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INSTRUCTION: In your answer sheet, shade the letter d. That the prescriptive period for the tax has
that corresponds to the best answer. elapsed.
1. Which of the following statements is not correct? 7. Which of the following business taxes serve more
a. The power to tax is inherent to the existence the regulatory functions of taxation?
of the government which could be exercised a. Value Added tax
even without its provision in the Constitution. b. Percentage tax (OPT)
b. Taxation is the strongest among the inherent c. Excise tax on production or importation
powers of the State and considered as an d. Sales tax
absolute power.
c. Constitutional tax provisions limit the exercise 8. This type of tax escape will not result to loss in
of taxation power. government revenue.
d. Taxes appropriated for National Defense may a. Tax evasion
be regarded as for public purposes. b. Tax exemption
c. Tax shifting
2. Taxes are public money which should be used for d. Tax fraud
public purposes. Which of the following
appropriations is not regarded for public purpose? 9. This duty tax is imposed to offset foreign subsidy
a. Appropriation for public education granted to imported goods to the prejudice of our
b. Appropriation for Comprehensive Agrarian local industries.
Reform Program of the government. a. Countervailing duty
c. Appropriation for the church activities b. Discriminatory duty
d. Appropriation for governmental projects c. Dumping duty
d. Marking duty
3. What Constitutional provision is described when
tax bill is required to be presented for the 10. Which of the following is not subject to
approval of the executive branch of the withholding tax?
government? a. Maternity benefits under Social Security Act,
a. Legislative in nature advanced by employer.
b. Non-impairment clause b. 15 days monetized unused vacation leave paid
c. Due process of law during the year.
d. President’s power to veto c. 15 days paid sick leave availed during the
year.
4. Which of the following fees is considered as tax? d. Overtime pay.
a. License fee
b. Postage fee 11. X Company’s request for extension to file income
c. Surcharge fee tax return has been approved by the BIR
d. Automobile registration fee Commissioner. Which of the following statement
is correct with regards to this delay of filing and
5. Which of the following correctly describes the payment of tax? X Company
primary purpose of taxation? a. Will be subject only to interest imposed by
Fiscal Regulatory law and will not be subject to 25% surcharge.
purpose purpose b. Will be subject to interest and applicable
a. To raise revenue Yes No surcharge.
b. To check inflation Yes No c. Will be subject to interest and 25% surcharge.
c. To discourage d. Will be subject to interest and 50% surcharge.
consumption of harmful No No
products 12. When is the due date of paying tax by installment?
d. To limit influx of foreign First installment 2nd installment
products Yes Yes a. When the return is On or before July 15
filed
6. A taxpayer gives the following reasons in refusing b. April 15 of next year On or before June 30
to pay a tax. Which of his reasons is not c. January 1 of current On or before April 15
acceptable for legally refusing to pay the tax? year
a. That he has been deprived of due process of d April 15 of current July 15 next year
law. year
b. That there is lack of territorial jurisdiction.
c. That he derives no direct benefit from the
tax.
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14. On August 1, 2010, Persistent Company received a 19. It refers to the basic principle to a sound tax
letter from the CTA denying its appeal for system which states that the collection of taxes
reconsideration regarding the adverse decision of should be proportionate to the taxpayer’s ability
the BIR. When is the last day to appeal to the to pay.
Supreme Court (SC)? a. Administrative feasibility
a. No need to appeal to the SC because the CTA b. Theoretical justice
already denied the protest. c. Fiscal adequacy
b. August 16, 2010 d. Tax policy
c. September 1, 2010
d. September 30, 2010 20. Which of the following could exercise the levying
aspect of taxation?
15. X is a delinquent taxpayer. One of his real a. Barangay council
properties has been levied by the BIR for the b. City mayor
satisfaction of his tax delinquency: c. Judiciary
Date the real property was January 5, d. The President of the Philippines.
levied 2010
Date the real property levied March 1, 2010 21. The managerial employee was sent by the
was sold employer to a conference in other country. Which
When is the last day for X to redeem the real of the following is correct?
property? a. His inland travel expense outside the country
a. Redemption of the levied property is not in the amount of $250 per day is subject to
allowed because it was already sold. fringe benefit tax.
b. March 30, 2010. b. The cost of his first class place ticket is subject
c. March 1, 2011. to fringe benefit tax.
d. March 1, 2012. c. 30% of his 1st class plane ticket is taxable
with fringe benefit tax.
16. Which of the following is not an authority granted d. 100% of the cost of the 1st class plane ticket is
by law to the commissioner of the BIR? the expense of the employee.
a. To define, fix tax rates and amend the same
b. To interpret tax laws and decide tax cases 22. Mr. W, a watch dealer, sold second hand watches
c. To obtain information, summon, examine and by installment for P1,000 each. The initial
take testimony of persons payment is 30% and the remaining balance is
d. To make assessments and prescribes payable within 2 consecutive years. He presented
additional requirements for tax administration his income tax return to the BIR paying the related
and enforcement tax by installment. The BIR Assessor refused to
accept the installment payment because the
17. The BIR Commissioner is authorized to inquire into selling price does not exceed P1,000. Is the BIR
the bank deposit of a taxpayer in the following Assessor correct?
instances, except a. Yes, because the selling price does not exceed
a. To determine the gross estate of a decedent P1,000 per watch.
person. b. Yes, because the initial payment exceeds 25%
b. To determine the correct gross income of a of the selling price.
taxpayer who is believed not declaring his c. No, because the watches sold are part of Mr.
true income. W’s inventory thereby the sale is a regular
c. When a taxpayer entered into a tax sale of personal property. The rules on 25%
compromise with the government. initial payments and P1,000 selling price
d. When the taxpayer waives his right under the should not be applied.
Bank Secrecy Law. d. No, because the selling price does not exceed
P1,000 per watch sold.
18. The books of accounts shall be kept in
i. Native language 23. All of the following are income within, except
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a. dividends declared by domestic corporation. payable on January 15, 200B. The income tax on
b. salaries earned by Filipino overseas contract this income accrues on
workers. a. November 30, 200A.
c. interest on bonds issued by domestic b. December 15, 200A.
corporation. c. December 31, 200A.
d. income from business located in the d. January 15, 200B.
Philippines.
29. Which of the following is a taxable income?
24. Which of the following is incorrect? a. Income from a qualified pension plan
Taxable b. Compensation for personal injuries
income c. Stock dividend received
Year Year d. Sick leave with pay
1 2
a. Rent for year 2 collected in No Yes 30. William Galam was retired by his employer
year 1 corporation in 200A and paid P1,000,000 as a
b. Income from year 1 sales Yes No retirement gratuity. The corporation became
collected in yr 2 bankrupt in 200B. Can the BIR subject the
c. Services for year 1, collected No Yes P1,000,000 retirement gratuity to income tax?
in year 2 First answer: Yes, if the retirement gratuity was
d. Income from year 2 sales, paid based on a reasonable pension plan where
collected in William Galam was 50 years old and has served
advance in year 1 No Yes the corporation for 10 years.
Second answer: No, if William Galam was forced
25. Which of the following is correct? by the corporation to retire.
Reportable a. Only the first answer is correct.
subject to b. Only the second answer is correct.
Final tax Tax c. Both answers are correct.
Return d. Both answers are incorrect.
a. Compensation income No No
b. Business income Yes Yes 31. Which of the following is considered as taxable
c. Passive income earned Yes No compensation income?
within a. Cost of living allowance
d. Capital gain on real b. Social Security System Benefits
estate Yes Yes c. Retirement pay under a duly BIR approved
(capital asset) benefit plan
d. Retrenchment pay
26. Which of the following is subject to 10% final tax?
a. Interest income from savings account 32. Which of the following is considered as
b. Royalty income from franchise nontaxable compensation income?
c. Royalty income from patent a. Transportation allowance regularly received
d. Royalty income from literary works by a rank-and-file employee in the
performance of his duty
27. Which of the following dividends is subject to b. Excess amount of actual business expenses
income tax? not returned to the employer.
a. Dividend received by domestic corporation c. Salary
from another domestic corporation d. Sick leave pay
b. Dividend received by a resident foreign
corporation from a domestic corporation 33. Which of the following is income to the recipient?
c. Dividend received by nonresident foreign a. Stock option
corporation from a domestic corporation. b. Stock dividend
d. Received by nonresident foreign corporation c. Pre-emptive stock right
from another nonresident foreign corporation d. Stock warrant
28. X, an individual is a holder of 10,000 shares of Y 34. If a property is received in lieu of cash
Corporation. On December 15, 200A, he received compensation, the basis of tax is the
a notice from Y Corporation that it declared P5 a. supposed amount of cash to be received.
cash dividend per share on November 30, 200A to b. agreed value of the property received.
stockholder of records as of December 31, 200A, c. fair market value of the property received.
d. salvage value of the property received.
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36. Which of the following tax refund is reportable as 42. If the beneficiary is the estate or the insured
taxable income? person and he outlived the life insurance policy,
a. Income tax refund thus, receiving the entire amount of policy, such
b. Real property tax refund for capital asset amount is
property a. taxable.
c. Documentary stamp tax for deed of sale of b. nontaxable.
capital asset c. taxable to the extent of excess over premium
d. Local taxes refund for taxes incidental to paid.
conduct of business d. nontaxable to the extent of the excess over
the premium paid.
37. When there are no beginning and ending
inventories of farm crops harvested, which of the 43. Eddie resigned from his employment and received
following is true? P25,000 separation pay. Glory received P30,000 as
Cash Accrual her terminal pay due to retrenchment legally
Method Method enforced by her employer. Joseph received
a. Income is Greater Lesser P35,000 termination pay when he was dismissed
b. Expense is Lesser Greater due to gross negligence.
c. Income is The same The same a. Only the separation pay of Eddie is taxable.
d. Expense is Greater Lesser b. Only the terminal pay of Glory is not taxable.
c. Only the termination pay of Joseph and Glory
38. Which of the following income earned/received in are not taxable.
the Philippines by a citizen is subject to income d. Only the separation pay of Eddie and Joseph
tax? are not taxable.
a. Winnings in Philippine Charity Sweepstake
lottery 44. Which of the following is taxable?
b. SSS or GSIS benefits a. SSS and GSIS benefit
c. Gains from sale of 3-year bond b. Social security benefit received by a
d. Value of property received as gift balikbayan from employer abroad.
c. Separation pay received by a 50-year old
39. The following are taxable compensation for employee due to the retrenchment program
injuries except of the employer.
a. interest from nontaxable damages. d. Personnel Economic Relief Allowance
b. compensatory liquidated damages.
c. damages for loss of goods and other 45. There shall be no recognition of gain or loss on
belongings. a. sale of treasury stock below cost.
d. damages for unrealized profit. b. original sale of shares of stocks above par
value.
40. Eddie resigned from his employment and received c. receipt of shares of stocks for a property.
P25,000 separation pay. Glory received P30,000 as d. exchange of shares of stocks for a bond
her terminal pay due to retrenchment legally investment.
enforced by her employer. Joseph received
P35,000 termination pay when he was dismissed 46. In 200B, the BIR discovered and ascertained that
due to gross negligence. Y, a domestic corporation engaged in business of
a. Only the separation pay of Eddie is taxable. leasing real properties, underdeclared its rental
b. Only the terminal pay of Glory is not taxable. income amounting to P1,000,000 in 200A. Y
c. Only the termination pay of Joseph and Glory denied having received or earned the amount as
are not taxable. unreported income for 200A explaining that part
d. Only the separation pay of Eddie and Joseph of the said amount totaling P600,000 was
are not taxable. collected by its president who did not turn the
same to the corporation in 200A and the
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reimbursed in the full amount. How much is the In addition, Mr. Smith presented P200,000
amount of monetary value subject to FBT? operating expenses which cannot properly be
identified whether or not incurred in the
a. P408,000
Philippines. How much is the amount of operating
b. P544,000
expenses for Philippine income tax purposes?
c. P680,000
a. P600,000
d. P816,000
b. P450,000
c. P440,000
79. Mr. Flo sold his personal car for P700,000 which
d. P400,000
he previously acquired two years ago for
P1,000,000 with an estimated useful life of 5
83. Miss Dianne Torres showed the following income
years. How much is the reportable capital gain
and expenses during the year:
(loss) on the sale of the car?
Compensation income as a P250,000
a. (P300,000)
teacher
b. P 50,000
Sales of wagwag business 300,000
c. P 100,000
Cost of sales 80,000
d. P 200,000
Operating expenses
(without documentations) 50,000
80. R Corporation has 100,000 authorized common
How much is the deductible cost of sale and
shares with a par value of P100 per share. The
operating expense if Dianne opted to deduct OSD?
incorporators subscribed twenty-five percent of
Cost of Operating
the shares at a premium of five percent (5%) of
sale expense
which sixty percent (60%) were issued due to full
a. P - 0 - P -0-
payment. During the initial public offering, other
b P 80,000 P120,000
investors subscribed 30,000 shares at P150 per
.
share of which 100% were issued due to full
c. P 80,000 P 88,000
payment. How much is the taxable gain?
d P130,000 P 50,000
a. P - 0 -
.
b. P20,000
c. P21,250
84. If the actual interest incurred in the conduct of
d. P 2,500
business is P10,000, and if part of a domestic
corporate taxpayer’s income is interest amounting
81. Loakan Corporation sold the residential building
to P16,000, net of final tax, what is the amount
used in business as a housing privilege of its
allowed as deductible interest expense from
employees. The residential building was sold for
business income?
P10,000,000. It was previously constructed at
a. P10,000
P8,000,000 with recorded accumulated
b. P 6,600
depreciation of P7,500,000. The corporation
c. P 3,400
wrote the BIR to avail of the tax exemption
d. P 2,500
privilege because it plans to use the entire sales
proceeds to construct a new residential building
85. Mr. Tee, a taxpayer reporting in cash basis, shows
amounting to P10,000,000. If Loakan used all the
the following interest expense related to his
P10,000,000 to construct a new residential
business during the year:
building for its employees, how much is the
Interest paid in advance P20,000
amount subject to tax exemption?
Interest paid to a brother 12,000
a. P - 0 -
Interest paid on delinquency 8,000
b. P 2,000,000
taxes
c. P 2,500,000
Interest on borrowings to
d. P10,000,000
finance his family home 30,000
Interest paid to finance his 100,000
82. Mr. Smith, a nonresident alien, who is engaged in
house
business in the Philippines, presented the
If Mr. Tee has an interest income of P10,000
following incomes and expenses during the
earned from the bank, how much is the deductible
taxable year:
and nondeductible interest expense during the
Philippines Australia
year?
Gross income P1,000,000 P4,000,000
Deductible Nondeductible
Operating 400,000 2,200,000
a. P28,000 P142,000
expenses
b P 8,000 P162,000
.
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88. A Filipino taxpayer supports the following 91. Mr. Q, a minimum wage earner, reveals the
dependents for their chief financial needs: following income and expenses during the taxable
Mentally retarded legitimate son (40 years year:
old); Gross compensation P78,000
Legitimate son (25 years old); income
Legitimate daughter (20 years old) and her 13th month pay 6,500
husband (21 years old) Overtime pay 10,000
Illegitimate daughter (10 years old); SSS contribution 3,000
Adopted child (6 years old); Philhealth contribution 2,500
Wife without income; Cellphone repair 200,000
Senior citizen mother; and revenue
A brother (20 years old) Operating expenses 80,000
How much is the amount of his total personal How much is Mr. Q’s net taxable income before
exemptions allowed from his P300,000 gross personal exemption?
compensation income? a. None, because Mr. Q is a minimum wage
a. P175,000 earner.
b. P150,000 b. P 82,500.
c. P125,000 c. P120,000.
d. P100,000 d. P202,500.
89. A citizen taxpayer has P240,000 gross salary 92. On its 5th year of operation, a domestic
income for year 200x. Among the personal corporation reported an operating loss of
expenses he incurred during the year are P200,000 after operating expenses of P1,000,000.
payments for six months health insurance Its income tax payable for the period is
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c. P350,000
d. P500,000