- Senate bill proposes transferring responsibility of processing VAT refund claims to DoF from BIR
- DoF’s Revenue Operations Group will process VAT refund claims under the measure
- Secretary of Finance will approve refund claims for creditable input taxes
- AmCham Philippines says VAT refunds for jet fuel purchases take up to five years to resolve
- Bill seeks to impose 2% tax on RBEs in economic zones and grant 100% additional deduction on power expenses
- Bill also seeks to amend applicability of RBE’s net operating loss carryover and provide duty exemptions for registered export enterprises
- Businesses entitled to VAT zero-rating on local purchases if they operate at 70% capacity
- CREATE MORE measure aims to cut corporate income tax to 20% from 25% and has been passed by House of Representatives
Source: bworldonline.com
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