The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has issued Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 24-2022 to clarify the transitory provisions and issues pertaining to the VAT zero-rating transactions under RR No. 21-2021 and on the effectivity and VAT treatment of transactions by registered business enterprises (RBEs) particularly, the registered export enterprises.
Salient provisions of the issuance include the following:
0% VAT
12% VAT
VAT exempt
(Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 24-2022 dated 23 February 2022)
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has issued RMC 21-2022 to clarify the work-around procedures and guidelines in claiming input VAT on capital goods pending the revisions on BIR Forms 2550M and 2550Q pursuant to Section 110 of the Tax Code, as amended, and implemented under Section 4-110-3(c) of Revenue Regulations 13-2018.
The work-around procedures and guidelines prescribed by the RMC are as follows:
BIR Form No.
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Affected fields
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Description
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Remarks
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2550M (v. February 2007) | Schedule 3(A) | Purchases/Importation of Capital Goods (Aggregate Amount Exceeds PHP1m) | Instead of the actual useful life in terms of months, place number “1” under columns “E” and “F” and encode the input tax claimed from purchase/s of capital goods exceeding PHP1m in Column “G” |
2550Q (v. February 2007) | Schedule 3(A) | Purchases/Importation of Capital Goods (Aggregate Amount Exceeds PHP1m | Instead of the actual useful life in terms of months, place number “1” under columns “E” and “F” and encode the input tax claimed from purchase/s of capital goods exceeding PHP1m in Column “G” |
*An illustration was provided in the RMC for your reference |
In addition, the RMC clarified that under EFPS and eBIR Forms, the balance of input tax to be carried to the succeeding periods shall be computed automatically by the systems. Thus, for implementation purposes, all input tax on purchases of capital goods shall already be allowed upon purchase/payment and will no longer be deferred effective 1 January 2022. In accomplishing the relevant schedules, the taxpayer shall indicate roman numeral “1” as the estimated and recognized useful lives and encode the total input taxes claimed under column “G”, to show a nil amount under column “H”.
Taxpayers with unutilized input VAT on capital goods prior to 1 January 2022 shall be allowed to amortize the same as scheduled until fully utilized. Thus, Schedule 3(B) should still be filled-out. If the capital goods are transferred within five (5) years or prior to the exhaustion of the amortizable input tax, the unamortized portion can be claimed as input tax credit in full during the month/quarter when the sale or transfer was made.
(Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 21-2022 issued 21 February 2022)
For more information, please contact:
Malou Lim
Tax Managing Partner, PwC Philippines