Customer info needed in VAT receipts, says BIR

By Kathleen A. Martin (The Philippine Star) | Updated October 7, 2015 - 12:00am

 

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MANILA, Philippines - The Bureau of Internal Revenue said yesterday receipts for value-added tax transactions should carry the name of the customer, address, and taxpayer identification number.

In Revenue Memorandum Circular 64-2015 signed Oct. 2, BIR commissioner Kim Henares stressed the need for information requirements that must be shown on receipts, invoices, and other commercial invoices generated from cash register machines, point of sale machines, and other software.

The following information should be contained in VAT receipts: name of purchaser or customer, his or her address, taxpayer identification number, and business style, if any.

Henares said this is line with Section 113(B) of the Tax Code as amended in which information of the purchaser or client must be indicated on VAT receipts in the case of sales amounting to P1,000 or more and made to a VAT-registered person or entity.

She noted if the machines are not able to print those requirements on the receipts or invoices, a manually-printed receipt or invoice should be issued to the customer.

These manually-printed receipts should have an approved authority to print issued by the bureau and should be based on existing provisions of the tax agency.

Henares said the additional information printed on the receipts is important for the claim of input tax credit made by the VAT-registered customer.

Businesses found non-compliant on the requirements would be slapped with monetary fines.

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Biz groups oppose mandatory reporting of passive income

By Louella D. Desiderio (The Philippine Star) | Updated March 31, 2015 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - Business groups are calling on the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to make the submission of information on taxpayers’ extra income in the filing of the annual income tax return optional again for calendar year 2014.

In a joint position paper submitted to the Department of Finance and BIR on March 27, business groups Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Employers Confederation of the Philippines, Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines, Management Association of the Philippines, Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc., Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Tax Management Association of the Philippines expressed concern over the mandatory submission of the Supplemental Information Return (SIR) or information on passive income as part of the annual income tax returns as prescribed in Revenue Regulations No. 2-2014 and reiterated in Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 9-2014.

The submission of the SIR would mean providing information on passive income that are tax exempt or have been subjected to final withholding taxes.

The additional information includes proceeds of life insurance policy, return of premium retirement benefits, pensions and gratuities,  personal or real properties received thru gifts, bequests and devises as well as gains for the sale or exchange of properties.

“We respectfully request that compliance with the SIR requirement be made optional again on the part of the taxpayer for income tax returns starting calendar year 2014,” the groups said.

This, as the groups noted that the reporting requirement was made optional for calendar year 2013 due for filing on or before April 2014.

The BIR decided to make the reporting requirement optional last year amid opposition by business groups and legislators citing violation of right to privacy and bank secrecy laws.

The business groups said the SIR reporting is also seen as a redundant requirement since the needed information is already available to the BIR from the reports submitted by the taxpayers.

Such requirement, they said, would just impose additional burden to taxpayers and would not necessarily increase collections of the BIR.

The reporting requirement is likewise difficult to implement, considering the nature and details of information required to be reported.

The groups said gathering all the required details on the passive income items is a tedious process.

                            

“It is to be noted that one of the attractions for choosing investments with tax free or net of tax yields is the exemption from the hassle of accounting for and reporting of income received from said investments in the case of individual taxpayers. The requirement to account for and report such income negates that advantage,” the groups added.

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