- The Philippine Court of Tax Appeals issued a decision on input VAT refunds for zero-rated sales.
- A Swiss group’s VAT-registered regional headquarters requested a refund for unutilized input VAT for Q1 and Q2 of 2018.
- The Commissioner of Internal Revenue denied the request due to lack of substantiation.
- The taxpayer’s appeal to the Court of Tax Appeals, Special Third Division, was unsuccessful.
- The Court of Appeals, en banc, affirmed the decision.
- The taxpayer failed to prove the details of the offsetting arrangement with Swiss group affiliates.
- The Schedule of Offsetting of Receivables was not given probative value due to being in a different language.
Source: news.bloombergtax.com
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