TITLE IV — VALUE-ADDED TAX
the said buyer’s goods and paid for in acceptable foreign
currency and accounted for in accordance with the rules
and regulations of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP);
(4) Sale of raw materials or packaging materials to exportoriented enterprise whose export sales exceed seventy
percent (70%) of total annual production;
(5) Those considered export sales under Executive Order No.
226, otherwise known as the Omnibus Investments Code of
1987, and other special laws; and
(6) The sale of goods, supplies, equipment and fuel to persons
engaged in international shipping or international air
transport operations: Provided, That the goods, supplies,
equipment and fuel shall be used for international shipping
or air transport operations.
Provided, That subparagraphs (3), (4), and (5) hereof shall be
subject to the twelve percent (12%) value-added tax and no
longer be considered export sales subject to zero percent (0%)
VAT rate upon satisfaction of the following conditions:
(1) The successful establishment and implementation of
an enhanced VAT refund system that grants refunds of
creditable input tax within ninety (90) days from the
filing of the VAT refund application with the Bureau:
Provided, That, to determine the effectivity of item no. 1, all
applications filed from January 1, 2018 shall be processed
and must be decided within ninety (90) days from the filing
of the VAT refund application; and
(2) All pending VAT refund claims as of December 31, 2017
shall be fully paid in cash by December 31, 2019.
Provided, That the Department of Finance shall establish a VAT
refund center in the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and in
the Bureau of Customs (BOC) that will handle the processing
and granting of cash refunds of creditable input tax.
An amount equivalent to five percent (5%) of the total VAT
collection of the BIR and the BOC from the immediately
preceding year shall be automatically appropriated annually
and shall be treated as a special account in the General Fund
or as trust receipts for the purpose of funding claims for VAT
refund: Provided, That any unused fund, at the end of the year
shall revert to the General Fund.
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