PSE disputes ₱195-million income tax deficiency assessment
Jose T. Pardo (left) and Ramon S. Monzon (right)
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) is disputing a ₱195.24-million tax assessment by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and vows to “take appropriate legal action for the cancellation of the assessment.”
The bourse said it received a final assessment notice (FAN) from the BIR assessing its deficiency income tax, expanded withholding tax, withholding tax on compensation, final withholding value-added tax (VAT), fringe benefit tax, and documentary stamp tax (DST) for calendar year 2022.
The total amount is inclusive of interests up to Dec. 29, 2025, and compromise penalties in the amount of ₱150,000.
The PSE reported a net income of ₱739.15 million in 2022, a 19.61-percent drop from the previous year’s level as revenues declined 6.65 percent to ₱1.54 billion due to lower trading activity as the country tried to recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
For the first nine months of 2025, the PSE reported a consolidated net income of ₱738.81 million, reflecting an increase of 15.39 percent from ₱640.25 million in the same period last year.
Operating revenues surged by 92.22 percent to ₱2.01 billion, but this growth was partly reduced by a 71.92-percent rise in total costs and expenses, as well as a 75.01-percent decline in other income—primarily attributable to the decline in the fair value of financial assets and higher interest expenses.
The increase in operating revenues was primarily driven by a 103.42-percent jump in trading-related fees and a 24.93-percent rise in listing-related fees.
Trading-related fees rose by ₱350.81 million, largely due to transaction fees from the subsidiaries of PDSHC, Philippine Depository & Trust Corp. (PDTC), and Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp. (PDEx), and an 8.04-percent increase in market data revenues.
The growth in listing-related revenues was attributable to 55.65-percent or ₱105.19-million higher listing maintenance fees due to higher rates, which took effect on Jan. 1, 2025, partially offset by 1.47-percent or ₱3.24-million lower listing fees.
Depository securities account fees from PDTC contributed ₱428.41 million to overall revenue growth.