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(H) The term 'resident foreign corporation' applies to a (T) The term 'securities' means shares of stock in a
foreign corporation engaged in trade or business within the corporation and rights to subscribe for or to receive such
Philippines. shares. The term includes bonds, debentures, notes or
certificates, or other evidence or indebtedness, issued by
any corporation, including those issued by a government other provisions of this Title, as 'ordinary loss' shall be
or political subdivision thereof, with interest coupons or in treated as loss from the sale or exchange of property
registered form. which is not a capital asset.
(U) The term 'dealer in securities' means a merchant of (AA) The term 'rank and file employees' shall mean all
stocks or securities, whether an individual, partnership or employees who are holding neither managerial nor
corporation, with an established place of business, supervisory position as defined under existing provisions of
regularly engaged in the purchase of securities and the the Labor Code of the Philippines, as amended.
resale thereof to customers; that is, one who, as a
merchant, buys securities and re-sells them to customers (BB) The term 'mutual fund company' shall mean an
with a view to the gains and profits that may be derived open-end and close-end investment company as defined
therefrom. under the Investment Company Act.
(V) The term 'bank' means every banking institution, as (CC) The term 'trade, business or profession' shall not
defined in Section 2 of Republic Act No. 337, as amended, include performance of services by the taxpayer as an
otherwise known as the General banking Act. A bank may employee.
either be a commercial bank, a thrift bank, a development
bank, a rural bank or specialized government bank.
(DD) The term 'regional or area headquarters' shall
mean a branch established in the Philippines by
(W) The term 'non-bank financial intermediary'means multinational companies and which headquarters do not
a financial intermediary, as defined in Section 2(D)(C) of earn or derive income from the Philippines and which act
Republic Act No. 337, as amended, otherwise known as as supervisory, communications and coordinating center
the General Banking Act, authorized by the Bangko Sentral for their affiliates, subsidiaries, or branches in the Asia-
ng Pilipinas (BSP) to perform quasi-banking activities. Pacific Region and other foreign markets.
(X) The term 'quasi-banking activities' means (EE) The term 'regional operating headquarters'shall
borrowing funds from twenty (20) or more personal or mean a branch established in the Philippines by
corporate lenders at any one time, through the issuance, multinational companies which are engaged in any of the
endorsement, or acceptance of debt instruments of any following services: general administration and planning;
kind other than deposits for the borrower's own account, business planning and coordination; sourcing and
or through the issuance of certificates of assignment or procurement of raw materials and components; corporate
similar instruments, with recourse, or of repurchase finance advisory services; marketing control and sales
agreements for purposes of relending or purchasing promotion; training and personnel management; logistic
receivables and other similar obligations: Provided, services; research and development services and product
however, That commercial, industrial and other non- development; technical support and maintenance; data
financial companies, which borrow funds through any of processing and communications; and business
these means for the limited purpose of financing their own development.
needs or the needs of their agents or dealers, shall not be
considered as performing quasi-banking functions.
(FF) The term 'long-term deposit or investment
certificates' shall refer to certificate of time deposit or
(Y) The term 'deposit substitutes' shall mean an investment in the form of savings, common or individual
alternative from of obtaining funds from the public (the trust funds, deposit substitutes, investment management
term 'public' means borrowing from twenty (20) or more accounts and other investments with a maturity period of
individual or corporate lenders at any one time) other than not less than five (5) years, the form of which shall be
deposits, through the issuance, endorsement, or prescribed by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and
acceptance of debt instruments for the borrowers own issued by banks only (not by nonbank financial
account, for the purpose of relending or purchasing of intermediaries and finance companies) to individuals in
receivables and other obligations, or financing their own denominations of Ten thousand pesos (P10,000) and other
needs or the needs of their agent or dealer. These denominations as may be prescribed by the BSP.
instruments may include, but need not be limited to
bankers' acceptances, promissory notes, repurchase
agreements, including reverse repurchase agreements
entered into by and between the Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas (BSP) and any authorized agent bank, certificates
of assignment or participation and similar instruments with
recourse: Provided, however, That debt instruments issued
for interbank call loans with maturity of not more than five
(5) days to cover deficiency in reserves against deposit
liabilities, including those between or among banks and
quasi-banks, shall not be considered as deposit substitute
debt instruments.
6 Above P8,000,000 P2,410,000 + 35% of the excess over P8M Special Corporations:
1. Private Educational Taxable Net 10%
Institutions & Non- income, World Domestic Resident Non-resident
Stock/Non-Profit (unless Resident Special income
Hospitals Corp.) 1. Sale of shares 15% F.T.
2. Resident International Gross Billings, 2½% of stocks of a
Carriers Phils. domestic Corp.
3. Non-Resident Gross Income, 25% held as capital
Cinematographic Film Phils. assets, not thru
Owner/Lessor Local stock
4. Non-Resident Gross income 4½% exchange.
Owner/Lessor of from rentals, 2. Sale of Real 6% of the GSP SP-Cost x
Vessels leases, charter, Property in the or FMV (higher) 30%
fees, Phils. Philippines held (included in
5. Non-Resident The same (#4) 7½% as capital asset. other income)
Owner/Lessor of
Aircrafts, Machineries Passive income
and Equipment 1. Interest income from Phil.
6. Offshore Banking Interest income 10% Bank deposits 20% 20% 30%
Units from Foreign 2. Yields, monetary benefits
Currency from deposits substitutes 20% 20% 30%
transactions 3. Royalty income 20% 20% 30%
4. Intercorporate dividends Exempt Exempt 15%
IMPORTANT NOTES TO REMEMBER: 5. Interest income from
For Private Educational Institutions and Hospitals: expanded foreign currency
If their gross income from unrelated trade or business deposit 15% 15% Exempt
exceed 50% of their gross income from all sources the rule
on ordinary corporation (25% rates) shall apply. G. The following corporations are exempted from tax on
corporations:
For Resident Corporations: 1. Labor, agricultural or horticultural organization not
Subject to additional tax of 15% for every profit organized principally for profit;
remittance made to their head office abroad. (exempt if 2. Mutual savings bank not having a capital stock
registered with EPZA). represented by share, and cooperative bank
without capital stock organized and operate for
For Non-Resident Corporations: mutual purposes and without profit;
Unless, otherwise, provided a foreign corporation not 3. A beneficiary society, order or association
engaged in trade or business in the Philippines shall pay a operating for the exclusive benefit of the members
tax equal to 25% of the gross income received during the such as fraternal organization operating under the
taxable year from all sources within the Philippines such as lodge system, or a mutual and association or a
interests, rents, salaries, premium (except reinsurance nonstick corporation organized by employees
premiums), annuities, emoluments, or other fixed or providing for the payment of life, sickness,
determinable annuities. Periodical or casual gains, profits accident, or other benefits exclusively to the
and income and capital gains, except income subject to members of such society, order, or association, or
Capital gains tax. nonstick corporation or their dependents;
4. Cemetery company owned and operated
Formula for computation: exclusively for the benefits of its members;
5. Non-stock corporation or association organized and
Gross Income ( within the Philippines ) Pxxx operated exclusively for religious, charitable,
Multiplied by: Tax rate 25% scientific, athletic or cultural purposes, or for the
Income tax due Pxxx rehabilitation of veterans, no part of its net income
or asset shall belong to or inure to the benefit of
Minimum Corporate Income tax rule ( MCIT ) – beginning any member organizer, officer or any specific
January 1, 1998 corporations which are already in their 4th person;
year of operations, shall be subject to income tax of 25% 6. Business league, chamber of commerce, or board
on their taxable net income or 2% of their gross income of trade, not organized for profit and no part of the
whichever is higher. net income of which inures to the benefit of any
private stockholder or individual;
1. With tax credit benefits for the excess of the 2% MCIT 7. Civic league or organization not organize for profit
over the normal/regular income tax (Deductible vs. but operated exclusively for the promotion of social
Normal income tax in the succeeding three years). welfare;
8. A non-stock and non-profit educational institution;
2. 2% MCIT is not applicable to the following 9. Government educational institution;
corporations. 10. Farmers’ or other mutual typhoon or fire insurance
a. company, mutual ditch or irrigation company,
b. mutual or cooperative telephone company, or like
c. organization of a purely local character, the income
d. of which consists solely of assessments, dues, and
e. fees collected from members for the sole purposes
of meeting its expenses; and
3. But corporations subject to 2% MCIT may still ask for 11. Farmers’, fruit growers’ or like association
relief or exemption under the following: organized and operated as a sales agent for the
a. purpose of marketing the products of its members
b. and turning back to them the proceeds of sales,
c. less the necessary selling expenses on the basis of
the quantity of products finished by them;
Passive income received by a resident citizen from 22. Mr. Valdez, resident Filipino taxpayer single supporting
sources outside the Philippines shall be generally three minor (illegitimate) children one of them living
subject to Section 24 (A) and not to final tax. abroad showed the following data for CY.
a. True, True c. False, False Salary from ABC Co. (net of P40,000
b. True, False d. False, True withholding tax) P350,000
Professional fee as Lawyer (net of 10%
15. Which of the following statements is incorrect? withholding tax) 450,000
a. To be subject to final tax passive income must be Expenses incurred-practice of profession
from Philippine sources. (Living expenses including tuition fees of
b. An income which is subject to final tax is excluded children 25% thereof) 80,000
from the computation of income subject to Section Other Income 150,000
24 (A).
c. Lotto winnings in foreign countries are exempt
from income taxation in the Philippines. The income tax due after tax credit if any is:
d. An income which is subject to non creditable a. P51,700 c. P43,300
withholding tax is excluded in the computation of b. P49,300 d. P94,000
income subject to Section 24 (A).
23. Based on the above problem, his total taxes due
16. Proceeds of sale of real property classified as capital assuming he will avail of the 8% final tax under TRAIN
asset are exempt from the 6% capital gains tax if used is:
to build a new principal residence within 18 months a. P126,600 c. P121,000
from the date of sale or of disposition. b. P129,000 d. P80,000
Gain from sale of real property classified as capital 24. Benjie sold his residential house to Ms. Papaya for
asset to the Government may be taxed under Section P5,000,000. Its FMV when he inherited it was
24 (A) at the option of the individual taxpayer. P6,000,000 although its presents FMV is P8,000,000.
a. True, True c. False, False The tax on the above transaction is:
b. True, False d. False, True a. P360,000 capital gains tax
b. P480,000 capital gains tax
17. One of the following is not a deposit substitute. c. 30% donor’s tax
a. Baker’s acceptance. d. Value added tax
b. Promissory notes.
c. Repurchase agreements. 25. But assuming that Benjie used ¼ of the proceeds of
d. Debt instruments issued for interbank call loans the said house to buy a new principal residence 10
with maturity of not more than 5 days to cover days after the above sale and he properly informed
deficiency in reserves against deposit liabilities. BIR about it, the tax shall only be:
a. P120,000 capital gains tax
18. Which of the following statements is not correct? b. P240,000 capital gains tax
a. Interest income from long term deposit is exempt c. P360,000 capital gains tax
from income tax. e. P480,000 capital gains tax
20% of the other income is non-taxable while 15% of
26. Continuing, but assuming the residential house is the professional expenses is non-deductible. They have
located abroad, the capital gains tax is: 12 minor children.
a. P360,000 c. P120,000
b. P480,000 d. P0 The taxable income of Mr. is:
a. P173,000 c. P266,000
27 to 32 are based on the following data: b. P275,000 d. P323,000
Mr. Pogi, married supporting 10 minor children 7 of which 34. The taxable income of Mrs. is:
are gainfully employed had the following data for the CY: a. P371,000 c. P419,000
($1-P50). b. P357,000 d. P713,000
Philippines Abroad
Business income P1,000,000 $20,000 35. Mr. Dimple Pastrana had the following data for CY:
Professional (Exchange rate $1-P40)
income 400,000 10,000
Salaries (net of Philippines Abroad
P18,500 Salaries P165,000 $2,000
withholding Income from merchandise 450,000 6,000
Tax) 181,500 Business expenses 120,000 1,500
Business and Interest income:
professional Personal receivable 10,000
expenses 250,000 8,000 From expanded FCDS $2,500
Income tax paid On bank deposits (20%
abroad: 4,000 long-term) 25,000 3,000
Royalty income (20% from
books) 22,000 1,000
27. If Mr. Pogi is a resident citizen, his income tax due Prize won in contest 10,000
after tax credit is: Dividend income:
a. P789,000 c. P589,000 From domestic
b. P570,500 d. P415,500 corporation 7,000
28. If he is a resident alien, his income tax due after tax From resident corporation 5,000
credit, if any is: From non-resient 8,000
a. P360,580 c. P384,380 Winnings from Charity
b. P358,020 d. P276,500 sweepstakes 80,000
Shares of stocks of
29. If he is a non-resident citizen, his income tax due after domestic corp. sold to a
tax credit, if any is: buyer (cost P10,000) 30,000
a. P360,580 c. P384,380
b. P358,020 d. P276,500 He also sold a condominium unit in Manila (residential)
for P2,000,000 although its FMV is P3,000,000 but
30. If he is a non-resident alien engaged in trade or with a zonal value of P4,000,000.
business in the Philippines but without the benefit of
Reciprocity Law, the income tax due after tax credit, if The taxable income of Mr. Dimple is:
any is: a. P798,000 c. P724,000
a. P397,000 c. P405,500 b. P892,000 d. P948,000
b. P378,500 d. P276,500
36. Mr. Dimple’s total final taxes on his passive income is:
31. If he is a Non-resident alien not engaged in trade or a. P16,160 c. P15,460
business, disregarding professional & business data, b. P16,020 d. P39,660
the income tax still due is:
a. P50,000 c. P31,500 37. His total capital gain’s taxes is:
b. P18,500 d. P11,250 a. P241,000 c. P240,000
b. P251,720 d. P243,000
32. And if he is a Special Alien Employee, disregarding
professional and business data the income tax that 38. If he is a Non-resident citizen his total final tax on
should be withheld from his income is: (Before TRAIN passive income is:
Law) a. P16,020 c. P16,160
a. P18,500 c. P11,500 b. P15,460 d. P34,660
b. P30,000 d. P31,500
39. If he is a Non-resident alien not engaged in trade or
33. Mr. and Mrs. Robino, both CPA’s and residents of the business his total combined taxes on all income from
Philippines had the following data for CY: Philippines is: (excluding business income)
Salaries, Mrs. P450,000 a. P83,000 c. P324,000
Bonus (13th month pay), Mrs. 94,000 b. P241,000 d. P326,000
Income from practice of Profession,
Mr. and Mrs. (net of 10% withholding 40. Mr. de Vega, married, left Philippines in the middle of
tax) 450,000 the year on July 1, CY to go abroad and work there as
Expenses – professional practice 120,000 a contract worker for two years, the following data
Rental income (net of 5% withholding were provided as of December 31, CY: (Assume all
tax 190,000 data from abroad only)
Rental expenses 80,000 Gross Income Deductions
Other income, Mr. 80,000 January 1 to June 30 P300,000 P100,000
July 1 to December 31 P1,000,000 P125,000
46. Under # 43 but it opts to claim the tax paid abroad as 60. Under # 59, but the taxpayer is a manufacturer:
deductions from gross income,its income tax is: a. Raw materials used
a. P780,000 c. P880,000 b. Direct labor and overhead
b. P832,000 d. P650,000 c. Freight and insurance
d. Import duties
47. If it is a private educational institution, its income tax
after tax credit: 61. Under # 59, but the taxpayer is a seller of services:
a. P730,000 c. P275,000 a. Salaries and supplies
b. P832,000 d. P150,000 b. Employee benefits
c. Depreciation and rental expenses
48. If it is non profit hospital, its income tax after tax d. Interest expense
credit is:
a. P730,000 c. P275,000 62. The MCIT is only effective in the 5th year following the
b. P832,000 d. P150,000 year in which the corporation commenced its business.
49. If it is a resident international carrier, its income tax Non-resident corporation are also covered by MCIT.
is: a. True, True c. False, True
a. P100,000 c. P37,000 b. False, False d. True, False
b. P10,000 d. P125,000
63. Non-resident corporations need not file any income tax
50. If it is a non-resident cinematographic film returns.
owner/lessor, its income tax is: Tax-exempt corporations are also required to file an
a. P1,000,000 c. P300,000 ITR for administrative purposes only.
b. P100,000 d. P128,000 a. True, True c. False, True
b. False, False d. True, False
51. If it is non-resident lessor of vessel, its income is:
a. P100,000 c. P300,000 64. To record MCIT, the account deferred charges MCIT is:
b. P180,000 d. P128,000 a. Debited c. Memo entry only
b. Credited d. No entry required
52. If it is a non-resident lessor of aircrafts, machineries
and equipment, its income tax is: 65. To record application of excess MCIT vs. NORMAL
a. P100,000 c. P300,000 income tax, what account is credited?
b. P180,000 d. P128,000 a. Income tax payable c. Retained earnings
b. Cash in bank d. Deferred charges MCIT
53. If it is a resident corporation but its expenses within
and without is P3,000,000, unallocated (disregard 66. To record expired portion of MCIT, what account is
original data on expenses), its income tax is: debited:
a. P600,000 c. P480,000 a. Retained earnings c. Deferred charges MCIT
b. P320,000 d. P500,000 b. Income tax payable d. Provision for income tax
67. One of the following is not accepted basic relief from Rental income (net of 5% withholding
the MCIT: tax) 190,000
a. Prolonged labor dispute Dividend Income:
b. Force majeure problems From domestic corporation 60,000
c. Legitimate business reverse From foreign corporation 50,000
d. Law suits filed by the company Winnings from charity sweepstakes 2,000,000
Capital gains from sale of domestic
68. Which is not a characteristics of corporate income tax: shares of stocks sold Directly to
a. Progressive tax c. General tax buyer 75,000
b. Direct tax d. National tax Dividend declared and paid during the
year 500,000
69. 1st Statement: Non-stock/non-profit corporations are
Retained earnings, beginning of the
tax-exempt from their income from all operations.
year (subjected to Improperly
2nd Statement: Intercorporate dividends are tax-
accumulated earnings tax last year) 1,000,000
exempt if the recipient is a foreign corporation.
Paid up capital 1,000,000
a. True, True c. False, True
b. False, False d. True, False
Note: The board of directors approved a resolution
70. Which is governed by gross income taxation. reserving P1,500,000 of its net profit for the year for
a. Domestic corporation plant expansion.
b. Resident corporation
c. Non-resident corporation The income tax due after tax credit if any is:
d. Educational institutions a. P825,000 c. P899,200
b. P815,000 d. P677,500
71. One of the following corporations cannot claim tax
credit for foreign taxes paid abroad. 78. Based on the foregoing problem, the Improperly
a. Private educational institutions accumulated earnings tax is:
b. Resident International Carriers a. P208,125 c. P113,625
c. Investment companies b. P108,125 d. P72,875
d. Domestic Hospitals
79. 2
72. 1st Statement: Foreign income tax may be treated by a
taxpayer as tax credit but not as deduction from gross 80. MEDINA corporation, a resident corporation provided
income under the new law. the following data for the current year:
Philippines USA
2nd Statement: Being a holding company is conclusive Gross income P40,000,000 P20,000,000
evidence of improper accumulation of profit. Dividends from:
a. True, True c. True, False Domestic corporation 5,000,000
b. False, False d. False, True Foreign corporation 4,000,000
Business expenses 12,000,000 8,000,000
73. The improperly accumulated earnings tax shall not
apply to the following, except: The corporation remitted to its head office the
a. Insurance companies P5,000,000 dividend income and 40% of its net profit
b. Corporations formerly registered with PEZA to its head office in USA.
c. Publicly held corporations
d. Bank and Non-bank Financial Intermediaries The corporation’s total tax liability including the tax on
the profit remitted is:
74. 1st Statement: Domestic corporation not falling a. P10,944,000 c. P15,960,000
under the definition of closely held corporations are b. P11,545,600 d. P9,440,000
considered publicly held corporations.
2nd Statement: A closely held corporation under the 81. In the foregoing problem, if it is registered with EPZA,
Tax Code and a close corporation under the its BPRT:
Corporation Code are the same. a. P10,240,000 c. P11,545,600
a. True, True c. True, False b. P 9,600,000 d. P 0
b. False, False d. False, True
82. The following data were taken from the financial
75. It is a test used in determining the reasonable needs of statement of Topnotcher Kah corporation for the
a business to justify the accumulation of earnings current year:
which will exempt the corporation from paying Philippines Abroad
Improperly accumulated earnings tax: Gross sales P950,000 P2,000,000
a. Urgency test c. Immediacy test Sales returns 25,000
b. Reasonable needs test d. Control test Cost of goods sold 425,000 300,000
Interest income from
76. The improperly accumulated earnings tax is essentially trade receivable 10,000 50,000
a: Interest income from
a. General tax c. Regulatory or Penalty tax bank deposits, Phil. 20,000
b. Property tax d. Excise tax Dividend income from
domestic corporation 15,000
77. Zaidia Corporation, a domestic corporation had the Dividend income from
following data for the current year: foreign corporation 25,000
Sales P5,000,000 Royalty income 20,000
Cost of goods sold 2,000,000 Sale of shares of stocks of
General selling and administrative domestic corp. held as
expenses 500,000 capital asset thru local
Interest income from Philippine bank stock exchange 70,000
deposit 100,000 Operating expenses 250,000 300,000
Income from money
market placement 35,000 100,000 89. STAR Corporation, a domestic corporation, had the
Sale of real property in following data:
the Phil. not used in 5,000,000 YEAR GROSS INCOME DEDUCTIONS
business, cost P4,000,000 2011 P1,000,000 P1,200,000
30% of the operating 2012 2,000,000 1,900,000
expenses is non- 2013 3,000,000 2,950,000
deductible 2014 1,000,000 1,100,000
2015 980,000 500,000
The FMV of the real property sold was P8,000,000 at
the time of the sale. The taxable income in 2018 is:
a. P380,000 c. P100,000
Its income tax on ordinary taxable income is:
b. P0 d. P50,000
a. P640,000 c. P680,000
b. P600,000 d. P500,000
A taxpayer provided the following data for taxable year
2018:
83. Its total tax on passive income is:
Salaries P1.5M
a. P15,000 c. P4,000
(with P120,000 13th mo. Pay but net of SSS, union dues,
b. P8,000 d. P11,000
etc. amounting to P20,000).
84. Its capital gains tax is:
Income from Grocery:
a. P480,000 c. P300,000
Gross Sales P2.4M
b. P495,000 d. P60,000
Cost of Sales P1M
Operating Exp. 600,000
85. Based on the above problem, its total combined tax
Other income/Non-operating
liability if it is a resident corporation:
Income 100,000
a. P435,200 c. P403,000
b. P450,000 d. P423,420
90. The total income tax due is (TP availed of 8% GIT)
a. P320,000 c. P200,000
86. And if it is a non-resident corporation, its total
b. P313,000 d. P513,000
combined taxes is:
a. P485,450 c. P517,450
91. His Business tax due is
b. P515,200 d. P487,670
a. P75,000 OPT c. P300,000 VAT
b. P72,000 OPT d. None
87. A domestic corporation has the following data for the
year 2018 (fourth year of operation):
92. If the taxpayer did not avail of the 8% GIT, the total
Sales P5,000,000
Income tax due:
Cost of sales 1,500,000
a. P513,000 c. P580,000
Business expenses 800,000
b. P313,000 d. P589,200
Dividend from domestic corporation 50,000
Selling price of land classified as
93. His Business tax due is
capital asset(cost, P3,500,000) 4,000,000
a. P300,000 VAT c. P75,000 OPT
Interest on Philippine currency bank
b. P288,000 VAT d. P72,000 OPT
deposit 40,000
Dividend declared and paid 500,000
94. Assuming he has no salaries and he availed of the 8%
Tax paid for the first three quarters 550,000
GIT, the income tax is:
Lotto winnings 2,000,000
a. P200,000 c. P192,000
Paid up Capital 1,000,000
b. P300,000 d. P180,000
The BIR, upon investigation, found out that there is
95. Back to the original data, but his Gross Sales reached
improper accumulation of earnings.
P4M his new total taxable income is:
a. P2,500,000 c. P3,910,000
The Improperly accumulated earnings tax is:
b. P3,000,000 d. P3,000,000
a. P167,800 c. P517,800
b. P187,000 d. P233,200
96. His business tax due is
a. VAT c. Excise tax on certain goods
88. The income tax still due in the final return is:
b. OPT d. None
a. P260,000 c. P410,000
b. P433,200 d. P510,000
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