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NIRC. Section 116. Tax on Persons Exempt from Value-Added Tax (VAT)
Any person whose sales or receipts are exempt under Section 109(CC) of this Code from the
payment of value-added tax and who is not a VAT-registered person shall pay a tax
equivalent to three percent (3%) of his gross quarterly sales or receipts: Provided, that
cooperatives, shall be exempt from the payment of the three percent (3%) gross receipts tax
herein imposed: Provided, further, that effective July 1, 2020 until June 30, 2023, the rate
shall be one percent (1%).*
*As amended by the new CREATE Law passed into law on March 26, 2021.
Requisites:
Exemption:
1. Cooperatives
2. Marginal income earners
3. Qualified individuals who opted for the 8% income tax option
NIRC Section 117. Percentage Tax on Domestic Carriers and Keepers of Garages.
Cars for rent or hire driven by the lessee; transportation contractors, including persons who
transport passengers for hire, and other domestic carriers by land for the transport of
passengers (except owners of bancas and owners of animal-drawn two wheeled vehicle), and
keepers of garages shall pay a tax equivalent to three percent (3%) of their quarterly gross
receipts.
NIRC Section 118. Percentage Tax on International Carriers.
(A) International air carriers doing; business in the Philippines on their gross receipts
derived from transport of cargo from the Philippines to another country shall pay a tax of
three percent (3%) of their quarterly gross receipts.
(B) International shipping carriers doing business in the Philippines on their gross receipts
derived from transport of cargo from the Philippines to another country shall pay a tax
equivalent to three percent (3%) of their quarterly gross receipts.
Common Carriers
Domestic Carriers
covers
o cars for rent or hire driven by the lessee;
o transportation contractors, including persons who transport passengers
for hire,
o and other domestic carriers by land for the transport of passengers
excludes bancas and owners of animal-drawn two wheeled vehicle
International carriers
Domestic
VAT VAT
International
0% VAT 0% VAT
Outgoing
Exempt Exempt
International
Incoming
International Carriers
Passengers Cargoes
Sea or air
Franchise Tax
Applicable to:
NIRC Section 126. Tax on Winnings. Every person who wins in horse races shall pay
a tax equivalent to ten percent (10%) of his winnings or ‘dividends’, the tax to be
based on the actual amount paid to him for every winning ticket after deducting the
cost of the ticket: Provided, That in the case of winnings from double,
forecast/quinella and trifecta bets, the tax shall be four percent (4%). In the case of
owners of winning race horses, the tax shall be ten percent (10%) of the prizes.
The tax herein prescribed shall be deducted from the ‘dividends’ corresponding to
each winning ticket or the ‘prize’ of each winning race horse owner and withheld by
the operator, manager or person in charge of the horse races before paying the
dividends or prizes to the persons entitled thereto.
The operator, manager or person in charge of horse races shall, within twenty (20)
days from the date the tax was deducted and withheld in accordance with the
second paragraph hereof, file a true and correct return with the Commissioner in the
manner or form to be prescribed by the Secretary of Finance, and pay within the
same period the total amount of tax so deducted and withheld.
(B) Exemptions. – The tax imposed by this Section shall not apply to:
Applicable to:
Liable
Diplomatic services
International organizations
News services
Government
Money changers
Pawnshops
Illustration:
NIRC Section 127. Tax on Sale, Barter or Exchange of Shares of Stock Listed and
Traded through the Local Stock Exchange or through Initial Public Offering.
(A) Tax on Sale, Barter or Exchange of Shares of Stock Listed and Traded
through the Local Stock Exchange.
There shall be levied, assessed and collected on every sale, barter, exchange or other
disposition of shares of stock listed and traded through the local stock exchange
other than the sale by a dealer in securities, a tax at the rate of six-tenths of one
percent (6⁄10of 1%) of the gross selling price or gross value in money of the shares of
stock sold, bartered, exchanged or otherwise disposed which shall be paid by the
seller or transferor.
(B) Tax on Shares of Stock Sold or Exchanged Through Initial Public Offering.
There shall be levied, assessed and collected on every sale, barter, exchange or other
disposition through initial public offering of shares of stock in closely held
corporations, as defined herein, a tax at the rates provided hereunder based on the
gross selling price or gross value in money of the shares of stock sold, bartered,
exchanged or otherwise disposed in accordance with the proportion of shares of
stock sold, bartered, exchanged or otherwise disposed to the total outstanding
shares of stock after the listing in the local stock exchange: Up to twenty-five percent
(25%) 4%; Over twenty-five percent (25%) but not over thirty-three and one third
percent (33 1/3%) 2%; Over thirty-three and one third percent (33 1/3%) 1%. The tax
herein imposed shall be paid by the issuing corporation in primary offering or by the
seller in secondary offering.
Applicable to:
Gross selling price or gross value of money of the shares of stock sold, in
accordance with the proportion of the shares of stocks to the total
outstanding shares of stock after listing in the local stock exchange
Stocks Transactions Tax
Applicable to:
Every sale, barter, exchange or disposition of shares listed and traded thru a
local stock exchange, other than by a dealer in securities
Tax Rate:
60% of 1%