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The VAT on travel agency is based on its gross receipts which will not include:
1. Cost of airline or ship tickets
2. The reimbursement of expenses for services rendered by the third party other than the
travel agency and paid to such party
Examples of reimbursements are:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
If travel agency purchased tickets on a net basis, the VAT shall be on the margin between
the selling price to the passenger and the net purchase price; however, if such margin exceeds 9%
of the gross selling price of the ticket to the passenger, the BIR treats the transaction as a resale
which is taxable on the gross selling price.
If tour services are packaged and sold to a domestic tourist, the VAT will be based on the
total receipts of the tour operations excluding the fees paid to bus operators, resort and guide fees
and meal expenses which must be supported with receipts issued by the supplying company or
establishment. All other receipts will form part of the taxable gross receipts of the travel agency.
Illustration:
Levy & Gajeel Travel Inc., a VAT-registered travel agency, received P2,000,000, excluding VAT,
travel package from Laxus for a travel, together with his family, to Edolas Island.
Levy & Gajeels gross margin is 20% in the gross receipts plus VAT. The travel agency
segregated the following charges as advance expenses for services rendered by the third party:
Illustration:
Lucy Restaurant obtained a catering service for Erza and Jellals wedding for an amount of
P2,000,000. The actual expenses incurred for the wedding is comprised of the following:
Media Advertising
The gross receipts subject to VAT are the following;
1. The amount of gross receipts representing agency commissions received by an
advertising agency of the services it performed as a broker for the media and the
advertiser
2. The amount representing gross receipts derived by the media from its advertising services
Nonlife Insurance
Rules to be applied on the premium o nonlife insurance;
1. If acquired from domestic or foreign companies authorized to transact risk business in the
Philippines 12% VAT based on premium
2. If acquired from
Philippines;
Illustration:
Fullbuster Insurance provided the following data to Mr. Dragneel regarding his car insurance:
Illustration:
FTJ, a domestic corporation, leased the airc raft of Foreign Air for a rental fee of P500,000. How
much is the FTJs net amount to be remitted to Foreign Air?
Rental fees of nonresident owner or lessor of aircraft, machineries and other equipment
are subject to 7.5% final withholding tax.
The VAT on rental and/or royalties payable to nonresident owners of properties in the
Philippines shall be base4d on the contract price agreed upon by the licensor and the licensee.
Illustration:
Mystogan Co,
a domestic corporation and a VAT-registered taxpayer, operates a dormitory building. 5 rooms
are leased to students for a monthly rent of P15,000 per room. In addition, Mystogan Co. also
leases a room as commercial space for concessionaires for P30,000 per month. Assuming that the
operation is for a 12-month period, the business tax of Mystogan Co;
The sale, importation, printing or publication of books and any newspaper, magazine,
review, or bulletin are VAT-exempt given that;
1. Appear at regular intervals
2. With fixed prices for subscription and sale
3. Which is not devoted principally to the publication of advertisement
However bindery services rendered by VAT-registered company for another entity in VATexempt printing services are subject to VAT.
Illustration:
Elfman Publishers regularly published the following during the month with their
corresponding costs of production:
Medical services
Medical, dental, hospital, and veterinary services are VAT-exempt. Hospital, laboratory
services, and medicines used for in-patients in performing medical procedures by a hospitals
special units (operating/ delivery room) are VAT-exempt, except;
Services rendered by health maintenance organizations
Services rendered by medical professionals engaged in the practice of their profession
who are either VAT-registered or VAT-registrable
Sale of drugs and medicine by hospital pharmacy or drug store not included in the
hospital bill
Illustration:
Educational Services
Educational services refer top academic, technical, or vocational education provided by
the private educational institutions duly accredited by the DECS, CHED, or TESDA and those
rendered by government educational institutions.
It does not include seminars, in-service trainings, review classes and other services
rendered by persons who are not accredited by the DECS, CHED or TESDA.
The input taxes charged by the suppliers of educational institutions cannot be used as
tax credit. Educational institutions are not among the exempt entities that have the option to
register for VAT purposes.
Employees Services
Compensation income received by individuals derived from an employer-employee
relationship is exempt. Additional compensation in the form of commission income received by
an employee from his employer is not subject to VAT.
Franchise Grantees
The taxable base for VAT on the transactions of telecommunication companies is the
gross receipts they derive from their telephone, telegraph, telewriter exchange, wireless and other
communication facilities services, excluding the amounts earmarked as the foreign
administrations share relating to the services performed outside the Philippines.
Deposits for telephone instruments and the like are not subject to VAT. However, if it
is forfeited, they will be included in the gross receipts subject to VAT.
Amounts received for overseas dispatch, message, or conversation originating from
the Philippines which are subject to the overseas communication tax do not form part of gross
receipts for VAT purposes.
Zero-rated or Effectively Zero-rated VAT Services by Domestic Corporations
1. Services rendered for a consideration paid inacceptable foreign currency and accounted
in accordance with the rules and regulations of the BSP
5. Transport of passengers and cargo by air or sea vessels from the Philippines to foreign
country