly ITR unless
requested by the payee to be submitted simultaneously with the
income payment.
July 18, 2012
Slide 61
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Payments to which entities are not subject
to withholding
Section 2.57.5 of RR 2-98
A. National government and its instrumentalities and barangays except
government-owned and controlled corporations.
B. 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:
1. Sales of real property by a corporation which is registered with and certified by the
Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (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 or such adjusted amount of selling price for socialized
housing as may later be determined and adopted by the HLURB, as provided under
R.A. No. 7979 and its implementing regulations
(Underscored phrase – amendment introduced by RR No. 14-2002)
July 18, 2012
July 18, 2012
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Slide 62
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Payments to which entities are not subject
to withholding
2. Corporations duly registered with the BOI, PEZA and SBMA enjoying exemption
from income tax
3. Corporations which are exempt from the income tax under Section 30 of the Tax
Code:
• Government Service Insurance System (GSIS);
• Social Security System (SSS);
• Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC);
• Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO); and
However, the income payments arising from any activity which is conducted for
profit or income derived from real or personal property shall be subject to a
withholding tax as prescribed in these regulations.
4. General Professional Partnerships (RR 14-2002)
5 Joint ventures or consortia formed for the purpose of undertaking construction
5.
projects or engaging in petroleum, coal, geothermal & other energy operations
pursuant to an operating or consortium agreement under a service contract with
the government (RR 14-2002)
(Underscored phrase – amendment introduced by RR No. 14-2002)
July 18, 2012
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
EWT Rates
Payee
Tax Base
Tax Rate
Gross professional,
15 %* -- if the current
promotional and talent fees, or year’s gross income of
anyy other form of
payee
p
y exceeds
remuneration
P 720,000
(Fees, per diems, allowances,
and any other form of income 10 %* -- if the current
payments NOT subject to
year’s gross income of
withholding tax on
payee does not exceed
compensation)
P 720,000
• 10% - if without sworn declaration stating that his gross income has
exceeded P720,000

Taxable
Individuals
• 15% - if without sworn declaration that its gross income did not exceed
P720,000 starting July 1
• 15% - for the subsequent payments if accumulated payments within the year
exceeding P720,000 to a particular payee,
July 18, 2012
July 18, 2012
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Slide 64
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
EWT Rates
Payee

Tax Base
Gross professional,
promotional and talent
fees or any other form
off remuneration
i for
f
services
Taxable Juridical
Persons
Tax Rate
15% -- if the current
year’s gross income of
payee exceeds
P 20 000
P720,000
10% -- if the current
year’s gross income of
payee does not exceed
P720,000
(refer to previous slide)

Lessors of:
a Real Properties
a.
Gross rental
b. Personal Properties
c. Poles, satellites, and
transmission facilities
d. Billboards
July 18, 2012
Slide 65
5%
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Rentals of Real Property – 5%
Rentals of Real Properties
EWT Application
Income Payments
1.
Advance Rentals
Subject to EWT at the time of payment (RR
No. 2-98, as amended)
2.
Subsequent Rental
Payments
Subject to EWT at the time paid, payable, or
accrued (last month of the quarter claimed as
expense), whichever comes first (RR No. 2-98,
as amended)
3.
y Deposits
p
Security
Subject to EWT at the time applied as rentals
(BIR Ruling UN-042-2-8-94 dated January 24,
1988)
4.
Real Property Taxes
If paid by the lessee in behalf of the lessor –
subject to EWT (RR No. 2)
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July 18, 2012
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Slide 66
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
EWT Rates
Payee
Tax Base
Tax Rate

Cinematographic film
owners lessor,
owners,
lessor or
distributors, whether
individual or corporate
Gross payment
5%

General Engineering/
Building/ Specialty
Contractors
Gross payment
2%

Other Contractors
Gross p
payment
y
2%
July 18, 2012
Slide 67
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
RMC No. 39-2007 dated January 22, 2007
Tax treatment of agency fees and salaries of security guards
Tax Type
Income Tax
Treatment


Value-Added
Tax


Withholding
Tax
July 18, 2012
July 18, 2012
Page 34


Agency fees and salaries of the guards - deductible from
gross income (subject to withholding tax rules)
Amount deductible should be net of VAT (except if taxpayer
is not VAT registered)
Can claim input tax on agency fees, if supported by VAT ORs
(except if taxpayer is non-VAT)
Generally, no input VAT claimable on salaries of the guards
Agency fee – subject to 2% EWT
Salaries of guards – not subject to EWT if certain conditions
are met
Slide 68
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
EWT Rates
Payee
Tax Base
Tax Rate

Customs, insurance,
stock, real estate,
immigration and
commercial brokers and
agents of professional
entertainers
Gross commissions
or service fees (RR
17-2003)
10%

Business establishments
on payments made by
credit card companies for
sale of goods/services by
each business entity to
cardholders
dh ld
One-half (1/2) of
gross payments
1%
July 18, 2012
Slide 69
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
EWT Rates
Payee

Medical practitioners
(including doctors of
medicine veterinarians
medicine,
and dentists)
Tax Base
Professional fees
Tax Rate
15% -- if the income
payments to medical
practitioner exceeds
P720,000
10% -- if the income
payments to medical
practitioner does not
exceed P720,000
July 18, 2012
July 18, 2012
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Slide 70
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
EWT Rates
Payee
Income payments by Top
20,000 private corporations* to
their local/resident suppliers of
goods and services other than
those covered by other rates
of withholding tax

Tax Base
Tax Rate
a. Supplier of goods
Gross Selling Price,
or total amount of goods
or its equivalent
1%
b. Supplier of goods
Gross Payments
2%
* If notified by the BIR as Top 20,000 Corporation (TTC)
July 18, 2012
Slide 71
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
EWT Clarifications in RMC No. 72-2004
►
Payments to Meralco by TTC/GO/LTEWT base: current amount due appearing in the billing statement.
►
►
Payments to telecommunication companies by TTC/GO/LT on overseas
dispatch message or con
dispatch,
conversation
ersation originating in the Philippines
►
EWT rate: 2%
►
EWT base: amount paid less the overseas communications tax.
►
Payment to Meralco and telecommunications companies by the TTC/GO/LT
►
Payment for movie/concert tickets
►
►
►
EWT rate: 2% as payment for services
EWT rate:
t 2% as paymentt ffor services
i
Payment of interest on bank loans by the TTC/GO/LT and other fees paid to
the bank
►
EWT rate: 2%
July 18, 2012
July 18, 2012
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Slide 72
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
EWT Clarifications in RMC No. 72-2004
►
Payments for life and non-life insurance premium by the TTC/GO/LT to
domestic/resident foreign insurance companies
►
Premium
P
i
payments
t to
t insurance
i
companies
i th
through
hb
brokers
k
or agents
t or
any other person authorized to receive/collect payment on behalf of the
insurance company
►
►
EWT rate: 2% as payment for services
►
EWT rate: 2%
►
Withholding agent: payor or person having control over the payment.
However, payor is required to issue the certificate of taxes withheld (BIR
Form No. 2307) in the name of the insurance company, not in the name
of the insurance broker.
Payment made to Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) by
TTC/GO/LT
►
EWT rate: 2% as payment for services
July 18, 2012
Slide 73
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Final Withholding Tax (FWT)
July 18, 2012
July 18, 2012
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Slide 74
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Basic Principles
►
Full and final payment of the income tax due from the payee on a
particular type of income subject to FWT (e.g., interest on deposits,
royalties, etc.)
►
Limited only to the payee’s
payee s income tax liability and does not extend
to other taxes that may be imposed on said income.
►
Liability for the payment of the tax rests primarily on the payor as
withholding agent.
►
Payee is not required to file an income tax return for the particular
income subjected to FWT.
July 18, 2012
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Commonly used FWT Rates
Income Payment
Tax Rate

Gross income derived from all
sources within the Philippines such
as interests,
i t
t dividends,
di id d rents,
t
royalties, annuities emoluments, or
other fixed or determinable annual,
periodic or casual gains, profits and
income and capital gains (except
capital gains realized from sale,
exchange, disposition of shares of
stock in any domestic corporation
which
hi h is
i subject
bj t to
t CGT).
CGT)
30%
Non-resident
Foreign
Corporation

Interest income on Foreign Loans
contracted on or after August 1, 1986
20%
Non-resident
Foreign
Corporation
July 18, 2012
July 18, 2012
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Slide 76
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Payee
Tax Treaty Relief
RMO No. 72-2010
►
The following Tax Treaty Relief Applications (TTRAs) forms shall
henceforth be adopted to implement this RMO:
Form No.
Purpose
BIR Form No. 0901-P
For Business Profits
BIR Form No. 0901-T
For Profits from Shipping and Air Transport
BIR Form No. 0901-D
For Dividend Income
BIR Form No. 0901-I
For Interest Income
BIR Form No
No. 0901
0901-R
R
For Royalty Income
BIR Form No. 0901-C
For Capital Gains
BIR Form No. 0901-S
For Income from Services
BIR Form No. 0901-O
For Other Income Earnings
July 18, 2012
Slide 77
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Tax Treaty Relief Applications: RMO 72-2010
►
Shall only be submitted to and received by the International Tax
Affairs Division (ITAD).
►
Must be made BEFORE the transaction or before the first taxable
event.
►
Disqualification – failure to file with ITAD within the prescribed
period
July 18, 2012
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Slide 78
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT)
July 18, 2012
Slide 79
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Basic Principles
►
►
Fringe benefits furnished or granted to:
►
Rank and file employees
p y
–p
part of the employee’s
p y
g
gross
compensation income subject to WTW.
►
Non-rank and file employees – subject to FBT.
EMPLOYER is liable to FBT.
July 18, 2012
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Slide 80
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Fringe Benefit Tax Rate and Base
►
FBT Rate and FBT Base
– Generally – FBT rate = 32%; FBT base = monetary value of
benefit divide by 68%
– Non-resident alien individual who is not engaged in trade or business
i th
in
the Phili
Philippines
i
– FBT rate
t = 25%;
25% FBT b
base = monetary
t
value
l off
benefit divide by 75%
– If given to: (1) an alien individual employed by regional or area
headquarters of a multinational company or by regional operating
headquarters of a multinational company; (2) an alien individual
employed by an offshore banking unit of a foreign bank established in
the Philippines; (3) an alien individual employed by a foreign service
contractor or by a foreign service subcontractor engaged in
petroleum operations in the Philippines; and (4) any of their Filipino
individual employees who are employed and occupying the same
position as those occupied or held by the alien employees. – FBT
rate =15%; FBT base = monetary value of benefit divide by 85%
►
Gross Monetary Value (GMV) = Value of Benefit + FBT
July 18, 2012
Slide 81
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Fringe Benefits NOT Subject to FBT
1. Fringe benefits which are authorized and exempted from income tax
under the Code or under any special law;
2. Contributions of the employer for the benefit of the employee to
retirement insurance and hospitalization benefit plans;
retirement,
3. Benefits given to the rank and file, whether granted under a collective
bargaining agreement or not;
4. De minimis benefits – as will be discussed in detail in later slides;
5. If the grant of fringe benefits to the employee is required by the nature of,
or necessary to the trade, business or profession of the employer; or
6. If the grant of the fringe benefit is for the convenience or advantage of the
employer.
► If fringe benefit is exempt from FBT – may still form part of employee’s
gross compensation income subject to WTW
July 18, 2012
July 18, 2012
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Slide 82
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Valuation of Fringe Benefits (FB)
1. If FB is granted in money, or is
directly paid for by the employer
The value of the FB is the amount
granted or paid for.
2. If the FB is granted or furnished by
the employer in property other than
money and ownership is
transferred to the employee
The value of the FB shall be equal to
the FMV of the property as determined
in accordance with Section 6(E) of the
Tax Code (Authority of the Comm. To
Prescribe Real Property Values).
3. If the FB is granted or furnished by The value of FB is equal to the
the employer
p y in p
property
p y other than depreciation
p
value of the p
property.
p y
money but ownership is not
transferred to the employee
July 18, 2012
Slide 83
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Valuation of Fringe Benefits (FB)
► Computation of the FBT would entail:
1. valuation of the benefit granted; and
2. determination of the proportion or percentage of the benefit which is
j
to FBT –
subject
Nature of benefit given
Valuation of Fringe Benefit
1. If FB is granted in money, or is
directly paid for by the employer
Amount granted or paid for
2. If the FB is granted or furnished by
the employer in property other
than money and ownership is
p y
transferred to the employee
FMV of the property as determined in
accordance with Section 6(E) of the
Tax Code (Authority of the Comm. To
Prescribe Real Property
p y Values))
3. If the FB is granted or furnished by Depreciation of the property
the employer in property other
than money but ownership is not
transferred to the employee
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Slide 84
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Common Benefits
►
Housing
►
Expense account
►
Motor vehicle of any kind
►
Household expenses
►
Interest on loans at less than market rate to the extent of the difference
between the market rate and actual rate granted
►
Membership fees, dues, and other expenses borne by the employee in
social and athletic clubs or other similar organizations
►
Foreign travel expenses
►
Holiday and vacation expenses
►
Educational assistance to the employee and his dependents
►
Life or health insurance and other non-life insurance premiums
►
Stock options
July 18, 2012
Slide 85
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Housing Privileges – NRF
Housing Privilege
a. Lease of residential property for
residential use of employees
Monetary Value
MV = 50% x rental payments
Wh
Where:
MV = monetary
t
value
l off FB
b. Assignment of residential property
for use of employee as his usual
place of residence
Where: FMV =
ZV =
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July 18, 2012
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MV = [5% (FMV or ZV, whichever is
higher)] x 50%
Fair market value of the land improvement, as declared in the
Real Property Tax Declaration Form
Zonal Value as determined by the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue
Slide 86
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Housing Privileges – NRF
Housing Privilege
Monetary Value
c. Purchase of residential property on MV = 5% x AC x 50%
installment basis for use of
employees and ownership is not
Wh
Where:
AC = A
Acquisition
i iti Cost,
C t
transferred to employees
exclusive of interest
d. Purchase of residential property
and ownership is transferred in the
name of the employees
MV = AC or ZV, whichever is higher
e. Purchase of residential property
and transfer of ownership to
employees
p y
for residential use, at a
price less than the employer’s
acquisition cost
MV = FMV or ZV, (whichever is higher)
- Cost to the employees
July 18, 2012
Slide 87
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Motor Vehicle – NRF
Motor vehicles provided by the employer to its employees shall be treated as
follows:
Motor Vehicle
Monetary Value
a. Purchase of motor vehicle in the
name of the employee
b. Cash is given to the employee for
the purchase of the vehicle,
ownership is placed in the name of
the employee
c. Purchase of car on installment
basis, the ownership of which is
placed in the name of the
employee
July 18, 2012
July 18, 2012
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Slide 88
MV = AC
MV = Cash Received by
the Employee
However, if the cash given by the employer
to its employee is subjected to WTW, the
same shall not be subject to FBT
FBT.
MV = AC / 5
Where:
AC = Acquisition Cost, exclusive of interest
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Motor Vehicle – NRF
Motor vehicles provided by the employer to its employees shall be treated as
follows:
Motor Vehicle
Monetary Value
d Employer shoulders a portion of the
d.
purchase price, the ownership of which
is placed in the name of the employee
MV = Amount shouldered by the
employer
e. Employer owns and maintains a fleet
of motor vehicles for use of the
business and the employees
f. Employer leases and maintains a fleet
of motor vehicles for the use of the
business and the employees
July 18, 2012
Slide 89
MV = (AC/5) x50%
Exceptions:
Motor vehicles in the fleet which are
used for sales, freight, delivery, service
and other non-personal use.
MV = 50% x rental
payments
Exceptions:
Motor vehicles in the fleet which are
used for sales, freight, delivery, service
and other non-personal use
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Motor Vehicle – NRF
Motor vehicles provided by the employer to its employees shall be treated as
follows:
Motor Vehicle
Monetary Value
g. The use of aircraft (including
helicopters) owned and maintained by
the employer shall be treated as used
for business
N/A
(Not subject to FBT)
h. Use of yacht, whether owned or
maintained or leased by the employer
MV = Depreciation over
estimated useful life of 20 years
For “a” to “d”
►
The entire MV of the benefit shall be treated as taxable fringe benefit
regardless of whether the motor vehicle is used by the employee partly for
his personal purpose and partly for the benefit of his employer.
July 18, 2012
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Slide 90
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Withholding Tax on Wages (WTW)
July 18, 2012
Slide 91
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Basic Principles
►
“Compensation”
►
All remuneration for services p
performed by
y an employee
p y for his
employer under an employer-employee relationship, unless
specifically excluded by the Tax Code.
►
Even if the relationship of employer and employee does not exist any
longer at the time when payment is made
July 18, 2012
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Slide 92
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
WTW rate
Rates for computation of Annualized Income*
Over
But Not
Over
Amount Rate
Of Excess
Over
not o
over
er
10 000
10,000
5%
10,000
30,000
500+10%
10,000
30,000
70,000
2,500+15%
30,000
70,000
140,000
8,500+20%
70,000
140,000
250,000
22,500+25%
140,000
250,000
500,000
50,000+30%
250,000
500,000
over
125,000+32%
500,000
* Note that there are different tax tables for monthly/ semi-monthly/ weekly/
bi-weekly rates depending on the payroll period.
July 18, 2012
Slide 93
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
List of “De Minimis” Benefits: RR No. 5-2011
a) Monetized unused vacation leave credits of private employees not
exceeding 10 days during the year;
b) Monetized value of vacation and sick leave credits paid to government
officials and employees;
c) Medical cash allowance to dependents of employees, not exceeding
P750 per employee per semester or P125 per month;
d) Rice subsidy of P1,500 or 1 sack of 50 kg rice per month amounting to
not more than P1,500;
e) Uniform and clothing allowance not exceeding P4,000 per annum; (Now
P5,000 effective January 1, 2012 per RR No. 8-2012)
f)) Actual medical assistance, e.g.,
g medical allowance to cover medical and
healthcare needs, annual medical/executive check-up, maternity
assistance, and routine consultations, not exceeding P10,000 per annum;
g) Laundry allowance not exceeding P300 per month;
July 18, 2012
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
List of “De Minimis” Benefits
h) Employees achievement awards, e.g., for length of service or safety
achievement, which must be in the form of a tangible personal property
other than cash or gift certificate, with an annual monetary value not
exceeding P10,000, received by the employee under an established
written plana which does not discriminate in favor of highly paid
employees;
i) Gifts given during Christmas and major anniversary celebrations not
exceeding P5,000 per employee per annum;
j) Daily meal allowance for overtime work and night/graveyard shift not
exceeding 25% of the basic minimum wage on a per region basis.
► Benefits
B
fi given
i
that
h are not enumerated
d above
b
► Not considered as “de minimis” benefits,
► Shall be subject to income tax as well as withholding tax on
compensation income (shall mean FBT if given to NRF employees)
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Employees Qualified for Substituted Filing
a) Receiving purely compensation income (regardless of amount) during the
taxable year
b) Receiving the income only from one employer in the
the taxable year
Philippines during
c) Amount of tax due from the employee at the end of the year equals the
amount of tax withheld by the employer
d) Spouse also complies with all 3 conditions stated above.
e) Employer files the annual information return (BIR Form No. 1604-CF)
1604 CF)
f) Employer issues BIR Form 2316 (Oct 2002 ENCS) version to each
employee
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Employees NOT Qualified for Substituted
Filing
A. Deriving compensation from two or more employers concurrently or
successively at anytime during the taxable year.
B D
B.
Deriving
i i compensation
ti iincome, regardless
dl
off th
the amount,
t whether
h th ffrom a
single or several employers during the calendar year, the income tax of
which has not been withheld correctly (i.e. tax due is not equal to the tax
withheld) resulting to collectible or refundable return.
C. Whose gross compensation income do not exceed the statutory minimum
wage or Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) per month (Sixty Thousand
Pesos [PHP 60,000] a year, whichever is higher, including employees of
the government of the Philippines
Philippines, or any of its political subdivisions
subdivisions,
agencies or instrumentalities, with salary grades 1 to 3.
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Employees NOT Qualified for Substituted
Filing
D. Deriving other non-business, non-profession-related income in addition to
compensation income not otherwise subject to a final tax.
E R
E.
Receiving
i i purely
l compensation
ti iincome ffrom a single
i l employer,
l
although
lth
h
the income tax of which has been correctly withheld, but whose spouse
falls under Section 2.83A(A), (B), (C) and (D) of these Regulations.
F. Non-resident aliens engaged in trade or business in the Philippines
deriving purely compensation income, or compensation income and other
non-business, non-profession-related income.”
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Filing of Returns and
Administrative Requirements
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Deadlines for Filing and Payment of WT
Information
1. Monthly Return (BIR
Form 1601)*
Manual
Filing - Within 10 days after
the end of each month
except for taxes withheld for
the month of December
each year, which shall be
filed on or before January
15 of the following year
EFPS
Filing - Within 15 days after
the end of each month
except for taxes withheld for
the month of December
each year, which shall be
filed on or before January
20 of the following year
Payment - within 10 days
after the end of each month,
except for taxes withheld for
the month of December
each year, which shall be
paid on or before January
15 of the following year
Payment - within 15 days
after the end of each month,
except for taxes withheld for
the month of December
which shall be paid on or
before January 20 of the
following year
* Pursuant to Revenue Regulation (RR) No. 26-2002, taxpayers enrolled in the EFPS shall observe the
staggered filing deadlines of their tax returns of taxpayers based on industry classification.
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Deadlines for Filing and Payment of WT
Information
Manual
EFPS
2. Monthly Alphalist of
Payees (MAP) Whose
Income Received
Recei ed Have
Ha e
Been Subjected to
Withholding Tax
Within 10 days after the
end of each month except
for ta
taxes
es withheld
ithheld for the
month of December each
year, which shall be filed on
or before January 15 of the
following year
On or before January 31
and July 31 of each year.
Within 15 days after the
end of each month except
for ta
taxes
es withheld
ithheld for the
month of December each
year, which shall be filed on
or before January 20 of the
following year
On or before January 31
and July 31 of each year.
3. Semestral List of
Regular Suppliers of
Goods and Services**
** Only applicable to Companies that are considered as one of the Top 10,000
(Now Top 20,000) Private Corporations
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Deadlines for Filing and Payment of WT
Information
4. Annual Information
Return of Creditable
Income Taxes Withheld
(E
(Expanded)/Income
d d)/I
Payments Exempt from
Withholding Tax (BIR
Form 1604-E)
5. Certificates of Creditable
Tax Withheld (BIR Form
No. 2307) - to be issued
by the payor to the
payee
6. Annual Information
Return of Taxes Withheld
(BIR Form No. 1604 CF)
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Manual
On or before March 1 of the
following year
EFPS
On or before March 1 of the
following year
Within twenty (20) days
following the close of the
taxable quarter employed by
the payee in filing his
quarterly income tax return.
return
to be filed with the revenue
district office on or before
January 31 of the following
year in which payments were
made.
Within twenty (20) days
following the close of the
taxable quarter employed by
the payee in filing his
quarterly income tax return.
return
to be filed with the revenue
district office on or before
January 31 of the following
year in which payments were
made.
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Deadlines for Filing and Payment of WT
Information
Manual
7. Withholding VAT Return Deadline of filing and
(BIR Form 1600)
8. Fringe Benefit Tax (BIR
Form 1603) - Quarterly
Remittance Return of
Final Income Taxes
Withheld on Fringe
Benefits Paid to
Employees Other than
Rank and File
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payment: 10th day of the
following month
Deadline of filing and
payment: 10th day of the
following month
EFPS
Deadline of filing and
payment: 10th day of the
following month
Deadline of filing and
payment shall be five (5)
days later than the deadline
set under the manual filing
and payment system
Taxes Common to Taxpayers
Question and Answers
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Taxes Common to Taxpayers