BIR RR 17-2010 (Criteria For LTS)
BIR RR 17-2010 (Criteria For LTS)
BIR RR 17-2010 (Criteria For LTS)
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE
Quezon City
Section 1. SCOPE. — Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 244 and 245 (j) of the National Internal
Revenue Code of 1997 (NIRC), these Regulations are hereby promulgated in order to
harmonize, consolidate and amend the rules relative to the implementation of Republic
Act No. 7646, which authorizes the Commissioner of Internal Revenue (CIR) to prescribe
the criteria for determining Large Taxpayers and to designate the venue for payment of
internal revenue taxes by these taxpayers.
2.1. Consolidate all issuances relating to the identification and administration of Large
Taxpayers by incorporating and amending Revenue Regulations Nos. 1-98,1-94 and
12-93, all issued pursuant to Republic Act Nos. 7646, and 8424, also known as the
Tax Reform Act of 1997;
2.2. Modify the criteria in determining Large Taxpayers (LTs) after considering certain key
factors such as inflation, volume of business, nature of business and affiliation, tax
payments, financial condition and results of operation, wage and employment
levels, and other economic factors;
until such time that eighty-five percent (85%) of the Bureau's total collections shall
have been captured and monitored through the database of Large Taxpayers
Service; and
2.4. Prescribe the time, place and manner of filing of tax returns and payment of taxes
of Large Taxpayers in relation to the pertinent provisions of the NIRC and pursuant
to related revenue issuances.
Section 3. DEFINITION OF TERMS. – For purposes of these Regulations, the following terms and/or
phrases shall be defined as follows:
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3.1. Affiliate shall refer to a corporation that is directly or indirectly, through one or
more intermediaries, controlled by, or is under the common control of another
corporation. It may include 1) interlocking directorate or ownership; 2) common
interest among members of the family; 3) sharing of employees, equipment,
and/or facilities.
3.3. Consolidation is the union of two or more corporations into one corporate body,
after which the constituent corporations cease to exist. Assets and liabilities of the
constituent firms are absorbed by the new company.
3.4. Control is the power of a parent corporation to direct or govern the financial
and/or operating policies of an enterprise so as to obtain benefits from its activities.
3.5. Group of Companies refers to corporations that are related to one another as
parent corporations, subsidiaries, affiliates and conglomerates.
3.7. Multi-national Enterprise (MNE) shall refer to a foreign company doing business
in the Philippines that is part of a group of companies with business
establishments in two or more countries.
3.8. Parent is a corporation which has control over another corporation directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries.
3.10. Subsidiary shall mean a corporation more than fifty (50%) of the voting stock of
which is owned or controlled directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries by another corporation, which thereby becomes its parent
corporation.
4.1. A Large Taxpayer is a taxpayer, regardless of its location in the country, which has
been classified and notified in writing by the CIR as one that has satisfied the
criteria for determining large taxpayers.
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4.2. Separate venues for the Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao areas may be designated by
the CIR for the filing and payment of taxes by said Large Taxpayers.
4.3. Taxpayers classified and notified as Large Taxpayers by the CIR shall continue as
such, and shall be covered by these Regulations, unless notified by the CIR in
writing of its delisting.
4.4. The CIR will conduct periodic review on the coverage, and any, or all of the criteria
in the enlisting/delisting of Large Taxpayers, taking into consideration such factors
as inflation, volume of business, nature of business and affiliation, tax payments,
financial condition and results of operation, wage and employment levels, and other
economic factors.
The Regular Banking Unit (RBU) and the Foreign Currency Deposit Unit
(FCDU)/Offshore Banking Unit (OBU) of a bank shall be considered as one
taxpayer for purposes of classifying it as a Large Taxpayer, even if the said units
are assigned different Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TINs);
4.6. Additional Large Taxpayers may be selected and notified by the CIR, and covered
by these Regulations, such as but not limited to taxpayers not yet listed in Item
4.5(b) above.
4.7. Taxpayers already classified and notified as Large Taxpayer by the CIR are
mandatorily covered by the Electronic Filing and Payment System (EFPS) in filing
and paying their internal revenue tax liabilities, including the accompanying
schedules and attachments as prescribed under existing revenue issuances.
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4.8. All withholding tax remittances and information returns of the Head Office and/or
any branch/unit of a Large Taxpayer shall be contained in a consolidated return.
4.9. All existing LTs must have adopted, and be maintaining, a working and duly-
accredited Computerized Accounting System (CAS) by 31 December 2010. Newly-
identified LTs, on the other hand, must have adopted, and secured the
accreditation of, the required CAS within six (6) months after having been officially
notified, in writing, of their status as LTs.
a. Value-Added Tax - Any taxpayer with net VAT paid or payable of at least
P200,000.00 per quarter for the preceding year;
b. Excise Tax - Any taxpayer with an annual excise tax paid or payable of at
least P1 million for the preceding year;
c. Income Tax - Any taxpayer with annual income tax paid or payable of at least
P1 million for the preceding year;
d. Withholding Tax - Any taxpayer with annual withholding tax
payment/remittance from all types of withholding taxes (i.e. on
compensation, expanded, final and government money payments) of at least
P1 million (For taxpayers, business establishments and government offices
with branches/units, the basis is the total annual taxes withheld by the Head
Office and all the branches/units);
e. Percentage Taxes - Any taxpayer with percentage taxes paid or payable of at
least P200,000,00 per quarter for the preceding year;
f. Documentary Stamp Taxes - Any taxpayer with aggregate annual
documentary stamp taxes of at least P1 million; or
All Large Taxpayers shall electronically file (e-file) all internal revenue tax returns,
including other required documents, and electronically pay (e-pay) taxes due
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thereon thru Electronic Filing and Payment System (EFPS) pursuant to existing
revenue issuances. All information returns, declarations, documents and other
attachments to such returns required to be filed, including for the Summary List of
Sales and Purchases (SLSP), Summary List of Importation (SLI), Summary Alphalist of
Withholding Tax Agents (SAWT), Monthly Alphalist of Payees (MAP), Alphalist of
Regular Suppliers, Inventory List, etc. shall be in electronic submission
(e-submission) / electronic attachment (e-attachment) in the prescribed format
under existing revenue issuances.
This constitutes an exception to the place of filing and payment as provided for in
Sections 58, 77, 81, 114, 128, 130 and 200 of the NIRC.
Payments may be made only through any or a combination of the following modes:
a. Corporate Large Taxpayers shall e-file Quarterly Income Tax Returns (BIR
Form No. 1702Q), and e-pay the taxes due thereon, not later than sixty (60)
days from the close of each of the first three (3) quarters of the taxable year,
whether calendar or fiscal.
Annual Income Tax Return (BIR Form No. 1702) shall be e-filed and e-
paid on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of the fourth (4th) month
following the close of the calendar or fiscal year, as the case may be, in
accordance with Sections 75, 76 and 77 of the NIRC.
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c. Individual Taxpayers, who may, in the future, be classified as Large
Taxpayers and notified by the CIR of their status as such, shall e-file and
e-pay a Quarterly Income Tax Returns (BIR Form No. 1701Q) according to the
following schedules:
• 1st Quarter on or before April 15 of the current taxable year,
• 2nd Quarter on or before August 15 of the current taxable year,
• 3rd Quarter on or before November 15 of the current taxable year.
Annual Income Tax Return (BIR Form No. 1701) shall be e-filed and e- paid
on or before April 15 of the following calendar year, in accordance with Section
74 (B) of the NIRC.
a. All withholding taxes for remittance by the Head Office and/or all
branches/units of a Large Taxpayer shall be e-filed in a consolidated
return within ten (10) days following the end of each month for January
to November, and on or before January 15 of the following year for the
month of December, using BIR Form Nos. 1601-C, 1601-E, 1601-F and
1602, respectively, on a staggered basis according to the classification of
industry pursuant to existing issuances. For the e-payment, the taxpayer
shall give instruction to the AAB to debit its account for the amount of
tax payable on or before the due date for payment thereof as prescribed
under the prevailing / applicable laws / regulations.
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Creditable Income Taxes Withheld (Expanded)/ Income Payments
Exempt from Withholding Taxes (BIR Form No. 1604-E) shall be e-filed
not later than March 1 of the following the year in which payments were
made, together with the required Alphabetical List of Payees. The
required Alphalists attached to the returns shall be e-submitted/e-
attached using the prescribed file format in RMC No. 5-2009.
c. For the e-payment of tax for the returns required above and to be e- filed
earlier under the staggered filing system, the taxpayer shall, upon e-filing
using the facilities of the eFPS, likewise give instruction to the AAB to
debit its account for the amount of tax payable on or before the due date
for payment thereof as prescribed under the existing issuances.
a. Monthly Percentage Tax Return (BIR Form No. 2551M) shall be e-filed
in a consolidated return and on a staggered basis according to the
classification of industry pursuant to RR No. 26-2002 and RMC No. 2-
2003 and the aggregate percentage taxes due shall be e-paid within 20th
days after the end of each taxable month subject to the pertinent
provisions of Section 128 (A) of the NIRC.
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b. Quarterly Percentage Tax Return (BIR Form No. 2551Q) shall be e-filed in
a consolidated return on a staggered basis according to the classification
of industry pursuant to RR No. 26-2002 and RMC No. 2- 2003 and the
aggregate percentage taxes due shall be e-paid within twenty-five (25)
days after the end of each taxable quarterly subject to the pertinent
provisions of Section 128 (A) of the NIRC.
c. Returns of Percentage Tax Payable under Special Laws (BIR Form No.
2553) shall be e-filed and e-paid on or before the due date for payment
of tax as stated in the special law.
Excise Taxpayers shall e-file their excise tax returns and e-pay the
corresponding excise tax deposits/payments due before removal from the
place of production subject to the pertinent provisions of Sections
130(A)(2) and 131(A) of the NIRC, using the following forms:
• BIR Form No 2200A Excise Tax Return for Alcohol Products
• BIR Form No 2200AN Excise Tax Return for Automobiles and Non-
essential Goods
• BIR Form No 2200P Excise Tax Return for Petroleum Products
• BIR Form No 2200T Excise Tax Return for Tobacco Products
• BIR Form No. 2200M - Excise Tax Return for Mineral Products
3.6.1 Documentary Stamp Tax Declaration/Return (BIR Form No. 2000) shall
be e-filed and e-paid within five (5) days after the close of the month
when the taxable document was made, signed, issued, accepted or
transferred or when reloading a metering machine becomes necessary
or upon remittance by revenue collection agents of collection from the
sale of loose stamps, as provided under Section 200(B) of the NIRC as
implemented by RR Nos. 6-2001,12-2001, 15-2001 and 5-2004, through
purchase or actual affixture or by imprinting the documentary stamps
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on the taxable document using the e-DST System or in the manner as may
be prescribed by existing rules and regulations.
6.3.7 Capital Gains Tax / Withholding Tax on Gains Realized on the Sale, Exchange or
Transfer of Property and Documentary Stamp Tax (DST)
c. The DST due thereon shall, likewise, filed and paid to the AAB located
within the Revenue District Office having jurisdiction over the place
where the property being transferred is located within five (5) days
following end of the month in which the transaction occurred as
prescribed under RR No. 5-2009.
6.3.8 Capital Gains Tax Return for Onerous Transfer of Shares of Stocks Not Traded
Through the Local Stock Exchange
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after each cash sale, barter, exchange or other disposition of shares of
stock not traded through the local stock exchange. In case of installment
sale, the return shall be filed within thirty (30) days following the receipt
of the first down payment and within (30) days following each
subsequent installment payment.
6.3.9 Percentage Tax Return for Transactions Involving Shares of Stock Listed
and Traded Through The Local Stock Exchange or Through Initial and/or
Secondary Public Offering (BIR Form No. 2552)
In the case of Initial Public Offering (IPO), the return shall be e-filed and e-
paid by the issuing corporation within thirty (30) days from the date of
listing of the shares of stock in the local stock exchange.
In the case of secondary offering, the tax return shall be e-filed and e-paid
within five (5) banking days from the date of collection by the stockbroker,
containing a declaration of all the transactions effected through him during
the preceding week and of taxes collected by him and turned over to the BIR
where the tax collection from the sale based on the gross selling price of
gross value in money of the shares of stock sold, bartered, exchanged or
otherwise disposed in accordance with the proportion of shares of stock
sold, bartered, exchanged or otherwise disposed to the total outstanding
shares of stock after the listing in the local stock exchange provided for in
Section 127(B) of the NIRC.
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6.3.10 Payment Form (BIR Form No. 0605) shall be e-filed and e-paid covering
taxes and fees which do not require the use of a tax return such as second
installment payment for income tax, deficiency tax, delinquency tax,
registration fees, penalties, advance payments, deposits, installment
payments, voluntary and other miscellaneous payments.
Section 7. AMENDMENTS TO SELECTION CRITERIA. - The CIR may recommend to the Secretary of
Finance, every three (3) years, the amendments/modifications to any or all of the
criteria in the determination and selection of Large Taxpayers after considering such
factors as inflation, volume of business, wage and employment levels, nature of business
and affiliation, tax payments, financial condition and results of operation, and similar
economic factors.
Section 8. TRANSITORY PROVISIONS. – Newly-identified LTs who were officially notified of their
status as LTs as of the date of effectivity of these Regulations shall be considered as LTs
subject to the provisions hereof, effective 1 January 2011.
Section 9. REPEALING CLAUSE. - All rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with the
provisions of these regulations are hereby amended accordingly.
(Original Signed)
CESAR V. PURISIMA
Secretary of Finance
Recommending Approval:
(Original Signed)
KIM S. JACINTO-HENARES
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
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