Special InTAX: April 2020 Issue 1 | Volume 1

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Department of Finance (DOF)

 

The Department of Finance (DOF) issued the following:

Revenue Regulations (RR) No. 06-2020, 27 March 2020, implementing the tax exemption provision under Section 4(o) of Republic Act (RA) No. 11469, otherwise known as the “Bayanihan to Heal as One Act”.

The RR provides that the following shall be exempt from VAT, excise tax and other fees:

1.     The importation of critical or needed healthcare equipment or supplies intended to combat the COVID-19 public health emergency, including personal protective equipment, laboratory equipment and its reagents; medical equipment and devices; support and maintenance for laboratory and medical equipment, surgical equipment and supplies, medical supplies, tools, and consumables, common medicines, testing kits, and such other supplies or equipment as may be determined by the Department of Health (DOH) and other relevant government agencies; and

2.     The importation of materials needed to make health equipment and supplies deemed as critical or needed to address the current public health emergency, provided that the importing manufacturer is included in the Master List of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and other incentive granting bodies.

The RR provides that an Authority to Release Imported Goods (ATRIG) shall not be required for the release of the above-mentioned imported goods from the Bureau of Customs (BOC).

The RR also provides that donations of these imported articles to the following are exempt from donor’s tax and are subject to the ordinary rules of deductibility under existing rules and issuances:

a. National Government;
b. Any entity created by any National Government agency which is not conducted for profit; or
c. Any political subdivision of the said Government.

The RR shall take effect immediately and shall be in full force only during the three (3) month effectivity of RA No. 11469, unless extended or withdrawn by Congress or by Presidential Proclamation.

(RGM&Co:  The RR was published in Manila Bulletin on 01 April 2020).

RR No. 07-2020, 27 March 2020, implements Section 4(z) of RA No. 11469 extending the statutory deadlines for the filing and submission of documents and returns and payment of taxes, as follows:

 

BIR Forms/Returns

Return Period

Original Deadlines

Extended Deadlines

Application for VAT Credit Refund Claims (BIR 1914)

Covering the Quarter Ending March 31, 2018

31 March 2020

30 April 2020

Filing and payment of Withholding Tax Remittance Return for Onerous Transfer of Real Property Other than Capital Asset, including Taxable and Exempt (BIR Form No. 1606)

N/A

Date of payment falls within the period of emergency starting 16 March 2020

Thirty (30) days from the original due date

Filing and payment of Capital Gains Tax Return for Onerous Transfer of Real Property Classified as Capital Asset, both Taxable and exempt (BIR Form No. 1706)

Filing and payment of Capital Gains Tax Return for Onerous Transfer of Shares of Stock Not Traded Through the Local Stock Exchange (BIR Form No. 1707)

Filing and payment of Donors Tax Return (BIR Form No. 1800)

Filing and payment of Estate Tax Return (BIR Form No. 1801)

Filing and Payment of Monthly Value-Added Tax (VAT) Declaration (BIR Form No. 2550M) for non-eFPS filers

Month of February 2020

20 March 2020

20 April 2020

Filing and Payment of Monthly Remittance Return of Percentage Tax on Winnings and Prizes Withheld by Race Track Operators (BIR Form No. 1600WP) for eFPS and non-eFPS filers

Month of February 2020

20 March 2020

20 April 2020

eFiling of BIR Form No. 2550M for eFPS Filers under Groups B, C, D and E

Month of February 2020

Group E - 21 March 2020

Group D - 22 March 2020

Group C - 23 March 2020

Group B - 24 March 2020

Group E - 21 April 2020

Group D - 22 April 2020

Group C - 23 April 2020

Group B - 24 April 2020

ePayment of 2550M for Groups B, C, D, and E

Month of February 2020

25 March 2020

27 April 2020

eFiling and ePayment of BIR Form No. 2550M for eFPS Filers under Group A

Month of February 2020

25 March 2020

27 April 2020

Filing and Payment of Quarterly VAT Return (BIR Form No. 2550Q) for eFPS and non-eFPS filers

Fiscal Quarter (FQ) ended 29 February 2020

25 March 2020

27 April 2020

Submission of Quarterly Summary Lists of Sales/Purchases (SLSP) by VAT taxpayers who are non-eFPS filers

FQ ended 29 February 2020

25 March 2020

27 April 2020

Submission of Sworn Statement of Manufacturer's or Importer's Volume of Sales of each Particular Brand of Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Sweetened Beverage Products

FQ ended 29 February 2020

25 March 2020

27 April 2020

Registration of Computerized Books of Accounts and Other Accounting records in electronic format

FY ended 29 February 2020

30 March 2020

30 April 2020

Submission of required hard copies of Financial Statement and Scanned copies of BIR Form No. 2307 to e-Filed BIR Form Nos. 1702RT, MX and EX

FY ended 30 November 2019

30 March 2020

30 April 2020

Submission of 2019 Inventory List

FY ended 29 February 2020

30 March 2020

30 April 2020

eSubmission of Quarterly SLSP by VAT Taxpayers who are eFPS Filers

FQ ended 29 February 2020

30 March 2020

30 April 2020

Filing and Payment of Quarterly Income Tax Returns for Corporations, Partnerships and Other Non- Individual Taxpayers (BIR Form No. 1702Q) for eFPS and non-eFPS filers

FQ ended 31 January 2020

31 March 2020

30 April 2020

Filing/Submission of Annual Information Return of lncome Taxes Withheld on Compensation and Final Withholding Taxes (BIR Form No. 1604-CF)

31 December 2019

31 March 2020

30 April 2020

Submission of the Certificate of Compensation Payment (BIR Form No. 2316)

31 December 2019

31 March 2020

30 April 2020

Filing/Submission of Annual Information Return of Creditable Income Taxes Withheld (Expanded) (BIR Form No. 1604-E) together with alphalist

31 December 2019

31 March 2020

30 April 2020

Filing and Payment of Documentary Stamp Tax (DST) Returns (BIR Form Nos. 2000 and 2000-OT for One-Time Transaction) for eFPS and non-eFPS filers

Month of March 2020

05 April 2020

05 May 2020

eSubmission of Monthly eSales Report of all Taxpayers using CRM/POS with TIN ending in even number

Month of March 2020

08 April 2020

08 May 2020

eFiling and ePayment of Monthly Remittance Return of Value-Added Tax and Other Percentage Taxes Withheld (BIR Form No. 1600) with Monthly Alphalist of Payees for eFPS and non-eFPS filers

Month of March 2020

10 April 2020

11 May 2020

Filing and Payment of Withholding Tax Remittance Return for Onerous Transfer of Real Property Other than Capital Asset (Including Taxable and Exempt) (BIR Form No. 1606)

Month of March 2020

10 April 2020

11 May 2020

Filing and Payment of Withholding Tax Remittance Returns for National Government Agencies (BIR Form Nos. 1600 and 1601-C) for eFPS and non-eFPS filers

Month of March 2020

10 April 2020

11 May 2020

Filing and Payment of Excise Tax Return for the amount of excise taxes collected from payments made to sellers of Metallic Mineral Products (BIR Form No. 2200M)

Month of March 2020

10 April 2020

11 May 2020

Filing and Payment of Monthly Remittance Return of Income Taxes Withheld on Compensation (BIR Form No. 1601-C) for non-eFPS filers

Month of March 2020

10 April 2020

11 May 2020

eSubmission of eSales Reports of all taxpayers using CRM/POS with TIN ending in odd number

Month of March 2020

10 April 2020

11 May 2020

Monthly eFiling of 1601C for eFPS Filers under Groups A, B, C, D, and E

Month of March 2020

Group E - 11 April 2020

Group D - 12 April 2020

Group C - 13 April 2020

Group B - 14 April 2020

Group A – 15 April 2020

Group E -11 May 2020

Group D -12 May 2020

Group C -13 May 2020

Group B -14 May 2020

Group A -15 May 2020

Monthly ePayment of 1601C for eFPS filers under Groups B, C, D, and E

Month of March 2020

15 April 2020

15 May 2020

ePayment of 1601C for eFPS Filers under Group A

Month of March 2020

15 April 2020

15 May 2020

Filing and Payment of BIR Form Nos. 1700, 1701 and 1701A with required attachments*

CY ended 31 December 2019

15 April 2020

15 May 2020

 

Filing and Payment of

BIR For Nos. 1702 RT, MX and EX with required attachments*

CY ended 31 December 2019

15 April 2020

15 May 2020

 

*Submission of Attachments to e-filed Annual Income Tax Return (Annual ITR)

CY ended 31 December 2019

Manually filed together with the filing of annual income tax return (Annual ITR) or within 15 days from electronic filing of the Annual ITR

1 June 2020

eSubmission of Quarterly Summary List of Machines (CRM-POS) sold by all Machine Distributors/ Dealers/Vendors/Suppliers

TQ ended 31 March 2020

15 April 2020

15 May 2020

Registration of Bound Loose Leaf Books of Accounts/Invoices/Receipts and Other Accounting Records

FY ended 31 March 2020

15 April 2020

15 May 2020

Submission of List of Medical Practitioners

CQ ended 31 March 2020

15 April 2020

15 May 2020

Filing of position papers/protest to NIC/PAN/FAN/FLD, transmittal of additional relevant supporting documents, requests for reconsideration on FDDAs, and other similar letters or correspondences

N/A

Filing date falls due during the emergency period starting on 16 March 2020

Thirty (30) days form the date of the lifting of the period of emergency

Certificate of Residence for Tax Treaty relief (CORTT) Form (Part I and II, CORTT Form)

FWT on dividend, interest and royalty for the month of February 2020 paid and remitted starting 10 March 2020

On or before 13 April 2020

30 April 2020

Tax Amnesty on Delinquencies (Tax Amnesty Return) (2118 DA)

N/A

23 April 2020

23 May 2020

Suspension of Running of Limitation under Section 203 and 222 pursuant to Section 223 of the Tax Code of 1997 as amended (Assessment Notices Warrant of Distraints and or Levy Warrants of Garnishments)

Period of emergency starting from 16 March 2020

Before the expiration of Statute of Limitations

60 days after the lifting of the order of state of emergencies

All Other Filing Submission (Other Reportorial Requirements Omitted)

N/A

Date of submission falls within the period of emergency starting from 16 March 2020

Thirty (30) days from original due date

 

The extension of the statutory deadline enumerated above shall not prejudice any submissions and/or filings made before the enactment of these Regulations, as well as those submission and/or filings to be made effective pursuant to the original deadline set forth under the Tax Code. The deadlines set above may be further extended by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, if the circumstances warrant for such an extension or as may be directed by the Secretary of Finance.

These Regulations shall take effect immediately.

(RGM&Co:  The RR was published in Manila Bulletin on 01 April 2020).

 

Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)

 

The Bureau of Internal Revenue issued Revenue Memorandum Order (RMO) No. 10-2020, 30 March 2020, exempting all items imported under Section 4 (o) RA No. 11469, from securing an ATRIG.

The RMO provides that all importations of health equipment and supplies deemed as critical or needed to address the current public health emergency, declared as exempt from VAT and excise taxes under Section 4 (o) of RA No. 11469, shall be released from customs custody without need of an ATRIG.  This extends to the importation of materials needed to make health equipment and supplies deemed as critical or needed to address the current public health emergency provided the importing manufacturer is included in the Master List of the DTI and other incentive granting bodies.

The exemption shall cover importations of health equipment and supplies provided under Section 4 (o) of RA 11469, which arrived and were cleared by the BOC during the three-month effectivity of RA 11469, unless extended or withdrawn by Congress or ended by Presidential Proclamation.

The RMO is automatically repealed upon the lifting of the emergency powers after the expiration of the three-month period, unless extended or withdrawn by Congress or Presidential Proclamation.

 

Attached are the full texts of the issuances.

RMO_2020-10_ImplementingBayanihanAct_ExemptionfromATRIG

RR_2020-06_ImplementingBayanihanAct_TaxExemptionforImports

RR_2020-07_ImplementingBayanihanAct_ExtensionofStatutoryDeadlines

 

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