The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has ruled in favor of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) as it denied the petition filed by Valle Verde Country Club, Inc. which sought a P7.449 million refund for output value-added tax (VAT) on membership fees, assessment dues, and other charges from April 2018 to...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has upheld the dismissal of the P18.9 million tax case against Altimax Broadcasting Co., Inc. for failure of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to observe due process. In a 20-page decision promulgated on Oct. 3, 2023 and written by Associate Justice Ma. Belen M....
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has granted P3.1 million out of the P5.5 million refund sought by the Philippine Airlines, Inc. (PAL) for the excise taxes the firm paid for imported wines, liquors and cigarettes in 2009 for consumption in its international flights. In its Oct. 5, 2023 decision, the...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has ordered the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to refund or issue tax credits amounting to P43.9 million to Petron Corporation for the erroneously collected excise taxes on the firm’s importation of more than 9.7 million liters of alkylate in 2016 and 2017. Google...
(Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives and the Senate have approved in the bicameral conference committee meeting an amendment to the National Internal Revenue Code exempting overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who derive their income...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is batting for comprehensive review of the taxes being levied on petroleum products as well as those for electricity generation – with the end goal of scrapping taxes that are being imposed on other taxes. Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla primarily indicated...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has cancelled and set aside the P8.04 million documentary stamp tax (DST) deficiencies for taxable year 2008 allegedly incurred by Montalban Methane Power Corporation, a firm engaged in Clean Development Mechanism Project under the United Nations Convention on Climate...
After 11 weeks of financial torment at the gasoline stations, consumers can finally heave a sigh of slight relief as oil prices will be on rollback at the pumps by Tuesday (September 26), based on the calculation of the oil companies. According to the industry players, the price of diesel products...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (left), Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (Rep. Salceda's office) The top economists in the House of Representatives have aired their concerns over the proposal to suspend excise tax on fuel as a remedy to the...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has affirmed its division's ruling that cancelled the order for the payment of over P902 million taxes and compromise penalty, and more than P182 million in deficiency taxes issued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) against Philusa Corporation, a firm engaged in...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said that he is open to proposals of suspending the excise tax on imported oil and bio-ethanol as an immediate measure to bring down the fuel prices in the country. “The suspension of the excise tax could offer a temporary respite and serve...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has ordered the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to refund to British American Tobacco, Limited P305.8 million representing the unutilized advanced deposit in Internal Revenue Stamp Integrated System (IRSIS) and on credits for unused, spoiled, and bad order internal...
