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**Privilege stores are stalls or outlets not permanently fixed to the ground which are put up during special events
such as festivals and fiestas hence they are not considered as business due to their limited activity
Who are business taxpayers?
- Includes any individual, trust, estate, partnership, corporation, joint venture, cooperative or association.
RULES:
1. Each person, natural or juridical, is a taxable person for purposes of business taxation
2. Husband and wife are separate taxpayers
3. A parent company is a separate taxable person with its subsidiary company and each subsidiary company is a
taxable person
4. Home office and branch offices of the same business are one, not separate taxable person.
5. Proprietorship is not a juridical entity. Its sales and receipts is subject to business tax to the individual
proprietor. Multiple proprietorship businesses of the same individual is taxable to that individual as the
taxpayer.
Answer: The Gross Receipts shall be the P10,000 computed as P9,500 / 95%
Note: Amount withheld shall form part of gross receipts because these are in constructive possession and not
subject to any reservation, the withholding agent is merely a conduit in the collection process.
Business with Mixed Activities
- engaged in both sales of goods or properties and sales of services.
BUSINESS AND TRANSFER TAXES
EXEMPT SALE OF GOODS PROPERTIES, AND SERVICES
Aside from VAT exemption the SC and PWD are also given 20% discount on the sales of these goods
ILLUSTRATION:
SC PWD
VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS EXEMPT VATABLE
MEDICAL DRUGS EXEMPT EXEMPT
EYE GLASSES and WHEELCHAIRS EXEMPT VATABLE
HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN SUPPLIES VATABLE VATABLE
CASKETS AND URNS EXEMPT EXEMPT
MEMORIAL LOT VATABLE VATABLE
Sale Of Cooperatives
- ALL TRANSACTIONS OF COOPERATIVES OF ANY KIND TO MEMBERS ARE EXEMPT TO BUSINESS TAX EXCEPT
ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES
- Transactions to Non-members on related activities are subject to business tax if accumulated reserves
exceeds P10,000,000
- Unrelated activities regardless of type of cooperative is subject to business tax whether to members or non-
members.
Employment
- To be exempt there MUST be an employer – employee relationship.
- Professionals earning income outside of the employer-employee relationship are subject to business taxes
Residential Leasing
- Lease of residential unit with monthly rental not exceeding P15,000
- Residential units includes apartments and houses and lots used for residential purposes, and buildings or
parts or units thereof used as dwelling places such as, dormitories, rooms and bed spaces, except motels,
motel rooms, hotels and hotel rooms, lodging houses, inns and pension houses.
- The term units shall mean:
◦ An apartment unit for apartment
◦ A house in the case of residential houses
◦ Per person incase of dormitories, boarding houses and bed spaces
◦ Per room in the case of rooms for rent
Lease Of Passenger Or Cargo Vessels And Aircrafts, Including Spare Parts And Equipment Thereof
- Similar to import and sales, the leasing of vessels and aircrafts including spare parts and equipment are VAT-
Exempt.
Illustration:
Yacht VATABLE
Tanker EXEMPT
Fishing Boat VATABLE
Cargo Plane EXEMPT
Private Jets VATABLE