Fiscal Incentives

These are the incentives PEZA provides its registered enterprises by virtue of The
Special Economic Zone Act of 1995 (RA 7916) and the Corporate Recovery and
Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act (RA 11534).
PEZA has the authority to approve or disapprove the grant of incentives to registered
projects or activities with investment capital of P1 Billion and below.

1. Export enterprises may be granted an Income Tax Holiday (ITH) of four (4)
to seven (7) years depending on the location and industry priorities*

2. After ITH, export enterprises can avail a 5% Special Corporate Income Tax
OR Enhanced Deductions for 10 years.

 Export companies availing the 5% SCIT based on gross income shall pay and
remit as follows:
o 3% to be remitted to the National Government
o 2% to be remitted to the Treasury of the host Local Government Unit

*PERIOD OF AVAILMENT OF INCENTIVES BASED ON LOCATION AND INDUSTRY

PRIORITIES

TIER I:
 Activities that:

o Have high potential for job creation;

o Take place in sectors with market failures resulting in under provision
of basic goods and services;
 o Generate value creation through innovation, upgrading, or moving up
the value chain;
o Provide essential support for sectors that are critical to industrial
development; and
o Are emerging owing to potential comparative advantage

TIER II:

 Activities that produce supplies, parts and components and intermediate

services that are not locally produced but are critical to industrial development
and import-substituting activities including crude oil refining.

TIER III:
 Activities shall include:

o Research and development resulting in demonstrably significant value-

added, higher productivity, improved efficiency, breakthroughs in
science and health, and high-paying jobs;
o Generation of new knowledge and intellectual property registered
and/or licensed in the Philippines;
o Commercialization of patents, industrial designs, copyrights and utility
models owned or co-owned by a registered business enterprise;
o Highly technical manufacturing; or
o Are critical to the structural transformation of the economy and require
substantial catch-up efforts

SUNSET PROVISION: 10-year transition period for companies availing incentives prior
to the passage of the CREATE Law

3. Tax-and-duty-free importation of capital equipment, raw materials, spare

parts or accessories

4. VAT exemption on importation and VAT zero-rating on local purchases for

goods and services directly or exclusively used in the registered project or
activity of export enterprise for the period of registration of the said project
or activity.

5. Domestic sales allowance of up to 30% of total sales

6. Exemption from payment of local government taxes and fees for the
duration of the period of availment of the 5% SCIT incentive
Non-Fiscal Incentives
Special non-immigrant visa with multiple entry privileges for foreign investors
and immediate family members

For the following non-resident Foreign Nationals in a PEZA-registered Economic Zone

Enterprise: Investor/s, officers, and employees in supervisory, technical or advisory
position, and their spouses and unmarried children under twenty-one years of age.
PEZA extends Visa Facilitation Assistance to foreign nationals their spouses and
dependents

Employment of foreign nationals

May be employed by PEZA-registered Economic Zone Enterprises in supervisory,

technical or advisory positions.

Long-term land lease of up to 75 years