Professional Documents
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MARCH 7, 2021
I.
II.
a. The 2 kinds of double taxation are: Double taxation in
the broad sense where a taxpayer is liable for taxes
imposed by different taxing authorities or States; and
the double taxation in the strict sense where the same
subject is taxed for the same purpose, within the
same period, in the same territory, by the same
taxing authority, of the same kind and character of
taxes.
b. Yes. The advice of the BIR is correct as long as the
corporation is a domestic corporation.
III.
a. As to its purpose, compromise is mutual concession by
the parties to avoid litigation or put an end to an
existing one while tax abatement is the cancellation of
the tax due by the BIR.
V.
a. The properties are subject to estate tax but not to
gross estate tax as the estate of the deceased is not
taxed based on gross but on its net.
b. Yes. He is allowed.
VI.
a. The grounds for the suspension of the running of the
statute of limitations in the collection and enforcement
of internal revenue taxes are:
VII.
a. No. CDE Corp. cannot claim the premiums paid as
deductions from income tax.
Under the Tax Code, premiums paid by the employer
on an insurance on the life of its employee is not
considered as a business expense which is allowed as
a deduction from the gross income. Moreover, such
premiums paid on life insurance is not among the
allowable deductions enumerated under Sec. 34 of the
Tax Code.
VIII.
a. The concept of Bona fide Arm’s Length Rule in relation
to the amendments made under the TRAIN Law on
Donor’s Tax simply means that a sale or transfer of a
property by one will not be considered as a transfer
for insufficient consideration provided that the sale or
transfer is a bona fide transaction with no donative
intent on the part of the transferor.
IX.
a. If I were the judge, I will dismiss the case for lack of
jurisdiction over the subject matter.
Here, the action was filed with the Regional Trial Court
instead of the CTA who has the exclusive jurisdiction
over cases relating to the BIR’s implementation of the
Tax Code.
X.
a. The sale is subject to Capital Gains Tax.
XI.
a. No. The BIR is wrong because the Train Law is not
applicable.
XIII.
a. Under the Tax Code, the BIR has a period of 3 years,
counted from the date prescribed by law for the filing
of the return or payment, within which to assess the
tax due of the taxpayer.
XIV.
a. The requirements of a valid waiver of statute of
limitations are:
-The waiver must be made within the period
to assess;
- It must be dated;
- Executed by the taxpayer himself;
- Accepted by the authorized officer of the
BIR;
- The period agreed upon must be expressly
provided.
XV.
a. Yes. Makati City can collect RPT on the land and
building leased for commercial activities, but not on
the land and building used for educational purposes.
In this case, not all but only some portions of the land
and buildings of the University are actually, directly
and exclusively used for educational purposes.
XVI.
a. No. Only the deduction claimed for family home is
correct.
XVII.
a. Under the Local Government Code, these properties
are exempt from real property taxes:
XVIII.
a. Transactions done “in the course of trade or business”
for purposes of applying VAT includes, among others,
the sale of goods, sale of services, lease of property,
and importation of goods.
XX.
a. The following are the instances where gifts made are
exempt from donor’s tax: