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(NAR) VOL. 17 NO. 1 / JANUARY - MARCH 2006

[ REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 6-2006, January 03, 2006 ]

CLARIFICATION TO REVENUE REGULATIONS NO. 14-2005, AS LAST AMENDED BY REVENUE REGULATIONS NO. 16-2005, IMPLEMENTING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9337



This Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) is issued in order to publish and clarify the treatment of input tax accumulated as of October 31, 2005 in relation to the 70% cap effective November 1, 2005.

Q-1 What is the treatment of input tax accumulated as of October 31, 2005 in relation to the 70% cap provided in section 4.110-7 of revenue regulations (Rev. Regs.) no. 14-2005, as last amended by Rev. Regs. no. 16-2005?

A-1 Input tax accumulated as of October 31, 2005 shall not be subject to the seventy percent (70%) cap and shall be deductible in full from output tax until it is fully utilized. In determining whether the input tax in a month or quarter exceeds the output tax subject to the 70% cap, the accumulated input tax as of October 31, 2005 shall be excluded from the computation and shall be deducted in full from the output VAT.

Q-2 ABC Corporation has the following sales/purchases for the quarter ending December 2005:

                                                                       
October 2005
November and December 2005
    
Sales
P5,000
 Sales
P10,000
 
Purchases
4,000
 Purchases
8,000
 
    
and Carried over input tax from previous quarter of p600.
 

How will the Value added tax for the quarter ending December 2005 be computed?

A-2 The Value-Added Tax for the quarter ending December 2005 will be computed as follows:

                                                         
 
October 2005
 
Output Tax 
P500
 
Less: Carry over Input tax
P600
 
 Input tax
_400
_1,000
 
VAT Payable (Carry over) 
P(500)
*

*Note: Amount represents accumulated input tax as of October 13, 2005.

                                                                                                                     
 November and December 2005
   
Output Tax 
P1,000
 
Less : Carry over Input Tax (as of Oct. 2005) 
_500
 
Net Output Tax for Nov. and Dec. 2005 
500
 
Less: Input Tax for Nov. and Dec. 2005
P800
 
Apply: 70% cap (70% of Net Output Tax)
_350
_350
 
Net VAT Payable 
P150
 
   
Excess Input Tax (to be carried over to  
the next quarter)
P450
 

Q-3 DEF Corporation has the following output tax and input tax for the quarter ending December 2005:

                                                                             
Output Tax:  
 For October 2005
P1,000
 
 For November and December 2005
2,000
 
   
Input Tax:  
 Accumulated as of October 31, 2005
P  500
 
 For November and December 2005
1,000
 

How will the Value added tax for the quarter ending December 2005 be computed:

A-3 The Value Added Tax for the quarter ending December 2005 will be computed as follows:

                                                                                                                                                 
 
October 2005
 
 
 
Output Tax
P1,000
 
Less: Input Tax (accumulated as of October 2005)
_500
 
VAT Payable
P500
 
 
 
 
November and December 2005
 
 
Output tax
P2,000
 
Less: Input Tax
1,000
 
VAT Payable
P1,000
 
Total VAT Payable for the Quarter
P1,500
 
Less: VAT Payable and paid for October
__500
 
Net VAT Payable
P1,000
 

Q4 - KLM Corporation has the following output and input tax:

                                                                                                       
Output tax for the quarter ending December 2005
P500
 
Input tax: 
 Accumulated as of October 31, 2005
1,000
 
 For November and December 2005
600
 
  
Output tax for the quarter ending March, 2006
P1,000
 
Input tax: 
 For January - March 2006
500
 
 Carried over from October 2005
500
 
 Carried over from Nov. and Dec. 2005
600
 

How will the Value added tax for the quarters ending December 2005 and March 2006 be computed?

A-4 The Value Added Tax for the quarters ending December 2005 and March 2006 will be computed as follows:

                                                                         
Quarter ending December 2005
 
  
Output Tax
P 500
 
Less: October Input Tax
1,000
 
Unutilized Input Tax (accumulated as of October, 
for Carry over to Jan., Feb., March)
500
 
Add: Input Tax for November and December
__600
 
Total Carry over input tax to next quarter
1,100
 

No tax payment is made for the quarter ending December, 2005. The 70% cap will not apply. Excess input VAT from Oct., Nov., and Dec. will be carried forward to the next quarter.

                                                                                                                                 
Quarter ending March 2006
 
   
Output Tax  
P1,000
 
Less: Unutilized Input tax (as of October)  
__500
 
Net Output Tax  
500
 
Less: Nov. and Dec. input tax
600
 
 Jan., Feb., and March Input tax
500
 
Total Available Input Tax
P1,100
 
Apply 70% cap (70% of Net Output Tax) 
__350
 
VAT Payable 
150
 
   
Carry over to April, May and June
P750
 

Q-5 XYZ Corporation has the following input and output tax:

                                         
Output tax for the quarter ending December 2005
P1,000
 
Input tax: 
 Accumulated as of December 31, 2005
1,000
 
 For November and December 2005
500
 

How will the Value added tax for the quarter ending December 2005 be computed?

A-5 The Value Added Tax for the quarter of December 2005 will be computed as follows:

                             
Output Tax
P1,000
 
Less: October Input Tax
_1,000
 
VAT Payable
P      0
 

No tax payment is made for the quarter ending December 2005. The 70% cap will not apply. Excess input tax from November and December 2005 amounting to P500 will be carried forward to the next quarter.

Q-6 What are the requirements for the availment of the provisions under this RMC?

A-6 Taxpayers who want to avail of the provisions under this RMC must comply with the following requirements:

    1. Attach copies of the immediately preceding VAT quarterly and monthly returns to the quarterly VAT returns that reflects excess input tax as of October 31, 2005 to be filed with the concerned Revenue District Office/Large Taxpayers Service’s Offices;

    2. Submit a sworn declaration of the correctness of the claimed accumulated input tax as of October 31, 2005; and

    3. If after the initial availment of the excess input tax as of October 31, 2005, there remains unutilized input tax, taxpayers who wish to continue availing of the provisions of this RMC, shall also attach to their VAT returns for the relevant period a schedule of running balance of unutilized input tax emanating from the October 31, 2005 accumulated balance.

All internal revenue officers and employees are hereby enjoined to give this Revenue Memorandum Circular as wide a publicity as possible.

Adopted: 3 Jan. 2006

(SGD.) JOSE MARIO C. BUÑAG
Commissioner of Internal Revenue

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