TAXATION
TAXATION
TAXATION
CORPORAT
IONs
Chapter 3
CONTENTS OF Report
CORPORATION
It includes partnerships, no matter how created or organized,
joint-stock companies, joint accounts (cuentas en
participacion), associations, or insurance companies, but does
not include general professional partnerships and a joint
venture or consortium formed for the purpose of undertaking
construction project or engaging in petroleum, coal,
geothermal and other energy operations pursuant to an
operating or consortium agreement under a service contract
with the Government.
DOMESTIC CORPORATION – means created or
organized in the Philippines or under its laws.
FOREIGN CORPORATION – means a corporation which
is not domestic.
RESIDENT FOREIGN CORPORATION – applies to a
foreign corporation engaged in trade or business within the
Philippines.
NON-RESIDENT FOREIGN CORPORATION – applies
to a foreign corporation not engaged in trade or business
within the Philippines.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
SOURCES OF INCOME
OF 1. Domestic / /
INCOME 2. Foreign /
CATEGORIES OF INCOME
AND TAX RATES
1. BUSINESS
INCOME - generally, business income earned by a corporation is taxed at the following rates (Section
27(A), 28(A)(1) and 28(B)(1)):
Year Tax Rate
1997 35%
1998 34%
1999 33%
2000 - October 2005 32%
November 2005 - 2008 35%
2009 30%
2. Passive
INCOME - is subject to separate and final tax. These are taxed at fixed rates ranging 5% to 20%.
Passive income is not to be included in the gross income computation.
Domestic and resident foreign corporations
SGB University, a proprietary educational institution, has a gross income for the
taxable year 2009 of P15M. Of the gross income, P5 million derived from unrelated
trade or business. Total deductions amount to P3 million.
SGB University, a proprietary educational institution, has a gross income for the
taxable year 2009 of P15M. Of the gross income, P5 million derived from unrelated
trade or business. Total deductions amount to P3 million.
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
- BRANCH PROFIT REMITTANCES – any profit
remitted by a branch to its head office shall be subject
Gross Philippine Billings – 2.50%
to a tax of fifteen percent (15%) which shall be based
on the total profits applied or earmarked for remittances
without deduction for the tax component thereof
OBUs – income authorized by BSP from foreign (except those activities which are registered with
currency transactions rest income derived from PEZA).
with local commercia banks, including branches
of foreign banks that may be authorized by BSP,
including any interest from foreign currency loans granted to
residents, shall be subject to a final income tax at ten percent
(10%) of such income.
RESIDENT FOREIGN CORPORATIONS,
IN PARTICULAR
billings
Non-resident foreign corporation, in
general
The basis of tax for non-resident foreign corporations is gross income from sources
within the Philippines, such as interests, dividends, rents, royalties, salaries, premiums
(except reinsurance premiums) annuities, emoluments or other fixed or determinable
annual, periodic or casual gains, profits and income, and capital gains.
1. Interest on foreign loans contracted on or after August 1, 1986 are taxed at 20%.
2. Income derived by a depository bank under the expanded foreign currency deposit
system from foreign currency transaction with local commercial banks, including
branches of foreign that may be authorized by the BSP, including interest income
from foreign currency loans are EXEMPT.
3. Dividends received from a domestic corporation – final withholding tax at 15%
on the condition that the country in which the non-resident foreign corporation is
domiciled, shall allow a credit against the tax due from the non-resident foreign
corporation taxes deemed to have been paid in the Philippines equivalent to: 2009
– 15%.
Non-resident foreign corporation, in
PARTICULAR
4. CAPITAL GAINS from sale of shares of stock not traded in the stock exchange. A
final tax at the rates prescribed below is imposed upon the net capita gains realized
during the taxable year from the sale, barter, exchange or other disposition or shares of
stock in a domestic corporation, except shares sols, or disposed of through the stock
exchange:
Not over P100,000 5%
On any amount in excess of P100,000 10%
ALLOWABLE
DEDUCTIONS
Sales/Revenue/Receipts/Fees xxx
Less: Cost of Sales/Services xxx
Gross Income from Operation xxx
Add: Non-Operating and Taxable Other Income xxx
Total Gross Income xxx
Less: Deductions
Optional Standard Deduction or
Itemized Deduction xxx
Taxable Income xxx
Multiply by: Tax Rate %
Tax Due xxx
TAXABLE INCOME
AND TAX DUE
For domestic and resident foreign corporations subject to the MCIT; and
non-resident foreign corporation not subject to the normal income tax rate
(Section 28(B)(1)).
Every taxable corporation is likewise required to file a final adjustment return covering the
total taxable income of the corporation for the preceding calendar or fiscal year, which is
required to be filed and paid on or before April 15, or on or before the 15 th day of the 4th
month following the close of the fiscal year, as the case may be. If the sum of the quarterly
tax payments made during the said taxable year is not equal to the total tax due on the entire
taxable income of that year, the corporation shall either:
1. Pay the balance of tax still due; or
2. Carry over the excess credit; or
3. Be credited or refunded with the excess amount paid.
illustration
Tax credit for overpaid income tax for the preceding year is P50,000.
1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter TOTAL
Gross Income
this quarter 500,000.00 600,000.00 700,000.00 800,000.00 2,600,000.00
previous quarter/s 500,000.00 1,100,000.00 1,800,000.00
Total Gross Income 500,000.00 1,100,000.00 1,800,000.00 2,600,000.00 2,600,000.00
Less: Deductions
this quarter 300,000.00 350,000.00 400,000.00 450,000.00
previous quarter/s 300,000.00 650,000.00 1,050,000.00
Total Deductions 300,000.00 650,000.00 1,050,000.00 1,500,000.00 1,500,000.00
Taxable Income 200,000.00 450,000.00 750,000.00 1,100,000.00 1,100,000.00
Tax Rate 30% 30% 30% 30% 30%
Tax Due 60,000.00 135,000.00 225,000.00 330,000.00 330,000.00
Less: Previous Tax Payments/Credits 50,000.00 60,000.00 135,000.00 225,000.00 225,000.00
Tax Still Due 10,000.00 75,000.00 90,000.00 105,000.00 105,000.00