(NAR) VOL. 15 NOS. 1-2 / APRIL - JUNE 2004
a. Having issued VAT receipts and collected VAT for its January 2004 transactions, banks shall file a VAT return, and remit the VAT due thereon on or before February 20/25, 2004, as the case may be. The VAT return and the output VAT due for this period shall be the gross output VAT resulting from said transactions without any deduction, except for the creditable VAT actually withheld from the banks and non-bank financial intermediaries thereon.
b. Bank shall report and pay gross receipt tax on transactions entered into for the month of January 2004, said report and payment shall be due on or before February 25, 2004.
c. No input tax claim shall be allowed for any VAT invoice issued by banks dated 2004, however, clients of bank may include the same as part of the cost of the goods/services subject of the invoice.
d. For transactions entered into in January 2004 for which VAT receipts were issued, clients may request for a refund from the banks provided the said VAT receipts are surrendered to the bank, and the bank cancel the same and issue a non-VAT invoice in place thereof.
e. The bank may claim an adjustment of the VAT reported and paid for the taxable month January 2004 actually refunded to client in accordance to the preceding paragraph against its gross receipt tax liability for only up to the month of April 2004, thereafter no adjustment shall be allowed. Provided, the said transaction is further substantiated by the client surrendered-cancelled VAT invoice and the issuance of a non-VAT invoice in place thereof.
a. The banks shall no longer issue any VAT invoice starting February 16, 2004 for any transaction, i.e., the date of the publication of R.A. 9238.
b. For transactions covering the period February 1-13, 2004, the same rule applicable to the banks January 2004 transactions shall apply. Provided, however, thati. Gross receipt tax on the banks' February 2004 transaction shall be due on or before March 25, 2004.
ii. Banks may claim an adjustment of the VAT actually reported and paid for the taxable month of February 2004 and refunded to its clients, provided all the requirement as stated for the January 2004 are also present, against its gross receipt tax liability for only up to the month of May 2004, thereafter no adjustment shall be allowed.
c. For transactions covering the period beginning February 16, 2004 and after, the following rule shall apply:i. All transactions shall be subject to gross receipt tax, and the bank shall report and pay for the same on or before March 25, 2004.
ii. In the event a VAT invoice is issued for any transactions for any reason whatsoever, the banks shall include in their February VAT return the VAT due on said transaction, any pay the VAT due on or before March 20/25, 2004.
iii. Provided, however, no transactions for which VAT invoice was issued, whether the same was eventually cancelled or not, be allowed as an adjustment against any gross receipt tax liability of the banks.
iv. In the event VAT invoices shall be issued, the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 109 of the Tax Code of 1997 shall be applicable.