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Penalties for nonsubmission of SLSPs, alphalists and other violations

26 Mar 2015

This order directed revenue officers to apply the penalties uniformly. However, a higher amount can be accepted. A compromise offer lower than prescribed may be accepted after approval of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue or the concerned Deputy Commissioner/Assistant Commissioner/Regional Director.  Compromise penalties are amounts that a taxpayer may pay for certain offenses punishable under the Tax Code, which, if accepted by the BIR, will be in lieu of criminal prosecution.  Although not legally imposable (the taxpayer may or may not pay it),  compromise penalties are consistent with  the Commissioner's power to compromise internal revenue violations.

Penalties for failure to file tax returns under eFPS and eBIRForms

19 Mar 2015

Non-eFPS filer who shall mandatorily use the electronic Bureau of Internal Revenue Forms (eBIRForms) facility by electronically submitting and filing all tax returns for certain taxpayers. Filing electronically shall be mandatory only for accredited tax agents (ATAs), practitioners and all its client-taxpayers, accredited printers of principal and supplementary receipts and invoices, one-time transactions (ONETT) taxpayers, those filing no-payment returns, government corporations, LGUs and cooperatives. Covered taxpayers shall print the system-generated Filing Reference page and submit to it to the Authorized Agent Banks for the payment of the taxes due thereon. Failure to file tax returns using eFPS or eBIRForms shall be subject to the imposition of a penalty. 

P82,000 tax exemption for bonuses applies beginning January 1, 2015

16 Mar 2015

It’s official. The P 82, 000 tax exemption allowance will apply on all 13th month pay and other benefits paid or accrued beginning January 1, 2015. The increased ceiling was enacted via Republic Act No. 10653. The RR reiterated that the exemption allowance applies only to the 13th month pay and other benefits and should not cover basic salary and other allowances paid pursuant to an employer-employee relationship. Likewise, the allowance is not available to self-employed individuals.

Effectivity of RR 2-2015

11 Mar 2015

RR 2- 2015 requires that, for large taxpayers, CWT certificates to be attached to the SAWT/ITRs should be in scanned/PDF copies and stored in DVD-R. This means that the requirements shall already cover:  (1) Quarterly ITR due on April 1 for taxable quarter ending Jan 31; and (2) Annual ITR due on April 15. This mode of submission is optional for non-large taxpayers. The RR also requires that the SAWT shall be submitted through the applicable modes prescribed in RR 1- 20154 using the data entry and validation module of the BIR.

Submission of scanned copies of Form 2307 and 2316

10 Mar 2015

Large taxpayers are now required to submit scanned copies of Certificate of Creditable Tax Withheld at Source (BIR From No. 2307) and Form 2316 (Certificate of Compensation Tax Withheld), in lieu of hard copies. Non-LTS taxpayers duly registered under the Revenue District Offices may, at their option, comply with the said requirements provided they shall no longer be allowed to submit in  hard copies once they opted for the scanned copies.