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(Only the section numbers of the Code are given below as their texts will be
found in the same Code. They serve as captions of the pertinent provisions of the
Regulations.)
(1) Those who were citizens of the Philippines at the time of the adoption
of the Constitution of the Philippines.
(2) Those born in the Philippines of foreign parents who, before the
adoption of the Constitution, had been elected to public office in the Philippines.
(4) Those whose mothers are citizens of the Philippines and, upon
reaching the age of majority, elect Philippine citizenship.
(5) Those who are naturalized in accordance with law. (Sec. 1, Article IV,
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Constitution of the Philippines.)
The following is a table, showing the rates of income tax under Section 21,
as amended by Section 1 of R.A. No. 2343, applicable to income received from
Jan. 1, 1959 and for fiscal periods ending after June 30, 1959:
1 2 3 4 5 6
Exceeding Not Bracket Rate Tax on Each Cumulative
Exceeding of Tax Bracket Amount of Tax
P- P2,000 2,000 3% P60 P60
2,000 4,000 2,000 6% 120 180
4,000 6,000 2,000 9% 180 360
6,000 8,000 2,000 16% 320 680
8,000 10,000 2,000 20% 400 1,080
10,000 20,000 10,000 24% 2,400 3,480
20,000 30,000 10,000 30% 3,000 6,480
30,000 40,000 10,000 36% 3,600 10,080
40,000 50,000 10,000 40% 4,000 14,080
50,000 60,000 10,000 42% 4,200 18,280
60,000 70,000 10,000 44% 4,400 22,680
70,000 80,000 10,000 46% 4,600 27,280
80,000 90,000 10,000 48% 4,800 32,080
90,000 100,000 10,000 50% 5,000 37,080
100,000 120,000 20,000 52% 10,400 47,480
120,000 140,000 20,000 53% 10,600 58,080
140,000 160,000 20,000 54% 10,800 68,880
160,000 200,000 40,000 55% 22,000 90,880
200,000 250,000 50,000 56% 28,000 118,880
250,000 300,000 50,000 57% 28,500 147,380
300,000 400,000 100,000 58% 58,000 205,380
400,000 500,000 100,000 59% 59,000 264,380
500,000 - - 60% - -
Note: Taxable income is arrived at after deducting personal and additional
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exemptions to which taxpayer is entitled. IcEaST
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second class are subject to a flat rate of 20 per cent on their total income from
sources within the Philippines, if such total income does not exceed P23,800,
otherwise, the graduated rates established in Section 21 will apply to the total
income if it exceeds P23,800. (Conforms with amendments by R.A. 2343,
effective June 20, 1959.)
Under the law the following persons are entitled to P3,000 exemption: (a) a
married man; (b) a married woman; and (c) an unmarried man or woman with one
or both parents, or one or more brothers or sisters, or one or more legitimate,
recognized natural, or adopted children living with and dependent upon him or her
for their chief support, where such brothers, sisters, or children are not more than
23 years of age, unmarried and not gainfully employed or where such children are
incapable of self-support because mentally or physically defective. (Conforms with
amendments by R.A. 2343, effv. June 20, 1959.)
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non-resident alien is a citizen or subject does not have any income tax law, such
non-resident alien will not be entitled to personal exemption.
The tax imposed by law on corporations is not imposed only upon such
corporations as are organized and operated for profit. Any corporation, firm or
association, no matter how created or organized, or what the purpose of its
organization may be, is subject to the tax, except as provided in Section 27,
relative to exemptions from tax on corporations. A corporation is not exempt
simply and only because it is primarily not organized and operated for profit.
Legend:
Foreign life insurance companies not doing business in the Philippines are
subject to the normal income tax on their income received from sources within the
Philippines. They are subject to tax at the rate of 30% like any other foreign
corporation.
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the absence of such a purpose is unmistakable.
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or for the exclusive benefit of the members of a society so operating. "Operating
under the lodge system" means carrying on its activities under a form of
organization that comprises local branches, chartered by a parent organization and
largely self-governing, called lodges, chapters, or the like. In order to be exempt, it
is also necessary that the society should have an established system for payment to
its members or their dependents of life, sick, accident, or other benefits.
Income not derived from their properties, real or personal, are exempt. For
example, in the case of a religious corporation, income from the conduct of strictly
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religious activities, such as fees received for administering baptismals, solemnizing
marriages, attending burials, holding masses, and other like income, is exempt. In
the case of an educational corporation, income from the holding of an educational
fair or exhibit is exempt. However, if such exempt income is invested by the
corporation, the income from such investment, as interests from the capital where
the capital has been loaned or dividends on stock where the capital has been
invested in shares of stock, will constitute taxable income. Donations and other
similar contributions received by such corporation from other persons are exempt.
It does not prevent exemption that private individuals, for whose benefit a
charity is organized, receive the income of the corporation or association. The law
refers to individuals having a personal and private interest in the activities of the
corporation, such as stockholders. If, however, a corporation issues "voting
shares", which entitle the holders upon the dissolution of the corporation to receive
the proceeds of its property, including accumulated income, the right to exemption
ceases to exist, even though the by-laws provide that the shareholders shall not
receive any dividend or other return upon their shares.
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profit, no part of the net income of which inures to any private shareholder or
individual, is exempt provided its activities are limited to the exchange of checks,
and similar work for the common benefit of its members. An association of
persons who are engaged in the transportation business, whether by land or water,
which is designed to promote the legitimate objects of such business, and all of the
income of which is derived from membership dues and is expended for office
expenses is exempt from tax. DSITEH
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For the treatment of dividends for purposes of the tax, see Sections 250 to
256 of these regulations. For the treatment of capital gains, see Sections 132 to 135
of these regulations.
If the payment due on a note so accounted for are met as they become due,
there should be included as income in respect of each such payment so much
thereof as represents recovery for the discount originally deducted.
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SECTION 43. Gross income from business. — In the case of a
manufacturing, merchandising, or mining business, "gross income" means the total
sales, less the cost of goods sold, plus any income from investments and from
incidental or outside operations or sources. In determining the gross income,
subtractions should not be made for depreciation, depletion, selling expenses or
losses, or for items not ordinarily used in computing the cost of goods sold.
(a) Gross income derived from such contracts may be reported upon the
basis of percentage of completion. In such case there should accompany the return
certificate of architects, or engineers showing the percentage of completion during
the taxable year of the entire work performed under contract. There should be
deducted from such gross income all expenditures made during the taxable year on
account of the contract, account being taken of the material and supplies on hand
at the beginning and end of the taxable period for use in connection with the work
under the contract but not yet so applied. If upon completion of a contract, it is
found that the taxable net income arising thereunder has not been clearly reflected
for any year or years, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may permit or require
an amended return.
(b) Gross income may be reported in the taxable year in which the
contract is finally completed and accepted if the taxpayer elects as a consistent
practice to so treat such income, provided such method clearly reflects the net
income. If this method is adopted there should be deducted from gross income all
expenditures during the life of the contract which are properly allocated thereto,
taking into consideration any material and supplies charged to the work under the
contract but remaining on hand at the time of the completion.
Where a taxpayer has filed his return in accordance with the method of
accounting regularly employed by him in keeping his books and such method
clearly reflects the income, he will not be required to change to either of the
methods above set forth. If a taxpayer desires to change his method of accounting
in accordance with paragraphs (a) and (b) above, a statement showing the
composition of all items appearing upon his balance sheet and used in connection
with the method of accounting formerly employed by him, should accompany his
return.
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SECTION 45. Gross income of farmers. — A farmer reporting on the
basis of receipts and disbursements (in which no inventory to determine profits is
used) shall include in his gross income for the taxable year (1) the amount of cash
or the value of merchandise or other property received from the sale of live stock
and produce which were raised during the taxable year or prior years, (2) the profit
from the sale of any live stock or other items which were purchased, and (3) gross
income from all other sources. The profit from the sale of live stock or other items
which were purchased is to be ascertained by deducting the cost from the sales
price in the year in which the sale occurs, except that in the case of the sale of
animals purchased as draft or work animals, or solely for breeding or dairy
purposes and not for resale, the profit shall be the amount of any excess of the
sales prices over the amount representing the difference between the cost and the
depreciation theretofore sustained and allowed as a deduction in computing net
income.
In the case of a farmer reporting on the accrual basis (in which an inventory
is used to determine profits), his gross profits are ascertained by adding to the
inventory value of live stock and products on hand at the end of the year the
amount received from the sale of live stock products, and miscellaneous receipts
for hire of teams, machinery, and the like, during the year, and deducting from this
sum the inventory value of live stock and products on hand at the beginning of the
year and the cost of live stock and products purchased during the year. In such
cases all live stock raised or purchased for sale shall be included in the inventory
at their proper valuation determined in accordance with the method authorized and
adopted for the purpose. Also, live stock acquired for drafts, breeding, or dairy
purposes and not for sale may be included in the inventory, instead of being
treated as capital assets subject to depreciation, provided such practice is followed
consistently by the taxpayer. In case of the sale of any live stock included in an
inventory their cost must not be taken as an additional deduction in the return of
income, as such deduction will be reflected in the inventory.
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take more than a year from the time of planting to the time of gathering and
disposing, the income therefrom may be computed upon the crop basis; but in any
such cases the entire cost of producing the crop must be taken as a deduction in the
year in which the gross income from the crop is realized. EaICAD
As herein used the term "farm" embrace the farm in the ordinarily accepted
sense, and includes stock, dairy, poultry, fruit, and truck farms, also plantations,
ranches, and all land used for farming operations. All individuals, partnerships, or
corporations that cultivate, operate, or manage farms for gain or profit either as
owners, or tenants, are designated farmers. A person cultivating or operating a
farm for recreation or pleasure, the result of which is a continual loss from year to
year, is not regarded as a farmer.
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insurance, endowment, or annuity contracts, such as the so-called "dividends" of a
mutual insurance company, which may be credited against the current premium,
are not subject to tax. Distributions on paid-up policies which are made out of
earnings of the insurance company subject to tax are in the nature of corporate
dividends and should be included in the taxable income of the individual, without
any credit for the amount of tax paid by the corporation at source.
(a) The lessor may report as income at the time when such buildings or
improvements are completed the fair market value of such buildings or
improvements subject to the lease.
(b) The lessor may spread over the life of the lease the estimated
depreciated value of such buildings or improvements at the termination of the lease
and report as income for each year of the lease an aliquot part thereof.
If for any other reason than a bona fide purchase from the lessee by the
lessor the lease is terminated, so that the lessor comes into possession or control of
the property prior to the time originally fixed for the termination of the lease, the
lessor receives additional income for the year in which the lease is so terminated to
the extent that the value of such buildings or improvements when he became
entitled to such possession exceeds the amount already reported as income on
account of the erection of such buildings or improvements. No appreciation in
value due to causes other than the premature termination of the lease shall be
included. Conversely, if the building or improvements are destroyed prior to the
expiration of the lease, the lessor is entitled to deduct as a loss for the year when
such destruction takes place the amount previously reported as income because of
the erection of such buildings or improvements, less any salvage value subject to
the lease to the extent that such loss was not compensated for by insurance. If the
buildings or improvements destroyed were acquired prior to March 1, 1913, the
deduction shall be based on the cost or the value subject to the lease to the extent
that such loss was not compensated for by insurance.
(2) (a) If bonds are issued by a corporation at a premium, the net amount of
such premium is gain or income which should be prorated or amortized over the
life of the bond. (b) If thereafter the corporation purchases and retires any of such
bonds at a price in excess of the issuing price minus any amount of premium
already returned as income, the excess of the purchase price over the issuing price
minus any amount of premium already returned as income (or over the face value
plus any amount of premiums not yet returned as income) is a deductible expenses
for the taxable year. (c) If, however, the corporation purchases and retires any of
such bonds at a price less than the issuing price minus any amount of premium
already returned as income, the excess of the issuing price minus any amount of
premium already returned as income (or of the face value plus any amount of
premium not yet returned as income) over the purchase price is gain or income for
the taxable year.
(3) (a) If bonds are issued by a corporation at a discount, the net amount of
such discount is deductible and should be prorated or amortized over the life of the
bonds. (b) If thereafter the corporation purchases and retires any of such bonds at a
price in excess of the issuing price plus any amount of discount already deducted,
the excess of the purchase price over the issuing price plus any amount of discount
already deducted (or over the face value minus any amount of discount not yet
deducted), is a deductible expense for the taxable year. (c) If, however, the
corporation purchases and retires any of such bonds at a price less than the issuing
price plus any amount of discount already deducted, the excess of the issuing price
plus any amount of discount already deducted (or of the face value minus any
amount of discount not yet deducted) over the purchase price is gain or income for
the taxable year.
(a) If, then, an individual, whose business requires him to travel receives a
salary as full compensation for his services, without reimbursement for traveling
expenses, or is employed on a commission basis with no expense allowance, his
traveling expenses, including the entire amount expended far meals and lodging,
are deductible from gross income.
(b) If an individual receives a salary and is also repaid his actual traveling
expenses, he shall include in gross income, the amount so repaid and may deduct
such expenses. aDcHIC
(c) If an individual receives a salary and also an allowance for meals and
lodging, as for example, a per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence, the amount of
the allowance should be included in gross income and the cost of such meals and
lodging may be deducted therefrom.
A payment for the use of a sample room at a hotel for the display of goods
is a business expense. Only such expenses as are reasonable and necessary in the
conduct of the business and directly attributable to it may be deducted. A taxpayer
claiming the benefit of the deductions referred to herein must attach to his return a
statement showing (1) the nature of the business in which he is engaged; (2) the
number of days away from home during the taxable year on account of business;
(3) the total amount of expenses incident to meals and lodging while absent from
home and business during the taxable year; (4) the total amount of other expenses
incident to travel and claimed as a deduction.
(1) Any amount paid in the form of compensation, but not in fact as the
purchase price of services, is not deductible. (a) An ostensible salary paid by a
corporation may be a distribution of dividend on stock. This is likely to occur in
the case of a corporation having few shareholders, practically all of whom draw
salaries. If in such a case the salaries are in excess of those ordinarily paid for
similar services, and the excessive payment correspond or bear a close relationship
to the stockholdings of the officers or employees, it would seem likely that the
salaries are not paid wholly for services rendered, but that the excessive payments
are a distribution of earnings upon the stock. (b) An ostensible salary may be in
part payment for property. This may occur, for example, where a partnership sells
out to a corporation, the former partners agreeing to continue in the service of the
corporation. In such a case it may be found that the salaries of the former partners
are not merely for services, but in part constitute payment for the transfers of their
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business.
(3) In any event the allowance for compensation paid may not exceed
what is reasonable in all the circumstances. It is in general just to assume that
reasonable and true compensation is only such amount as would ordinarily be paid
for like services by like enterprises in like circumstances. The circumstances to be
taken into consideration are those existing at the date when the contract for
services was made, not those existing at the date when the contract is questioned.
Import duties paid to the proper customs officers, and business, occupation,
license, privilege, excise and stamp taxes and any other taxes of every name or
nature paid directly to the Government of the Philippines or to any political
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subdivision thereof, are deductible. The word "taxes" means taxes proper and no
deductions should be allowed for amounts representing interest, surcharge, or
penalties incident to delinquency. Postage is not a tax. Automobile registration
fees are considered taxes. Taxes are deductible as such only by the person upon
whom they are imposed. Thus the merchants' sales tax imposed by law upon sales
is not deductible by the individual purchaser even though the tax may be billed to
him as a separate item. DHECac
So-called taxes, more properly assessments, paid for local benefits, such as
street, sidewalk, and other like improvements, imposed because of and measured
by some benefit inuring directly to the property against which the assessment is
levied, do not constitute an allowable deduction from gross income. A tax is
considered assessed against local benefits when the property subject to the tax is
limited to the property benefited. Special assessments are not deductible, even
though an incidental benefit may inure to the public welfare. The taxes deductible
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are those levied for the general public welfare, by the proper taxing authorities at a
like rate against all property in the territory over which such authorities have
jurisdiction. When assessments are made for the purpose of maintenance or repair
of local benefits, the taxpayer may deduct assessments paid as an expense incurred
in business, if the payment of such assessments is necessary to the conduct of his
business. When the assessments are made for the purpose of constructing local
benefits, the payments by the taxpayer are in the nature of capital expenditures and
are not deductible. Where assessments are made for the purpose of both
construction and maintenance or repairs, the burden is on the taxpayer to show the
allocation of the amounts assessed to the different purposes. If the allocation can
not be made, none of the amounts so paid is deductible.
In the case of an alien resident of the Philippines who signifies in his return
his desire to claim a credit for such taxes the basis of the credit is as follows: (a)
The amount of any such taxes paid or accrued during the taxable year to any
foreign country if the foreign country of which such alien resident is a citizen or
subject, in imposing such taxes, allows a similar credit to citizens of the
Philippines residing in such country; and (b) his proportionate share of any such
taxes of a partnership of which he is a partner or an estate or trust of which he is a
beneficiary paid or accrued during the taxable year to any foreign country if his
distributive share of the net income of such partnership or trust is reported for
taxation under Title II of the Code, and if the foreign country of which such alien
resident is a citizen or subject, in imposing such taxes, allows a similar credit to
citizens of the Philippines residing in such country.
If a taxpayer signifies in his return his desire to claim credit for taxes, such
action will be considered to apply to income, war-profits, and excess-profits taxes
paid to all foreign countries (including the United States and possessions thereof),
and no portion of any such taxes shall be allowed as a deduction from gross
income.
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war-profits, and excess-profits taxes paid or accrued during the taxable year"
means taxes proper (no credit being given for amounts representing interest or
penalties) paid or accrued during the taxable year on behalf of the taxpayer
claiming credit. "Foreign country" means any foreign state or political subdivision
thereof, or any foreign political entity, which levies and collects income,
war-profits, or excess-profits taxes, and includes the United States or any political
subdivision thereof.
In the case of a credit sought for a tax accrued but not paid, the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue may in addition require as a condition
precedent to the allowance of credit a bond from the taxpayer. It shall be in such
sum as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may prescribe, and shall be
conditioned for the payment by the taxpayer of any amount of tax found due upon
any redetermination of the tax made necessary by such credit proving incorrect,
with such further conditions as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may
require. This bond shall be executed by the taxpayer, or the agent or representative
of the taxpayer, as principal, and by sureties satisfactory to and approved by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue. aEcADH
SECTION 89. When credit for taxes may be taken. — The credit for
taxes provided by Section (30)(c)(3) to (9) may ordinarily be taken either in the
return for the year in which the taxes accrued or in which the taxes were paid,
dependent upon whether the accounts of the taxpayer are kept and his returns filed
upon the accrual basis or upon the cash receipts and disbursements basis. Section
30(c)(6) allows the taxpayer, at his option and irrespective of the method of
accounting employed in keeping his books, to take such credit for taxes as may be
allowable in the return for the year in which the taxes accrued. An election thus
made must be followed in returns for all subsequent years, and no portion of any
such taxes will be allowed as a deduction from gross income.
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foreign corporation. — In the case of a domestic corporation which owns a
majority of the voting stock of a foreign corporation from which it receives
dividends in any taxable rear, the credit for foreign taxes includes not only the
income, war profits and excess-profits taxes paid or accrued during the taxable
year to any foreign country by such domestic corporation, but also income,
war-profits and excess-profits taxes deemed to have been paid determined by
taking the same proportion of any income, war-profits, and excess-profits taxes
paid or accrued by such controlled foreign corporation to any foreign country upon
or with respect to the accumulated profits of such foreign corporation from which
such dividends were paid, which the amount of any such dividends received bears
to the amount of such accumulated profits. The amount of taxes deemed to have
been paid is limited, however, to an amount of the tax against which the credit for
foreign taxes is taken, which the amount of such dividends bears to the amount of
the entire net income of the domestic corporation in which such dividends are
included. If dividends are received from more than one controlled foreign
corporation, the limitation is to be computed separately for the dividends received
from each controlled foreign corporation. If the credit for foreign taxes includes
taxes deemed to have been paid, the taxpayer must furnish the same information
with respect to the taxes deemed to have been paid as it is required to furnish with
respect to the taxes actually paid or accrued by it. Taxes paid or accrued by a
controlled foreign corporation are deemed to have been paid by the domestic
corporation for purposes of credit only.
(a) The amount of the credit in respect to the tax paid or accrued to any
country shall not exceed the same proportion of the tax against which such credit
is taken, which the taxpayer's net income from sources within such country taxable
under Title II bears to his entire net income for the same taxable year; and
(b) The total amount of the credit shall not exceed the same proportion of
the tax against which such credit is taken, which the taxpayer's net income from
sources without the Philippines taxable under Title II bears to his entire net income
for the same taxable year.
(c) Of property not connected with the trade or business if arising from
fires, storm, shipwreck, or other casualty, or from robbery, theft or embezzlement.
No loss shall, however, be allowed as a deduction if at the time of filing of the
return, such loss has been claimed as deduction for estate or inheritance tax
purposes in the estate or inheritance tax return.
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depreciation allowable as a deduction in computing net income, with respect to
such perished, livestock, and also any insurance or indemnity recovered, may be
deducted as a loss. The actual cost of other property (with proper adjustment for
depreciation), which is destroyed by order of the authorities, may in like manner
be claimed as a loss; but if reimbursement is made in whole or in part on account
of stock killed or property destroyed, the amount received shall be reported as
income for the year in which reimbursement is made. The cost of any feed,
pasturage, or care which has been deducted as an expense of operation shall not be
included as part of the cost of the stock for the purpose of ascertaining the amount
of a deductible loss. If gross income is ascertained by inventories, no deduction
can be made for livestock or products lost during the year, whether purchased for
resale, produced on the farm, as such losses will be reflected in the inventory by
reducing the amount of livestock or products on hand at the close of the year. If an
individual owns and operates a farm, in addition to being engaged in another trade,
business or calling, and sustains a loss from such operation of the farm, then the
amount of loss sustained may be deducted from gross income received from all
sources, provided the farm is not operated for recreation or pleasure.
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result in the satisfaction of execution on a judgment, a showing of those facts will
be sufficient evidence of the worthlessness of the debt for the purpose of
deduction. Bankruptcy is generally an indication of the worthlessness of at least a
part of an unsecured and unpreferred debt. Actual determination of worthlessness
in bankruptcy is sometimes possible before and at other times only when a
settlement in bankruptcy shall have been had. Where a taxpayer ascertained a debt
to be worthless and charged it off in one year, the mere fact that bankruptcy
proceedings instituted against the debtor are terminated in a later year, confirming
the conclusion that the debt is worthless, will not authorize shifting the deduction
to such later year. If a taxpayer computes his income upon the basis of valuing his
notes or accounts receivable at their fair market value when received, which may
be less than their face value, the amount deductible for bad debts in any case is
limited to such original valuation.
(a) Gross income. — Gross income means the "gross income from the
property". The gross income in the case of gas and oil wells is the amount for
which the taxpayer sells the oil and gas in the immediate vicinity of the well. If the
oil and gas are not sold on the property but are manufactured or converted into a
refined product prior to sale, the gross income from the property shall be assumed
to be equivalent to the representative market or field price (as of the date of sale)
of the oil and gas before conversion or transportation.
"Gross income from the property" means, in the case of mines, the gross
income from mining. The gross income from mining consists of the proceeds from
the sales of ores or minerals extracted from the mining property. Where ores are
sent abroad where the ordinary treatment processes are applied or where they are
refined and where they are sold, the actual cost of ocean freight as well as
insurance, should be deducted from the actual selling price for gross income
purposes. Also where minerals or mineral products are sold or consigned abroad
by the lessee or owner of the mine under C.I.F. terms, the actual cost of ocean
freight and insurance should be deducted.
(b) Mining. — The term "mining" includes not merely the extraction of
the ores or minerals from the ground but also the ordinary treatment process
normally applied by mine owners or operators in order to obtain the commercially
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marketable mineral product or products, and so much of the transportation of ores
or minerals (whether or not by common carrier) from the point of extraction from
the ground to the plants or mills in which the ordinary treatment processes are
applied thereto as is not in excess of 50 miles unless the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue finds that the physical and other requirements are such that the ore or
mineral must be transported a greater distance to such plants or mills.
(c) Extraction of the ores or minerals from the ground. — The term
"extraction of the ores or minerals from the ground" includes the extraction by
mine owners or operators of ores or minerals from the waste or residue of prior
mining. Thus income derived from the working over of tailings, piles or culm
banks is included in determining "gross income from the property". The length of
time between the prior mining and extraction of ores or minerals from the waste or
residue of such mining is immaterial. Whether the waste or residue results from the
application of ordinary treatment processes or from the process of removal from
the ground, income derived therefrom is within the term "gross income from the
property". To be included in "gross income from the property", income derived
from the extraction of ores or minerals from the waste or residue of prior mining
must come from such extraction by the mine owner or operator himself.
(3) In the case of iron ore, bauxite, ball and sagger clay, rock asphalt, and
minerals which are customarily sold in the form of a crude mineral product —
sorting, concentrating; and sintering to bring to shipping grade and form, and
loading for shipment;
(4) In the case of lead, zinc, copper, gold, silver, or fluorspar ores, potash,
and ores which are not customarily sold in the form of the crude mineral
product-crushing, grinding, and beneficiation by concentration (gravity, flotation,
amalgamation, electrostatic, or magnetic) cyanidation, leaching, crystallization,
precipitation (but not including as an ordinary treatment process electrolytic
deposition, roasting, thermal or electric smelting, or refining), or by substantially
equivalent processes, or extraction of the product or products from the ore,
including the furnacing of quicksilver ores; and
(5) The pulverization of talc, the burning of magnesite, and the sintering
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and modulizing of phosphate rock.
(e) Net income or net profit. — "Net income" or "net profit" means the
taxpayer's taxable income from the property. Net income or net profit (computed
without allowance for depletion) means the "gross income from the property" less
the allowable deductions attributable to the mineral property upon which the
depletion is claimed and the allowable deductions attributable to the treatment
processes insofar as they relate to the product of such property, including overhead
and operating expenses, development costs properly charged to expense,
depreciation, taxes, losses sustained, etc. Deductions not directly attributable to
particular properties or processes shall be fairly allocated. ASaTHc
(a) If the plan contemplates the payment to the trust, in advance of the
time when pensions are granted, of amounts to provide for future pensions
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payments, then (1) reasonable amounts paid to the trust during the taxable year
representing the pension liability applicable to such year, determined in
accordance with the plan, shall be allowed as a deduction for such year as an
ordinary and necessary business expense, and in addition (2) one-tenth of a
reasonable amount transferred or paid to the trust during the taxable year to cover
in whole or in part the pension liability applicable to the years prior to the taxable
year, or so transferred or paid to place the trust on a sound financial basis, shall be
allowed as a deduction for the taxable year and for each of the nine succeeding
taxable years.
(b) If the plan does not contemplate the payment to the trust, in advance of
the time when pensions are granted, of amounts to provide for future pension
payments, then (1) reasonable amounts paid to the trust during the taxable year
representing the present value of the expected future payments in respect of
pensions granted to employees retired during the taxable year shall be allowed as
deduction for such year as an ordinary and necessary business expense, and in
addition (2) one tenth of a reasonable amount transferred or paid to the trust during
the taxable year to cover in whole or in part the present value of the expected
future payments in respect of pensions granted to employees retired prior to the
taxable year, or so transferred or paid to place the trust on a sound financial basis,
shall be allowed as a deduction for the taxable year and for each of the nine
succeeding taxable years.
(e) Between the fiduciary of a trust and the fiduciary of another trust, if
the same person is a grantor with respect to each trust; or
(b) Where more than one loss is claimed to have been sustained within the
taxable year from the sale or other disposition of stock or securities, the provisions
of this section shall be applied to the losses in the order in which the stock or
securities the disposition of which resulted in the respective losses were disposed
of (beginning with the earliest disposition). If the order of disposition of stock or
securities disposed of at a loss on the same day cannot be determined, the stock or
securities will be considered to have been disposed of in the order in which they
were originally acquired (beginning with earliest acquisition).
(c) Where the amount of stock or securities acquired within the sixty-one
day period is less than the amount of stock or securities sold or otherwise disposed
of, then the particular shares of stock or securities the loss from the sale or other
disposition of which is not deductible shall be those with which the stock or
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securities acquired are matched in accordance with the following rule:
(d) Where the amount of stock or securities acquired within the sixty-
one-day period is not less than the amount of stock or securities sold or otherwise
disposed of, then the particular shares of stock or securities the acquisition of
which resulted in the nondeductibility of the loss shall be those with which the
stock or securities disposed of are matched in accordance with the following rule:
The exclusion from the term "capital assets" of property used in the trade or
business of a taxpayer of a character which is subject to the allowance for
depreciation provided in Section 30(f) of the Code is limited to property used by
the taxpayer in the trade or business at the time of the sale or exchange. It has no
application to gains or losses arising from the sale of real property used in the
trade or business to the extent that such gain or loss is allocable to the land, as
distinguished from depreciable improvements upon the land. To such gain or loss
allocable to the land, the limitations of Section 34(b) and (c) apply (such limitation
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may be inapplicable to a dealer in real estate, but, if so, it is because he holds the
land primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of his trade or business,
not because land is subject to a depreciation allowance). Gains or losses from the
sale or exchange of property used in the trade or business of the taxpayer of a
character which is subject to the allowance for depreciation provided in Section
30(f) of the Code, will not be subject to the percentage provisions of Section 34(b)
and losses from such transactions will not be subject to the limitation of losses
provided in Section 30(c). (Real property used in taxpayer's trade or business is no
longer capital asset per Am. R.A. 82.)
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50% of such losses P3,500
Gains from sales of capital assets 2,000
50% of such gains 1,000
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Net capital losses P2,500
Taxable net income P20,000
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(The net capital loss of P2,500 is not deductible in arriving at the taxable
net income inasmuch as capital losses are allowed only to the extent of capital
gains.)
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Net income subject to tax P2,450
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# The net capital loss of P5,000 sustained in 1946 and carried over in 1947
is reduced to P2,250 for the reason that the net income from business and other
sources (not including capital gain), for the year 1946 is only P2,250.
SECTION 135. Gains and losses from short sales. — For income tax
purposes, a short sale is not deemed to be consummated until the delivery of
property to cover the short sale. If the short sale is made through a broker and the
broker borrows property to make delivery, the short sale is not deemed to be
consummated until the obligation of the seller created by the short sale is finally
discharged by delivery of property to the brokers to replace the property borrowed
by such broker.
SECTION 136. Basis for determining gain or loss from sale of property.
— For the purpose of ascertaining the gain or loss from the sale or exchange of
property, the basis is the cost of such property, or in the case of property which
should be included in the inventory, its latest inventory value. But in the case of
property acquired before March 1, 1913, when its fair market value as of that date
is in excess of its cost, the gain to be included in gross income is the excess of the
amount realized therefor over such fair market value. (See illustration I, Section
137 of these regulations). Also in the case of property acquired before March 1,
1913, when its fair market value as of that date is lower than its cost the deductible
loss is the excess of such fair market value over the amount realized therefor. (See
Illustration II, Id.). No gain or loss is recognized in the case of property sold or
exchanged (a) at more than cost but less than its fair market value as of March 1,
1913 (See Illustration III, Id.), or (b) at less than cost but at more than its fair
market value as of March 1, 1913. (See Illustration IV, Id., Id., Id.) In any case
proper adjustment must be made in computing gain or loss from the exchange or
sale of property for any depreciation or depletion sustained and allowable as
deduction in computing net income; the amount of depreciation previously charged
off by the taxpayer shall be deemed to be true depreciation sustained unless shown
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by clear and convincing evidence to be incorrect. What the fair market value of
property was as of March 1, 1913, is a question of fact to be established by
evidence which will reasonably and adequately make it appear. The nature and
extent of the sales and the circumstances under which they were made should be
considered. Prices received at forced sales or for small lots of property may be and
often are no real indication of the value of the amount of property in question. For
instance, sales from time to time of a small number of shares of stock is little
indication of the value of a large or controlling interest in the corporation. If the
taxpayer can not determine the cost of securities purchased prior to March 1, 1913,
because of the loss, destruction, or failure to keep records, the value of the
securities at the date of approximate date of acquisition may be used in
determining the cost basis for purposes of computing the gain or loss from the sale
of the securities. When the date or approximate date of acquisition is unknown, no
general rule can be stated for determining the cost value of such securities. Each
case must be considered separately upon its own facts.
In the case of property acquired before March 1, 1913, when its fair market
value as of that date is in excess of its cost, the taxable gain is the excess of the
amount realized therefor over such fair market value.
ILLUSTRATION I
Fair Market
Cost Value Sale Price Taxable gain
Mar. 1, 1913
P20,000 P30,000 P40,000 P10,000
Excess of amount realized over fair
market value as of March 1, 1913.
Gain attributed to the period prior
to March 1, 1913 not taxable.
In the case of property acquired before March 1, 1913, when its fair market
value as of that date is lower than its cost, the deductible loss is the excess of such
fair market value over the amount realized therefor.
ILLUSTRATION II
Fair Market
Cost Value Sale Price Taxable gain
Mar. 1, 1913
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P20,000 P10,000 P6,000 P4,000
Where the cost is equal to or greater than the fair market value as of March
1, 1913, and the selling price exceeds the cost, the gain to be included in gross
income is the excess of the selling price over the cost.
ILLUSTRATION V
Fair Market
Cost Value Sale Price Taxable gain
Mar. 1, 1913
P20,000 P10,000 P40,000 P20,000
Reason: Gain on whole transaction,
all of which is attributable to period
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subsequent to March 1, 1913.
Where the fair market value as of March 1, 1913, is equal to or greater than
the cost and the selling price is less than the cost, the deductible loss is the amount
by which the cost exceeds the selling price.
ILLUSTRATION VI
Fair Market
Cost Value Sale Price Taxable gain
Mar. 1, 1913
P20,000 P30,000 P10,000 P10,000
Reason: Loss on whole transaction, all
of which is attributable to period
subsequent to March 1, 1913. Only
actual loss sustained deductible.
SECTION 138. Sale of property acquired by gift. — In computing the
gain or loss from the sale or other disposition of property acquired by gift, the
basis shall be the selling price and the fair market value of the property at the time
the gift was made, or its fair market value as of March 1, 1913, if acquired prior
thereto, determined in accordance with the next two preceding sections. In the case
of gifts made on or after July 1, 1939, the value taken as a basis for gift tax
purposes shall be considered as the fair market value in computing gain or loss
from the sale or other disposition of the property.
3. Recognition of gain in part but not loss, where exchanges are not
solely in kind.
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Example: A, in connection with a merger or consolidation in 1957
exchanges a share of stock in the X Corporation (a party to the
merger or consolidation) purchased in 1939 at a cost of P100 for a
share of stock of the Y Corporation (also a party to the merger or
consolidation), which has a fair market value of P90, plus P20 in
cash. The gain from the transaction is P10 and is recognized and
taxed as a gain from the exchange of property. However, if the share
of stock received had a fair market value of P70, the loss from the
transaction of P10 would not be recognized.
(b) By the transferee. — The basis of the property transferred in the hands
of the transferee shall be the same as it would be in the hands of the transferor,
increased by the amount of the gain recognized to the transferor on the transfer.
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As previously shown cash "boot" operates in the first instance to reduce
basis. Then to this result must be added the gain recognized. The remainder is to
be allocated between the several types of stock and securities permitted to be
received without the recognition of gain or loss. To illustrate: The taxpayer in a
nontaxable exchange trades A stock which cost P100 for one share of common
stock and one share of preferred stock of B corporation, together worth P100
(P100 each), and P50 cash. The basis for the share of B common stock will
therefore be P50 (1/2 of P100) and the B preferred stock will likewise take a P50
basis.
6. Definitions:
(a) The term "securities" means bonds and debentures but not "notes" of
whatever class or duration.
The following methods, among others, that are sometimes used in taking or
valuing inventories, are not in accord with these regulations and therefore their use
for income tax purposes is prohibited, viz.:
(4) Using a constant price or nominal value for a so called normal quantity
of materials or goods in stock.
(5) Including stock in transit, either shipped to or from the taxpayer, the
title to which is not vested in the taxpayer.
SECTION 146. Inventories at cost price. — Cost means: (1) In the case
of merchandise on hand at the beginning of the taxable year, the inventory price of
such goods.
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acquiring possession of the goods.
(4) In any industry in which the usual rules for computation of cost of
production are inapplicable, costs may be approximated upon such basis as may be
reasonable and in conformity with established trade practice in the particular
industry. Among such cases are: (a) Farmers and raisers of livestock; (b) miners
and manufacturers who by a single process or uniform series of processes derive a
product of two or more kinds, size or grade, the unit cost of which is substantially
alike; and (c) retail merchants who use what is known as the "retail method" in
ascertaining approximate cost.
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hand either —
(a) At cost;
may make his return upon the basis upon which his accounts are kept;
provided that a description of the method employed shall be included in or
attached to the return, that all the securities must be inventoried by the same
method, and that such method must be adhered to in subsequent years, unless
another method be authorized by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. A dealer
in securities in whose books of accounts separate computations of the gain or loss
from the sale of the various lots of securities sold are made on the basis of the cost
of each lot shall be regarded, for the purposes of this section, as regularly
inventorying his securities at cost. For the purposes of this rule a dealer in
securities is a merchant of securities, whether an individual, partnership; or
corporation, with an established place of business, regularly engaged in the
purchase of securities and their resale to customers; that is, one who as a merchant
buys securities and sells them to customers with a view to the gains and profits that
may be derived therefrom. If such business is simply a branch of the activities
carried on by such person, the securities inventoried as here provided may include
only those held for purposes of resale and not for investment. Taxpayers who buy
and sell or hold securities for investment or speculation, irrespective of whether
such buying or selling constitutes the carrying on of a trade or business, and
officers of corporations and members of partnerships who in their individual
capacities buy and sell securities, are not dealers in securities within the meaning
of this rule.
(3) Where returns have been made in which the taxable net income has
been computed upon incomplete inventories, the abnormality should be corrected
by submitting with the return for the current taxable year a statement for the
preceding year in which such adjustments shall be made as are necessary to bring
the closing inventory for the preceding year into agreement with opening complete
inventory for the current taxable year.
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percentage of profit based upon an average of his entire business but should
compute and use in valuing his inventory the proper percentages for the respective
departments or classes of goods.
SECTION 152. Income from sources within the Philippines. — The law
divides the income of taxpayers into three classes:
(1) Income which is derived in full from sources within the Philippines;
(2) Income which is derived in full from sources without the Philippines;
and
(3) Income which is derived partly from sources within and partly from
sources without the Philippines.
The taxable income from sources within the Philippines includes that
derived in full from sources within the Philippines and that portion of the income
which is derived partly from sources within and partly from sources without the
Philippines which is allocated or apportioned to sources within the Philippines.
(b) From a foreign corporation unless less than 50 per cent of its gross
income for the three-year period ending with the close of its taxable year preceding
the declaration of such dividends, or for such part of such period as it has been in
existence, was derived from sources within the Philippines; but only in an amount
which bears the same ratio to such dividends as the gross income of the
corporation for such period derived from sources within the Philippines bears to its
gross income from all sources.
(1) Interest other than that specified in Section 37(a)(1), as being derived
from sources within the Philippines;
(2) Dividends other than those derived from sources within the Philippines
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as provided in Section 37(a)(2);
(5) Gain derived from the sale of real property located without the
Philippines.
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determined under Section 37(c).
The expenses of the taxpayer for the year amounted to P78,000. Of these
expenses the amount of P8,000 is properly allocated to income from sources
within the Philippines and the amount of P40,000 is properly allocated to income
from sources without the Philippines.
The income derived from the ownership or operation of any farm, mine, oil
or gas well, other natural deposit, or timber, located within the Philippines, and
from the sale by the producer of the products thereof within or without the
Philippines, shall ordinarily be included in gross income from sources within the
Philippines. If, however, it is shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue that due to the peculiar conditions of productions and sale in a
specific case or for other reasons all of such gross income should not be allocated
to sources within the Philippines and to sources without the Philippines shall be
made as provided in Section 162 of these regulations.
Where items of gross income are separately allocated to sources within the
Philippines, there shall be deducted therefrom, in computing net income, the
expenses, losses, and other deductions properly apportioned or allocated thereto
and a ratable part of other expenses, losses, or other deductions which cannot
definitely be allocated to some item or class of gross income.
SECTION 162. Income from the sale of personal property derived from
sources partly within and partly without the Philippines. — Items of gross income
not allocated by Sections 152 to 159 or 161 of these regulations to sources from
within or without the Philippines shall (unless unmistakably from a source within
or a source without the Philippines) be treated as derived from sources partly
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within and partly without the Philippines. EcICSA
The portion of such income derived from sources partly within the
Philippines and partly within a foreign country which is attributable to sources
within the Philippines shall be determined according to the following rules and
cases:
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taxpayer's property within the Philippines, and the denominator of which consists
of the value of the taxpayer's property both within the Philippines and within the
foreign country. The remaining one-half of such net income shall be apportioned
in accordance with the gross sales of the taxpayer within the Philippines and
within the foreign country, the portion attributable to sources within the
Philippines being determined by multiplying such one-half by a fraction the
numerator of which consists of the taxpayer's gross sales for the taxable year or
period within the Philippines, and the denominator of which consists of the
taxpayer's gross sales for the taxable year, or period both within the Philippines
and within the foreign country. The "gross sales of the taxpayer within the
Philippines" means the gross sales made during the taxable year which were
principally secured, negotiated, or effected by employees, agents, offices, or
branches of the taxpayer's business resident or located in the Philippines. The term
"gross sales" as used in this paragraph refers only to the sales of personal property
produced (in whole or in part) by the taxpayer within the Philippines and sold
within a foreign country or produced (in whole or in part) by the taxpayer within a
foreign country and sold within the Philippines, and the term "property" includes
only the property held or used to produce income which is derived from such
sales. Such property should be taken at its actual value, which in the case of
property valued or appraised for purposes of inventory, depreciation, depletion, or
other purposes of taxation shall be the highest amount at which so valued or
appraised, and which in other cases shall be deemed to be its book value in the
absence of affirmative evidence showing such value to be greater or less than the
actual value. The average value during the taxable year or period shall be
employed. The average value of property as above prescribed at the beginning and
end of the taxable year or period ordinarily may be used, unless by reason of
material changes during the taxable year or period such average does not fairly
represent the average for such year or period, in which event the average shall be
determined upon a monthly or daily basis. Bills and accounts receivable shall
(unless satisfactory reason for a different treatment is shown) be assigned or
allocated to the Philippines when the debtor resides in the Philippines.
Given
(a) Gross receipts from outgoing freights and passengers
from P.I. ports P20,000
(b) Gross receipts from outgoing freights and passengers
from all ports other than those of P. I 200,000
(c) Interests and other nonshipping income received by P.I.
office 5,000
(d) Interests, dividends, and other nonshipping income received
by all offices other than those in P.I. 50,000
(e) Total expenses and deductions of the company as a whole,
including those incurred by P.I. office 150,000
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25,000
————— x 150,000 = 13,636
275,000
(h) P.I. net income:
P.I. gross income less P.I. expenses, or
P25,000 less P13,636 = P11,364
SECTION 164. Telegraph and cable service. — A foreign corporation
carrying on the business of transmission of telegraph or cable messages between
points in the Philippines and points outside the Philippines derives income partly
from sources within and partly from sources without the Philippines.
(1) GROSS INCOME. — The gross income from sources within the
Philippines derived from such services shall be determined by adding (a) its gross
revenues derived from messages originating in the Philippines and (b) amounts
collected abroad on collect messages originating in the Philippines and deducting
from such sum amounts paid or accrued for transmission of messages beyond the
company's own circuit. Amounts received by the company in the Philippines with
respect to collect messages originating without the Philippines shall be excluded
from gross income.
(2) NET INCOME. — In computing net income from sources within the
Philippines there shall be allowed as deductions from gross income determined in
accordance with paragraph (1): (a) all expenses incurred in the Philippines (not
including any general overhead expenses), incident to the carrying on of the
business in the Philippines; (b) all direct expenses incurred abroad in the
transmission of messages originating in the Philippines (not including any general
overhead expenses or maintenance, repairs, and depreciation of cable and not
including any amount already deducted in computing gross income); (c)
depreciation of property (other than cables) located in the Philippines and used in
the trade or business therein; and (d) a proportionate part of the general overhead
expenses [not including any items incurred abroad corresponding to those
enumerated in (a), (b), and (c)], and of maintenance, repairs, and depreciation of
cables of the entire cable system of the enterprise based on the ratio which the
number of words originating in the Philippines bears to the total words transmitted
by the enterprise.
(3) In any case in which the cost of capital assets is being recovered
through deductions for wear and tear, depletion, or obsolescence, any expenditure
(other than ordinary repairs) made to restore the property or prolong its useful life
should be added to the property account or charged against the appropriate reserve
and not to current expenses.
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accordance with the approved method of accounting followed by him. If a
taxpayer has died there shall also be included in computing net income for the
taxable period in which he died amounts accrued up to the date of his death if not
otherwise properly includible in respect of such period or a prior period, regardless
of the fact that the decedent may have kept his books and made his returns on the
basis of cash receipts and disbursements.
(b) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this section in general are not
applicable with respect to the taxable period during which the taxpayer dies. In
such case there shall also be allowed as deductions and credits for such taxable
period amounts accrued up to the date of his death if not otherwise allowable with
respect to such period or a prior period, regardless of the fact that the decedent was
required to keep his books and make his returns on the basis of cash receipts and
disbursements. (See also Section 76 of these regulations.)
(c) By a present transfer of title to the purchaser, who at the same time
executes a reconveyance in the form of a chattel mortgage to the vendor; or
The general purpose and effect being the same in all of these cases, the
same rule is uniformly applicable. The general rule prescribed is that a person who
regularly sells or otherwise disposes of personal property on the installment plan,
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whether or not title remains in the vendor until the property is fully paid for, may
return as income therefrom in any taxable year that proportion of the installment
payments actually received in that year which the total or gross profit (that is, sales
less cost of goods sold) realized or to be realized when the property is paid for,
bears to the total contract price. Thus the income of a dealer in personal property
on the installment plan may be ascertained by taking as income that proportion of
the total payments received in the taxable year from installment sales (such
payments being allocated to the year against the sales of which they apply) which
the total or gross profit realized or to be realized on the total installment sales
made during each year bears to the total contract price of all such sales made
during that respective year. No payments received in the taxable year shall be
excluded in computing the amount of income to be returned on the ground that
they were received under a sale the total profit from which was returned as income
during a taxable year or years prior to the change by the taxpayer to the installment
basis of returning income. Deductible items are not to be allocated to the years in
which the profits from the sales of a particular year are to be returned as income,
but must be deducted for the taxable year in which the items are "paid or incurred"
or "paid or accrued", as provided by Section 40 and 84(q) of the Code. A dealer
who desires to compute his income on the installment basis shall maintain books
of account in such a manner as to enable an accurate computation to be made on
such basis in accordance with the provisions of this section.
If for any reason the purchaser defaults in any of his payments, and the
vendor returning income on the installment basis repossesses the property sold
whether title thereto had been retained by the vendor or transferred to the
purchaser, gain or loss for the year in which the repossession occurs is to be
computed upon any installment obligations of the purchaser which are satisfied or
discharged upon the repossession or are applied by the vendor to the purchase or
bid price of the property. Such gain or loss is to be measured by the difference
between the fair market value of the property repossessed and the basis in the
hands of the vendor of the obligations of the purchaser which are so satisfied,
discharged, or applied, with proper adjustment for any other amounts realized or
costs incurred in connection with the repossession. The basis in the hands of the
vendor of the obligations of the purchaser satisfied, discharged, or applied upon
the repossession of the property shall be the excess of the face value of such
obligations over an amount equal to the income which would be returnable were
the obligations paid in full. No deduction for a bad debt shall in any case be taken
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on account of any portion of the obligations of the purchaser which are treated by
the vendor as not having been satisfied, discharged, or applied upon the
repossession, unless it is clearly shown that after the property was repossessed the
purchaser remained liable for such portion; and in no event shall the amount of the
deduction exceed the basis in the hands of the vendor of the portion of the
obligations with respect to which the purchaser remained liable after the
repossession. If the property repossessed is bid in by the vendor at a lawful public
auction or judicial sale, the fair market value of the property shall be presumed to
be the purchase or bid price thereof in the absence of clear and convincing proof to
the contrary. The property repossessed shall be carried on the books of the vendor
at its fair market value at the time of the repossession.
(1) Sales of property on the installment plan, that is, sales in which the
payments received in cash or property other than evidences of indebtedness of the
purchaser during the taxable year in which the sale is made do not exceed 25 per
cent of the selling price.
In the sale of mortgaged property the amount of the mortgage, whether the
property is merely taken subject to the mortgage or whether the mortgage is
assumed by the purchaser, shall be included as a part of the "selling price" but the
amount of the mortgage, to the extent that it does not exceed the basis to the
vendor of the property sold, shall not be considered as a part of the "initial
payments" or of the "total contract price", as those terms are used in Section 43 of
the Code, in Sections 174 and 176 of these regulations, and in this section. The
term "initial payments" does not include amounts received by the vendor in the
year of sale from the disposition to a third person of notes given by the vendee as
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part of the purchase price which are due and payable in subsequent years.
Commissions and other selling expenses paid or incurred by the vendor are not to
be deducted or taken into account in determining the amount of the "initial
payments," the "total contract price", or "the selling price". The term "initial
payments" contemplates at least one other payment in addition to the initial
payment. If the entire purchase price is to be paid in a lump sum in a later year,
there being no payment during the first year, the income may not be returned on
the installment basis. Income may not be returned on the installment basis where
no payment in cash or property, other than evidences of indebtedness of the
purchaser, is received during the first year, the purchaser having promised to make
two or more payments, in later years.
If the purchaser defaults in any of his payments, and the vendor returning
income on the installment basis reacquires the property sold, whether title thereto
had been retained by the vendor or transferred to the purchaser, gain or loss for the
year in which the reacquisition occurs is to be computed upon any installment
obligations of the purchaser which are satisfied or discharged upon the
reacquisition or are applied by the vendor to the purchase or bid price of the
property. Such gain or loss is to be measured by the difference between the fair
market value of the property acquired (including the fair market value of any fixed
improvements placed on the property by the purchaser) and the basis in the hands
of the vendor of the obligations of the purchaser which are so satisfied, discharged,
or applied, with proper adjustment for any other amounts realized or costs incurred
in connection with the reacquisition. The basis in the hands of the vendor of the
obligations of the purchaser satisfied, discharged, or applied upon the reacquisition
of the property will be the excess of the face value of such obligations over an
amount equal to the income which would be returnable were the obligations paid
in full. No deduction for a bad debt shall in any case be taken on account of any
portion of the obligations of the purchaser which are treated by the vendor as not
having been satisfied, discharged, or applied upon the reacquisition of the
property, unless it is clearly shown that after the property was reacquired the
purchaser remained liable for such portion; and in no event shall the amount of the
deduction exceed the basis in the hands of the vendor of the portion of the
obligations with respect to which the purchaser remained liable after the
acquisition. If the property reacquired is bid in by the vendor at a foreclosure sale,
the fair market value of the property shall be presumed to be the purchase or bid
price thereof in the absence of clear and convincing proof to the contrary. If the
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property reacquired is subsequently sold, the basis for determining gain or loss is
the fair market value of the property at the date of reacquisition (including the fair
market value of any fixed improvements placed on the property by the purchaser).
If the vendor has retained title to the property and the purchaser defaults in
any of his payments, and the vendor repossesses the property, the difference
between (1) the entire amount of the payments actually received on the contract
and retained by the vendor plus the fair-market value at the time of repossession of
fixed improvements placed on the property by the purchaser and (2) the sum of the
profits previously returned as income in connection therewith and an amount
representing what would have been a proper adjustment for exhaustion, wear and
tear, obsolescence, amortization, and depletion of the property during the period
the property was in the hands of the purchaser had the sale not been made will
constitute gain or loss, as the case may be to the vendor for the year in which the
property is repossessed, and the basis of the property in the hands of the vendor
will be the original basis at the time of the sale plus the fair market value at the
time of repossession, of fixed improvements placed on the property by the
purchaser. If the vendor has previously transferred title to the purchaser, and the
purchaser defaults in any of his payments and the vendor reacquired the property,
such reacquisition shall be regarded as a transfer by the vendor, in exchange for
the property for such of the purchaser's obligations as are applied by the vendor to
the purchase or bid price of the property. Such an exchange will be regarded as
having resulted in the realization by the vendor of gain or loss, as the case may be
for the year of reacquisition, measured by the difference between the fair market
value of the property including fixed improvements placed by the purchaser on the
property, and the amount of the obligations of the purchaser which were applied
by the vendor to the purchase or bid price of the property. The fair market value of
the property reacquired shall be presumed to be the amount for which it is bid in
by the vendor in the absence of clear and convincing proof to the contrary. If the
property reacquired is subsequently sold the basis for determining gain or loss is
the fair market value of the property at the date of reacquisition including the fair
market value of the fixed improvements placed on the property by the purchaser.
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SECTION 178. Sale of real estate in lots. — Where a tract of land is
purchased with a view to dividing it into lots or parcels of ground to be sold as
such, the entire fair market value as of March 1, 1913, or the cost, if acquired
subsequently to that date, shall be equitably apportioned to the several lots or
parcels and made a matter of record on the books of the taxpayer, to the end that
any gain derived from the sale of any such lots or parcels may be returned as
income for the year in which the sale was made. This rule contemplates that there
will be a measure of gain or loss on every lot or parcel sold, and not that the
capital invested in the entire tract shall be extinguished before any taxable income
shall be returned. The sale of each lot or parcel will be treated as a separate
transaction and the gain or loss will be accounted for accordingly.
SECTION 178(a). In all cases where a taxpayer sells during the year real or
personal property on the installment basis, there should be attached to the income
tax return a statement of each sale made during the year containing the following
information:
(2) The terms "trade" or "business" include any trade or business activity
of any kind, regardless of whether or where organized, whether owned
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individually or otherwise, and regardless of the place where carried on.
(3) The term "controlled" includes any kind of control, direct or indirect,
whether legally enforceable, and however exercisable or exercised. It is the reality
of the control which is decisive, not its form or the mode of its exercise. A
presumption of control arises if income or deductions have been arbitrarily shifted.
(4) The term "controlled taxpayer" means any one of two or more
organizations, trades, or businesses owned or controlled directly or indirectly by
the same interests. aCHDST
(5) The terms "group" and "group of controlled taxpayers" mean the
organizations, trades, or businesses owned or controlled by the same interests.
(6) The term "true net income" means, in the case of a controlled
taxpayer, the net income (or, as the case may be, any item or element affecting net
income) which would have resulted to the controlled taxpayer, had it in the
conduct of its affairs (or, as the case may be, in the particular contract, transaction,
arrangement, or other act) dealt with the other member or members of the group at
arm's length. It does not mean the income, the deductions, or the item or element
of either, resulting to the controlled taxpayer by reason of the particular contract,
transaction, or arrangement, the controlled taxpayer, or the interests controlling it,
chose to make (even though such contract, transaction, or arrangement be legally
binding upon the parties thereto).
For each calendar year, every person whether married or single, having a
gross income from all sources of P1,800 or over, including dividends, excepting
stock dividends, must make a return of income although the tax has been paid at
source and the return shows no tax liability. Whether or not an individual is the
head of a family or has dependents is immaterial in determining his liability to
render a return. The husband shall include in his return the income derived not
only from his services, labor, or industry or the income derived from the conjugal
partnership but also the income of the wife derived from her industry or labor as
well as that derived from her separate, data, or paraphernal property. Where,
however, the filing of one consolidated return is impracticable, married persons
may file separate returns but the incomes declared in such returns will be
consolidated and the tax computed on such consolidated income.
The law requires that the income of unmarried minors derived from
property received from a living parent shall be included in the return of the parent,
except (1) when the gift tax imposed under Chapter II of Title III of the Code has
been paid on such property, or (2) where the transfer of such property is exempt
from the gift tax.
SECTION 181. When and where to file individual returns. — The return
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must be filed with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, provincial revenue
agent, or treasurer of the province, city or municipality in which the taxpayer has
his legal residence or principal place of business, on or before April 15th of the
year following that for which the return is filed.
When the last due date for filing return falls on Sunday or a legal holiday,
the last due date will be held to be the day following such Sunday or legal holiday,
or if placed on the mails, it should be posted in ample time to reach the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, provincial revenue agent or treasurer of the
province, city, or municipality in which the taxpayer has his legal residence or
principal place of business, under ordinary handling of mail, on or before the date
on which the return is required to be filed. When question is raised as to whether
or not the return was posted in ample time to reach the proper official, the
envelope in which the return was transmitted and the return should be submitted to
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue with such comment and recommendation as
the receiving officer may consider proper to make. aHSCcE
A taxpayer will not be excused from making a return by the fact that no
return form has been furnished him. Taxpayers not supplied with the proper forms
should make application therefor to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue or to
the provincial treasurers, or their deputies in ample time to have their returns
prepared, verified, and filed with the proper official on or before the due date.
Each taxpayer should carefully prepare his return so as to fully and clearly set
forth the data therein called for. Imperfect or incorrect returns will not be accepted
as meeting the requirements of the statute. (There are now BIR Provincial Revenue
Officers.)
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make returns of income in duplicate, regardless of the amount of their net income.
A corporation claiming exemption from tax and from the filing of returns
must establish its right to exemption in accordance with the procedure set forth in
Section 24 of these regulations, otherwise it will be amenable to the penalties for
failure to file returns.
SECTION 187. Time and place for filing corporate returns. — Returns
of corporations, associations, or partnerships must be filed on or before the
fifteenth day of April in each year or on or before the 15th day of the fourth month
following the close of a duly designated fiscal year. The return, if placed in the
mails, should be posted in ample time to reach the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, provincial, revenue agent, or treasurer of the province, city or
municipality in which is located the principal office of the corporation where its
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books of account and other data are kept, on or before the last due date for the
filing of the return. When the last due date falls on Sunday or a legal holiday, the
returns may be filed without penalty on the next succeeding business day.
(Conforms with Am. by R.A. 2343.)
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taken before any officer authorized to administer oaths or if desired, before the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue or any internal-revenue officer especially
deputized by him or authorized by law to administer oaths, free of charge.
SECTION 193. Assessment of tax. — All income tax returns filed with
the provincial revenue agents or with the treasurers of provinces, cities, or
municipalities must be stamped with the date of their receipt and immediately
forwarded to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. All assessments of income
tax shall be made by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and all taxpayers shall
be notified of the amount for which they are respectively liable on or before the
first day of May of each successive year. In the case of a corporation filing returns
on the basis of a fiscal year, it shall be notified of the amount for which it is liable
on or before the first day of the fifth month following the close of its fiscal year.
(See changes made by R.A. 2343, effv. June 20, 1959, introducing here self
assessment.)
SECTION 194. Payment of tax. — The total amount of tax assessed shall
be paid on or before the fifteenth day of April following the close of the calendar
year by the person subject to tax, and in the case of a corporation, by the president,
vice-president, or other responsible officer thereof. In the case of corporations
filing returns on the basis of a fiscal year, the total amount of tax shall be paid on
or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month following the close of the fiscal
year. (Conforms with amendments by R.A. 2343, effv. June 20, 1959.)
Where the tax assessed against the taxpayer is in excess of P500, the
taxpayer may elect to pay the tax in two equal installments. The first installment
shall be paid on or before the date prescribed in section 51 (a) and the second
installment on or before the fifteenth day of July following the close of the
calendar year or on or before the fifteenth day of the seventh month following the
close of the fiscal year, as the case may be. Upon failure to pay any installment on
the date fixed for its payment, the whole amount of the tax unpaid becomes due
and payable, together with the delinquency penalties. (Conforms with amendments
by R.A. 2343, effv. June 20, 1959.)
SECTION 197. Receipts for income tax payments. — It shall be the duty
of the collecting officer to acknowledge the receipt of the payment of income tax
due from each taxpayer by issuing the requisite Revenue Official Receipt (B.I.R.
Form No. 25.24).
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emoluments, but other kinds of income may be included, as for instance, royalties.
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In case of doubt, a withholding agent may always protect himself by
withholding the tax due, and promptly causing a query to be addressed to the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the determination of whether or not the
income paid to an individual is not subject to withholding. In case the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue decides that the income paid to an individual is
not subject to withholding the withholding agent may thereupon remit the amount
of tax withheld.
Where in connection with the sale of its property payment of the bonds or
other obligations of a corporation is assumed by the assignee, such assignee,
whether an individual, partnership, corporation, province, city or municipality,
must deduct and withhold such taxes as would have been required to be withheld
by the assignor had not such sales and transfer been made.
The tax due on withholding income tax returns are payable at the same time
and in the same manner as taxes due on individual returns.
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business or trade within the Philippines and not having an office or place of
business therein. (Conforms with amendments by R.A. 2343, effv. June 20, 1959.)
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particular, the collection of assets and the payment of debts and legacies. Estates
during the period of administration have but one beneficiary and that beneficiary is
the estate.
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sufficient compliance with the requirement for fiduciary returns.
(b) Seventy per cent or more if the corporation has been classified as a
personal holding company for any taxable year beginning after December 31,
1938, unless —
(1) A taxable year has intervened since the last taxable year for which it
was so classified, during no part of the last half of which the stock ownership
requirement specified in Section 64(a) (2) exists; or
(2) Three consecutive years have intervened since the last taxable year for
which it was so classified, during each of which its personal holding company
income was less than 70 per cent of its gross income.
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the required percentage of the total gross income, the determination must not be
made upon the basis of gross receipts, since gross income is not synonymous with
gross receipts. For a further discussion of what constitutes "gross income", see
Section 29 of the Code and the regulations prescribed under that section.
In the event of any change in the stock outstanding during the last half of
the taxable year, whether in the number of shares or classes of stock, or whether in
the ownership thereof, the conditions existing immediately prior .and subsequent
to each change must be taken into consideration.
The rules stated in the last two preceding paragraphs are equally applicable
in determining the stock ownership requirement specified in Section 65(e); relating
to personal service contracts and Section 65(f), relating to the use of corporation
property by a shareholder. The stock ownership requirement specified in these
sections relates, however, to the stock outstanding at anytime during the entire
taxable year and not merely during the last half thereof.
(3) ROYALTIES (other than mineral, oil, or gas royalties). — The term
"royalties" include amounts received for the privilege of using patents, copyrights,
secret processes and formulas, good will, trade marks, trade brands, franchises,
and other like property. It does not include rents, or overriding royalties received
by an operating company. As used in this paragraph the term "overriding royalties"
means amounts received from the sublease by the operating company which
originally leased and developed the natural resources property in respect of which
such overriding royalties are paid.
(a) Some person other than the corporation has the right to designate (by
name or by description) the individual who is to perform the services or if the
individual who is to perform the services is designated (by name or by description)
in the contract; and
(b) At some time during the taxable year 25 per cent or more in value of
the outstanding stock of the corporation is owned, directly or indirectly, by or for
the individual who has performed, is to perform, or may be designated (by name or
by description), as the one to perform such services. For this purpose the stock
ownership must be determined as provided in Section 66 of the Code.
(10) RENTS (including interest constituting rent). — The rents which are
to be included in personal holding company income consist of compensation,
however, designated including charter fees, etc., for the use of, or the right to use,
real property, or any other kind of property and the interest on debts bowed to the
corporation, to the extent such debts represent the price for which real property
held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of its trade or business
was sold or exchanged by the corporation, but do not include amounts constituting
personal holding company income under Section 65(f) and paragraph (9) of this
section. However, rents do not constitute personal holding company income if
constituting 50 per cent or more of the gross income of the corporation.
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corporation for the taxable year.
The term "mineral, oil, or gas royalties" means all royalties, except
"overriding royalties", received from any interest in mineral, oil, or gas royalties.
As used in this paragraph the term "overriding royalties" means amounts received
from the sublease by the operating company which originally leased and developed
the natural resources property in respect of which such overriding royalties are bid.
(b) Amounts received under a personal service contract or from the sale of
such a contract constitute personal holding company income in so far as such
determination is based on the stock ownership requirement specified in Section 65
(e), or
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or indirectly, by or for his family or by or for his partner. For the purposes of such
determination the family of an individual includes only his brothers and sisters
(whether by the whole or half blood), spouse, ancestors, and lineal descendants.
Example: The M Corporation at some time during the last half of the
taxable year had 1,800 shares of outstanding stock, 450 of which were held by
various individuals having no relationship to one another and none of whom were
partners, and the remaining 1,350 were held by 51 shareholders as follows:
Relationship Shares Shares Shares Shares Shares
An individual A 100 B 20 C 20 D 20 E 20
His father AF 10 BF 10 CF 10 DF 10 EF 10
His wife AW 10 BW 40 CW 40 DW 40 EW 40
His brother AB 10 BB 10 CB 10 DB 10 EB 10
His son AS 10 BS 40 CS 40 DS 40 ES 40
His daughter by
former marriage
(son's half sister) ASHS 10 BSHS 40 CSHS 40 DSHS 40 ESHS 40
His brother's wife ABW 10 BBW 10 CBW 10 DBW 160 EBW 10
His wife's father AWF 10 BWF 10 CWF 110 DWF 10 EWF 10
His wife's brother AWB 10 BWB 10 CWB 10 DWB 10 EWB 10
His wife's brother's
wife AWBW 10 BWBW 10 CWBW 10 DWBW 10 EWBW 110
Individual's partner AP 10 - - - - - - - -
The method of applying the family and partnership rule as illustrated in the
foregoing example also applies in determining the ownership of stock for the
purposes stated in (b) and (c) of Section 223 of these regulations.
SECTION 227.
Definition of foreign personal holding company. — A
foreign personal holding company is any foreign corporation (other than a
corporation exempt from taxation under Section 27 of the Code) which for the
taxable year meets (a) the gross income requirements specified in Section 67 (a)
(1), and (b) the stock ownership requirement specified in Section 67(a) (2). Both
requirements must be satisfied and both must be met with respect to each taxable
year.
(b) Fifty per cent or more if the foreign corporation has been classified as
a foreign personal holding company for the taxable year ending after December
31, 1938, unless —
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(1) A taxable year has intervened since the last taxable year for which it
was so classified, during no part of which the stock ownership requirement
specified in Section 67 (a) (z) exist; or
(2) Three consecutive years have intervened since the last taxable year for
which it was so classified, during each of which its foreign personal holding
company income was less than 50 per cent of its gross income.
In the event of any change in the stock outstanding during the taxable year,
whether in the number of shares or classes of stock, or whether in the ownership
thereof, the conditions existing immediately prior and subsequent to each change
must be taken into consideration, since a corporation comes within the
classification if the statutory conditions with respect to stock ownership are
present at any time during the taxable year.
The amount which each Philippine shareholder must return is that amount
which he would have received as a dividend if the above specified portion of the
undistributed net income had in fact been distributed by the foreign personal
holding company as a dividend on the last day of its taxable year on which the
required Philippine group existed. Such amount is determined, therefore, by the
interest of the Philippine shareholder in the foreign personal holding company, that
is, by the number of shares of stock owned by the Philippine shareholder and the
relative rights of his class of stock, if there are several classes of stock outstanding.
Thus, if a foreign personal holding company has both common and preferred stock
outstanding and the preferred shareholders are entitled to a specific dividend
before any distribution may be made to the common shareholders, then the
assumed distribution of the stated portion of the undistributed net income must
first be treated as a payment of the specified dividend on the preferred stock before
any part may be allocated as a dividend on the common stock.
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filing separate returns for such period, jointly execute and file one return.
(b) FORM OF RETURN. — The return under Section 70(x). of the Code
and this section shall be made on the form prescribed by the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue. Each officer or director should carefully prepare his return so as
to set forth fully and clearly the information called for therein and by the
applicable regulations. Returns which have not been so prepared will not be
considered as meeting the requirements of the law.
(4) The country under the laws of which the corporation is incorporated;
(5) Number of shares and par value of common stock of the corporation
outstanding as of the beginning and end of the period;
(6) Number of shares and par value of preferred stock of the corporation
outstanding as of the beginning and end of the period, the rate of
dividend on such stock and whether such dividend is cumulative or
noncumulative;
(8) The name and address of each shareholder, the class and number of
shares held by each, together with any changes in stock holdings
during such period;
(9) The name and address of each holder of securities convertible into
stock of the corporation, the class, number and face value of the
securities held by each, together with any changes in the holding of
such securities during the period;
(1) GENERAL. — Under Section 70(b), on the sixtieth day after the close
of the taxable year of a foreign personal holding company each individual who on
such sixtieth day is an officer or director of the corporation shall file with the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue an annual information return as provided in
that section of the Code and this section.
(b) FORM OF RETURN. — The return under Section 70(b) and this
section shall be made on the form prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue. Each officer or director should carefully prepare his returns so as to set
forth fully and clearly the information called for therein and by the applicable
regulations. Returns which have not been so prepared will not he considered as
meeting the requirements of the law.
(1) The gross income, deductions and credits, net income, and
undistributed net income of the foreign personal holding company
for such taxable year, in complete detail;
(2) The same information with respect to such taxable year which is
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required by Section 70(a) and paragraph (c) of the preceding section,
except that if all the required returns with respect to such year have
been filed under Section 70(a) and the preceding section, no
information under Section 70(b) (2) and this paragraph need be set
forth in such annual return; and
(1) General. — On the 15th day of each month which begins after July 1,
1939 each Philippine shareholder, by or for whom 50 per cent or more in value of
the outstanding stock of a foreign corporation is owned, directly or indirectly
[including, in the case of an individual, stock owned by members of his family as
defined in Section 66(b)], if such foreign corporation with respect to its taxable
year preceding the taxable year in which such month occurs was a foreign personal
holding company, shall file with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue an
information, return as provided in Section 71(a). The Commissioner of Internal
Revenue may authorize the filing of returns covering period longer than a month.
(b) FORM OF RETURN. — The return under Section 71(a) shall be made
on the form prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Each
shareholder should carefully prepare his return so as to set forth fully and clearly
the information called for therein and by the applicable regulations. Returns which
have not been so prepared will not be considered as meeting the requirements of
the law.
If a person is required to file a return under Section 71(a) of the Code and
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this section with respect to more than one foreign corporation, a separate return
must he filed with respect to each foreign corporation.
(1) General. — Under Section 71(b) of the Code, on the sixtieth day after
the close of the taxable year of a foreign personal holding company, each
Philippine shareholder, by or for whom on such sixtieth day 50 per cent or more in
value of the outstanding stock of the company is owned, directly or indirectly
[including the case of an individual stock owned by members of his family as
defined in Section 66(b)], shall file with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue an
information returns as provided in that section and this section.
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(Section 72 of the Code)
In case of a failure to make and file a return or list within the time
prescribed by law, not due to willful neglect, where the taxpayer voluntarily files
the return without notice from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue or other
officer and attaches to such return the affidavit mentioned in the preceding
paragraph but where the Commissioner of Internal Revenue is not satisfied as to
the reasonableness of the cause of the delinquency, a surcharge of 25 per cent will
be added to the amount of tax due on the return.
In case the failure to make and file a return or list within the time prescribed
by law is due to willful neglect a surcharge of 50 per cent will be added to the
amount of tax due on the return. There is willful neglect in the case of a taxpayer
who, being liable to file a return, knowingly delays the filing of such return.
Where the filing of the return has been delayed for a considerable length of time,
the delinquency will be presumed to be due to willful neglect. DHIcET
The amount of surcharge so added to the tax due on the return shall be
collected at the same time and in the same manner and as part of the tax unless the
tax has been paid before the discovery of the cause giving rise to the imposition of
the surcharge, in which case the amount so added shall be collected in the same
manner as the tax.
SECTION 238. Penalty for failure to file return or to pay tax. — Any
person liable to pay the tax, to make a return or to supply information required
under Title II of the Code, who refuses or neglects to pay such tax, to make such
return or to supply such information at the time or times specified in each case
shall be punished by a fine of not more than P2,000 or by imprisonment for not
more than six months, or both. In case of a corporation failing to file its, return or
pay the tax, the penalty prescribed under the first paragraph of Section 73 will be
imposed upon the president, vice-resident, or other responsible officer required to
file the return of the corporation or pay the tax due from the same, in accordance
with the provisions of Section 46(a) and 51(b) of the Code. In the case of a duly
registered general copartnership, failing to file the return required under Section 49
of the Code, the penalty prescribed under the first paragraph of Section 73 will be
imposed upon the managing partner or other responsible officer of such
partnership.
The names of all employees to whom payments of P1,800 or over a year are
made, whether such total sum is made up of wages, salaries, commissions, or
compensation in any other form, must be reported. Compensations in kind, such as
living quarters, meals, and lodging, are taxable income to the recipient and, as
such, should be reported if the sum total of the same and the other compensation in
cash received shall amount to P1,500 or more during the year.
(b) Balance sheet at the date of dissolution or retirement and a profit and
loss statement covering the period from the beginning of the taxable
year to the date of dissolution or retirement;
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(c) In the case of a corporation, the names end addresses of the
shareholders and the number and par value of the shares held by
each; and in the case of a partnership, joint-account or association,
the name of the partners or members and the capital contributed by
each;
(d) The value and a description of, the assets received in liquidation by
each shareholder;
(e) The name and address of each individual or corporation, other than
shareholders, if any, receiving assets at the time of dissolution
together with a description and the value of the assets received by
such individuals or corporations; and the consideration, if any, paid
by each of them for the assets received.
If, in a particular case, the aid, assistance, counsel or advice given by any
person extends over a period of more than one day and not for more than thirty
days, such persons, to avoid the multiple filing of returns, may file a single return
for the entire period. In such case, the return shall be filed within thirty days from
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the first day of such period: If, in a particular case, the aid, assistance, counsel, or
advice given by any person extends over a period of more than thirty days, such
person may file a return at the end of each thirty days included within such period
and at the end of the fractional part of a thirty day period, if any, extending beyond
the last full thirty days. In each such case, the return must disclose all the required
information which was not reported on a prior return.
(c) PENALTIES. — For criminal penalties for failure to file the return
required by Section 80, see Section 73 of the Code.
(1) The name and address of the person (or persons) to whom and the
person (or persons) for whom or on whose behalf the aid, assistance,
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counsel, or advice was given;
(3) Name and address of the foreign corporation and the country under
the laws of which it was formed, organized, or reorganized;
(4) The months and year when the foreign corporation was formed,
organized, or reorganized;
(6) A complete statement of the reasons for, and the purposes sought to
be accomplished, by, the formation, organization, or reorganization
of the foreign corporation;
(7) A statement showing the classes and kinds of assets transferred to the
foreign corporation in connection with formation, organization, or
reorganization, including a detailed list of any stock or securities
included in such assets, and a statement showing the names and
addresses of the persons who were the owners of such assets
immediately prior to the transfer;
(9) The name and address of the person (or persons) having custody of
the books of account and records of the foreign corporation;
(10) Such other information as may be required by the return form; and
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(e) VERIFICATION OF RETURN. — All returns required by Section 80
and this section shall be verified under oath or affirmation.
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represented after the distribution by more shares of precisely the same character,
and a stock dividend where there either has been a change of corporate identity or
a change in the nature of the shares issued as dividends whereby the proportional
interest of the shareholders after the distribution is essentially different from his
former interests. A stock dividend constitutes income if it gives the shareholder an
interest different from that which his former stock holdings represented. A stock
dividend does not constitute income if the new shares confer no different rights or
interests than did the old — the new certificates plus the old representing the same
proportionate interest in the net assets of the corporation as did the old.
(a) Where the stock issued as dividend is all or substantially the same
character or preference as the stock upon which the stock dividend is paid, the cost
of each share (or when acquired prior to March 1, 1913, the fair market value as of
such date) will be the quotient of the cost (or such fair market value) of the old
shares of stock divided by the total number of the old and new shares.
(c) Where the stock with respect to which a stock dividend is issued was
purchased at different times and at different prices and the identity of the lots can.
not be determined, any sale of the original stock, will be charged to the earliest
purchases of such stock, and any sale of dividend stock issued with respect to such
stock will be presumed to have been made from the stock issued with respect to
the earliest purchased stock, to the amount of the dividend chargeable to such
stock.
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(d) Where the stock with respect to which a stock dividend is declared
was purchased at different times and at different prices, and the dividend stock
issued with respect to such stock can not be identified as having been issued with
respect to any particular lot of such stock, then any sale of such dividend stock will
be presumed to have been made from the stock issued with respect to the earliest
purchased stock, to the amount of the stock dividend chargeable to such stock.
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SECTION 257. Income and deductions of American citizens residing in
the Philippines. — Under subsection (u) of Section 84, a citizen of the United
States residing in the Philippines, is taxable on income from sources both within
and without the Philippines, except income from sources within the United States.
Accordingly, items of deductions allocable to income of such taxpayer from
sources within the United States are not deductible from his income subject to
Philippine income tax. (Deemed repealed since our independence).
(Promulgated February 11, 1941, XXXIX Off. Gaz., No. 18, page 325)
Recommended by:
BIBIANO L. MEER
Collector of Internal Revenue
MANUEL ROXAS
Secretary of Finance
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