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The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) issued Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) No. 119-2021 to circularize the availability in the agency’s website of BIR Form No. 1707 (Capital Gains Tax Return for Onerous Transfer of Shares of Stock Not Traded through the Local Stock Exchange) and BIR Form No. 1707-A (Annual Capital Gains Tax Return for Onerous Transfer of Shares of Stock Not Traded through the Local Stock Exchange) which were revised due to the implementation of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act.

REVENUE Regulation 21-2021 implements the VAT provisions under Republic Act (RA) 11534 or the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act. It specifically covers the rules on VAT exemption and VAT zero-rating of local purchases.

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has issued Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) 117-2021, clarifying the provisions under Revenue Regulation (RR) No. 16-2021, amending the provisions of RR No. 2-2015 which previously prescribed the submission of BIR Forms Nos. 2307 and 2316 using the Digital Versatile Disk-Recordable (DVD-R) format.

THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) issued Revenue Memorandum Order (RMO) 14-2021 and Revenue Memorandum Circular 77-2021 to remind all concerned taxpayers on the requirement for availing of tax treaty benefits under the streamlined procedures and documents.

Article 5 of the Labor Code of the Philippines, as renumbered, and Presidential Decree No. 851 mandate every employer in the private sector to pay their rank-and-file employees with 13th month pay. To reiterate this responsibility, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has issued Labor Advisory No. 18, which emphasizes the guidelines on the payment of 13th month pay for calendar year 2021.

The Social Security System (SSS) signed Circular No. 2021-14 last October 29, 2021 which allows SSS member-borrowers to fully settle their outstanding loan balance, composed of principal and interest, with condonation of penalty.

Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) 97-2021, which focuses on taxation of income received by social media influencers, was issued last Aug. 16, 2021. Since then, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has continued to double its efforts in strengthening the tax compliance of all taxpayers deriving income online.

THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) recently issued Revenue Memorandum Circular 107-2021 on Oct. 18, 2021 providing taxation guidelines on the imposition of taxes on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (Pogo) pursuant to Republic Act (RA) 11590 entitled “An Act Taxing Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations.”