Annual Gross Income
Annual Gross Income
Annual Gross Income
The amount that your employees earn throughout the year before any deductions is called annual gross
income (AGI). If you’ve always wondered what this type of annual income is and how to properly
calculate it, our blog will walk you through the basics.
AGI describes an employee’s total earnings made within one year before deductions. In the Philippines,
AGI comprises the following:
Money received from services, including fees, salaries, wages, and commissions
Gross income earned by running a business or working for an employer
Gains from property dealings
Interest
Rent
Royalties or payments received for the ongoing use of copyrighted works, franchises, or similar
assets
Dividends or money earned by a company’s shareholders
Annuities or insurance contracts that provide regular payments right away or in the future
Prizes and winnings
Pensions or retirement funds for employees
Distributive share from the net income of general professional partnerships
Payments made to a life insurance plan or amounts received by the insured as return of premium aren’t
part of AGI.
Gifts, bequests, and devises are also excluded from AGI. Bequests are properties given from an
individual’s will, while devises are a gift of property made in will.
Preparing for tax returns starts with AGI. Specific deductions and exemptions will apply, which turns the
amount into adjusted gross income — and eventually, taxable income.
Knowing the AGI of your employees is also important because lenders only let individuals borrow a
specific amount depending on their gross income. They’ll use an individual’s debt-to-income ratio (DTI) to
determine how much money they can take out for a loan. Lenders compute DTI using this formula:
Monthly debt payments ÷ Monthly gross income = Debt-to-income ratio
When computing AGI, get an employee’s annual (gross) salary first. Take their monthly gross pay and
multiply it by 12.
As an example, let’s say an employee is earning a gross income of ₱25,000 per month. Your calculation
should look like this:
₱25,000 x 12 = ₱300,000
But if they’ve received different amounts of compensation throughout the year, add them up with their
extra sources of income. Consider this formula:
₱300,000 (annual gross salary) + ₱100,000 (from property investments) + ₱10,000 (dividends) +
₱5,000 (interest) = ₱415,000
We’ve mentioned that annual gross income becomes taxable income after certain deductions and
exemptions. That said, let’s look at how you can calculate annual income tax in the Philippines.
The government has set graduated tax rates for the following types of income:
If an employee’s income falls under either of the first two categories, tax rates will automatically apply.
But if they’re running a business or rendering professional services, these rates can be mandatory or
optional.
Tax rates are mandatory for taxpayers with gross sales or receipts costing over ₱3,000,000. However,
individuals can choose whether they want specific rates to cover their income or not if their gross sales
or receipts fall to an amount of ₱3,000,000 or below.
To help you calculate annual income tax, see the table of current income tax rates below.
Keep in mind that these rates will change starting January 1, 2023. See below:
Taxable income (Gross income - Allowable deductions) x Tax rate - Tax withheld = Income tax due
1. Compute your annual gross salary first. We’ll use the monthly gross salary from our previous
example and multiply it by 12: ₱25,000 x 12 = ₱300,000.
2. Get the total annual employee contributions (they fall under allowable deductions).
3. Subtract total annual contributions from the annual salary. For example: ₱300,000 - ₱19,950 =
₱280,050
4. Find the corresponding tax rate as indicated on the table provided above. The 20% rate with an
excess over ₱250,000 applies to our example.
1. Subtract the non-taxable ₱250,000 from your taxable income: ₱280,050 - ₱250,000 =
₱30,050