RR 9-2000 Digest
RR 9-2000 Digest
RR 9-2000 Digest
9-2000 issued November 22, 2000 identifies the persons liable for the
Documentary Stamp Tax (DST) and the mode of payment/remittance of the said tax under certain
conditions. The DST, in general, is a tax imposed against the person making, signing, issuing, accepting or
transferring the document or facility evidencing the aforesaid transactions. Thus, in general, it may be
imposed on the transaction itself or upon the document underlying such act. Any of the parties to the
taxable transaction will be liable and responsible for the payment and remittance of the full amount of
the tax due. However, whenever one of the parties to the taxable transaction is exempt from the DST, the
other party who is not exempt shall be the one directly liable for the said tax. If the tax-exempt party is
one of the persons constituted as agent of the Commissioner for the collection of the tax, he shall be
required to collect and remit the DST. Failure on his part to collect and remit the DST would make him
personally liable for the tax and the penalties prescribed under Title X of the Tax Code. The DST on the
specified cases will be remitted as follows: 1) stamp tax on bonds, debentures, certificates of
indebtedness, deposit substitute, or other similar instruments - to be remitted by the person who issued
the instrument; 2) stamp tax on original issue of shares of stock in a corporation - to be remitted by the
corporation which issued the share(s) of stock; and 3) stamp tax on jai-alai, horse race, lotto or other
authorized number games - to be remitted by the proprietor or operators. Whenever one of the parties
to the taxable document or transaction is included in any of the entities enumerated in the Regulations,
such entities will be responsible for the remittance of the DST. The "on-line electronic DST imprinting
machine", unless expressly exempted by the Commissioner, will be used in the payment and remittance
of the DST by the following class of taxpayers: a) bank, quasi-bank or non-bank financial intermediary,
finance company, insurance, surety, fidelity, or annuity company; b) the Philippine Stock Exchange (in the
case of shares of stock and other securities traded in the local stock exchange); c) shipping and airline
companies; d) pre-need company (on sale of pre-need plans); and e) other industries as may be required
by the Commissioner.