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Philippine Court Denies Input VAT Refund Due to Insufficient Invoice Evidence for Zero-Rated Sales

  • The Philippine Court of Tax Appeals clarified rules on unutilized input VAT refunds for zero-rated sales.
  • The taxpayer’s refund claim was denied due to insufficient substantiation and improper invoicing.
  • The court ruled that commercial invoices from a computerized accounting system are only supplementary evidence.
  • Supplementary invoices cannot support input VAT refund claims.
  • The taxpayer was not entitled to the VAT refund.

Source: news.bloombergtax.com

Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.



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