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DA (C337) 818-09 - Liquidating Div
DA (C337) 818-09 - Liquidating Div
Gentlemen :
This refers to your letter dated November 17, 2008, as indorsed by the
Regional Director, Revenue Region No. 15, Zamboanga City, requesting in effect for
an exemption from taxes on the transfer of real properties by Dipolog A.G. Lim Sons,
Incorporated (DAGLSI) as liquidating dividends to its individual stockholders.
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covered by TCT No. T-11775 of the Register of Deeds of Dipolog City;
4.) A parcel of land situated at Quezon cor. Mabini Sts., Dipolog City,
identified as Lot 3, Pcs-12579, containing an area of THREE
HUNDRED FIFTY TWO (352) SQUARE METERS, more or less, and
covered by TCT No. T-11773 of the Register of Deeds of Dipolog City,
with its existing improvements; AIaDcH
5.) A parcel of land situated at Rizal Ave. cor. Osmeña St., Dipolog City,
identified as Lot 2-A, Psd-09-0055485, containing an area of FIVE
HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE (525) SQUARE METERS, more or less,
which is covered by TCT No. T-11659 of the Register of Deeds of
Dipolog City;
6.) A parcel land * (1)situated at Rizal Ave., Dipolog City, identified as Lot
2-B, Psd-09-005485, containing an area of THREE HUNDRED
THIRTY TWO (332) SQUARE METERS, more or less, which is
covered by TCT No. T-12634 of the Register of Deeds of Dipolog City;
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amount of money in the total sum of P2,000,000.00.
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"SEC. 8. Taxation of Surrender of Shares by the Investor Upon
Dissolution of the Corporation and Liquidation of Assets and Liabilities of
said Corporation. —
Also, in BIR Ruling No. 039-02 dated November 11, 2002, the Commissioner
had ruled that the liquidating gain, i.e., the difference between the fair market value of
the properties received vis-à-vis the cost basis of the shares to the stockholders,
derived by an individual stockholder who is a citizen or a resident alien is subject to
ordinary income tax rates prescribed under Section 24 (A) (1) of the Tax Code of
1997, as amended, or under Section 25 (A) (1) and B thereof, in case of a non-resident
alien individual. Applying the foregoing, the gain, if any, derived by the stockholders
shall be subject to the regular income tax imposed under Section 27 of the 1997 Tax
Code, as amended.
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(BIR Ruling No. 021-89 dated February 1991)
Finally, the capital gain so realized shall be subject to income tax at the rates
prescribed under Section 27 of the Tax Code of 1997, as amended, and that pursuant
to Section 39 (B) of the same Code, only 50% of the said capital gain is reportable for
income tax purposes if the shares were held by the individual stockholders for more
than 12 months and 100% of the capital gain if the shares were held by the individual
stockholders for not more than 12 months. SIHCDA
This ruling is being issued on the basis of the foregoing facts as represented.
However, if upon investigation, it will be ascertained that the facts are different, then
this ruling shall be considered as null and void.
By:
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Endnotes
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* Copied verbatim from the official copy. The phrase "parcel land" should read as
"parcel of land."
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* Note from the Publisher: Copied verbatim from the official copy.
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