Module 5 Vatable, Exempt and Zero Rated Transactions
Module 5 Vatable, Exempt and Zero Rated Transactions
RA 109754 Section 6. Twenty Percent (20%) Discount and Value Added Tax (VAT) Exemption
Section 6.4 Purchase of Medicines and Foods for Special Medical Purposes
Section 6.5 Medical and Dental Services, Diagnostic and Laboratory Fees and Professional Fees of Attending Doctors
Section 6.8 Funeral and Burial Services for the Death of a Person with Disability
VAT EXEMPT
Sale or lease of goods and services to senior citizens and persons with disabilities, as
provided under Republic Act Nos. 9994 (Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010) and 10754 (An Act Expanding the Benefits
and Privileges of Persons with Disability), respectively;
Input tax means the VAT due on or paid by a VAT-registered on importation of goods
or local purchase of goods, properties or services, including lease or use of property in the
course of his trade or business. It shall also include the transitional input tax determined
in accordance with Section 111 of the Tax Code, presumptive input tax and deferred input
tax from previous period.
1.5% on contract price for public work contractors on contract with govt, RR 6-97
( in lieu of actual INPUT VAT)
A VAT-registered person who is also engaged in transactions not subject to VAT shall be allowed of Input Tax
credit as follows;
Total Input Tax which can be directly attributed to transactions subject to VAT; and
A ratable portion of any Input Tax which cannot be directly attributed to either activity. (Sec. 110A3, NIRC;
Sec. 4.110-4, R.R.14-2005)
Where the taxpayer is engaged in VAT taxable, Zero-rated and VAT-exempt sale of goods or services,
and the amount of creditable input tax could not directly and entirely attributed to a specific
transaction, the Input VAT shall be allocated proportionately on the basis of the sales volume.
REVENUE REGULATIONS 21-2021
A ZERO RATE SALES by VAT registered person is a taxable transaction for VAT purposes
but shall not result in any output tax. However, the input tax on purchases of goads,
properties, or services attributable to such zero rated sale, shall be available as credit or refund
{2) The sale goads, supplies, equipment, and fuel to persons engaged in international shipping or
international or international air transport operation; Provided, That the qoods, supplies,
equipment, and fuel shall be used exclusively for international shipping or air transport
operations.
Sales to persons or entities whose exemption from direct and indirect taxes under special laws or
international agreements to which the Philippines is a signatory effectively subject such sales to
zero rate;
The following services performed in the Philippines by a VAT-registered person shall be subject to zero
percent (O%) VAT rate:
{1) Services other than processing, manufacturing and repacking of goods rendered to a person engaged in
business conducted outside the Philippines or to a non-resident person not engaged in business who is
outside the Philippines when the services are performed, the consideration for which is paid for in
acceptable foreign currency and accounted for in accordance with the rules and regulations of the BSP;
(2) Services rendered to persons or entities whose exemption from direct and indirect taxes under special
laws or international agreements to which the Philippines is a signatory, effectively subjects the supply of
such services to zero percent rate;
(3) Sale of services, including provision of basic infrastructure, utilities, and maintenance, repair and
overhaul of equipment to a registered export enterprise (RBEs), to be used directly and exclusively in its
registered activity for a maximum period of seventeen (17) years from the date of registration, unless
otherwise extended under the SIPP, Provided, That the term registered export enterprise" shall refer to an
export enterprise as defined under the CREATE lRR that is also a registered business enterprise as defined
in Section 4 (W) of the same lRR: Provided further. That the above-described sales to existing registered
export enterprises located inside ecozones and freeport zone shall be qualified for VAT zero rating until the
expiration of the transitory period.(VAT Zero-Rate Certificate to be issued by the IPA to its compliant
REEs is prescribed under RMC No. 36-2022.)
(4) Services rendered to persons engaged in international shipping or air transport operations, including
leases of property for use thereof : Provided, that these services shall be exclusively for international
shipping or air transport operations. Thus, the services referred to herein shall not pertain to those made
to common carriers by air land sea relative to their transport af passengers, goods or cargoes from one
place in the Philippines to another place in the Philippines, the same being subject to twelve percent (12%)
VAT under Sec. 708 of the Tax Code.
(5) Transport of passengers and cargo by domestic air or sea vessels from the Philippines to a foreign
country. Gross receipts of international air or shipping carriers doing business in the Philippines
derived from transport of passengers and cargo from the Philippines to another country shall be
exempt from VAT; however, they are still liable to percentage tax of three percent (3%) based on their
gross receipts derived from transport of cargo from the Philippines to another country as provided
for in Sec. 1i.8 af the Tox Code;
{6) Sale of power or fuel generated through renewable sources of energy such as, but not limited to,
biomass, solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal and steam, ocean energy, and other emerging sources
using technologies such as fuel cells and hydrogen fuels: Provided, however, that zero-rating shall
apply strictly to the sole of power or fuel generated through renewable sources a! energy, and shall
not extend to the sale al services related ta the maintenance or operation of plants generating said
power
VAT on sale of goods to PEZA RBEs
The VAT zero-rating certification shall be applied with the concerned IPA following
BIR Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) No. 36-2022. For counterchecking
purposes, the BIR shall rely on the master list and VAT zero rate indorsement of
covered RBEs, which the concerned IPA shall submit to BIR.
VAT on sale of services to PEZA RBEs
With the passage of CREATE, only those local purchase of goods and services that are directly and exclusively used
in the registered projects or activities of RBEs shall qualify as VAT zero-rated local purchases. (RMC 24-2022)
RMC 80-2023,Local purchases of goods and services relating to the following shall not be
considered as “directly and exclusively used” in the registered activity of a registered
export enterprise:
1.Janitorial services;
2.Security services;
3.Financial services;
4.Consultancy services;
6.Services rendered for administrative operations such as Human Resources (HR), legal,
and accounting.