Dear Valued Clients and Friends, Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 30-2020: Amending Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) No. 29-2020 and clarifications on RMC 28-2020 relative to the Extension of deadlines for the filing of CY 2019 Income Tax Returns and other various returns and payment of taxes due thereon. Required attachments for the filing of Annual Income […]
By: MARK ANTHONY TAMAYO March 26, 2020 Last of two parts Last week, we discussed the salient features of the recently issued Customs Administrative Order (CAO) 02-2020 in relation to the dispute settlement and protest rules arising from tariff classification issues. Such issues may affect the assessment of duties, taxes and other charges on imported […]
By: Mark Anthony P. Tamayo on August 29, 2019 Under Republic Act 10963, or the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act (Train), the excise tax rates (which went up from last year’s rates) on diesel, bunker fuel and gasoline will further increase in 2020. A likely consequence of an excise […]
By: Euney Marie J. Mata-Perez on August 22,2019 With the passage of Republic Act 11346, which increases the excise tax on tobacco products to P45 per pack by 2020 from the current P35, Congress is quickly working on the passage of the other bills comprising the so-called Package […]
By: Euney Marie J. Mata-Perez on August 1, 2019 There is a specific rationale behind the imposition of value-added tax (VAT). VAT was not intended to be imposed on every transaction or transfer. Its imposition must bear some relevance to the taxpayer’s role or link in the production […]