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Sunday, April 27, 2014

Deadline for the Disclosure of Gross Income for the Current Year to the BIR by Submitting a Notarized Sworn Declaration for every Individual Professional/Talent/Corporate Director to Determine the Applicable Tax Rate (10% or 15%) to be Applied/Withheld by the Withholding Agent

Under Revenue Regulations No. 30-2003, Section 3 (A), in order to determine the applicable tax rate (10% or 15%) to be applied/withheld by the withholding agent, every individual professional/talent/corporate director herein enumerate, shall periodically  disclose his gross income for the current year to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), by submitting a notarized sworn declaration  attached as Annex "A" hereof in three (3) copies (two (2) copies for the BIR and one (1) copy for the taxpayer), copy furnished all the current payors of the declaration duly stamped received by the BIR (Collection Division of the Regional Office having jurisdiction over the place where the income earner is registered/ Large Taxpayers Collection Division for large taxpayers in Metro Manila/ LTDO for large taxpayers outside Metro-Manila). Sworn declaration may likewise be filed by the income payor on behalf of the professionals/talents/directors whose services were being rendered exclusively to the aforesaid payor. The disclosure should be filed on June 30 of each year or within fifteen (15) days after the end of the month the professionals/talents/director's income reaches P720,000, whichever comes earlier. In case his total gross income is less than P720,000 as of June 30, he/she shall submit a second disclosure within fifteen days after the end of the month that his/her gross income for the current year to date reaches P720,000. The payee - professional/talent/director shall furnish each payor a copy of the BIR duly stamped received sworn declaration not later than (5) days from the date of receipt by the BIR. In case of failure to submit the annual declaration/disclosure to the BIR, the payor shall withhold the tax at the rate of 15%.

The Collection Division/Large Taxpayers Collection Division/LTDO shall transmit one (1) copy of the duly submitted notarized sworn declaration, to the Withholding Tax Division within five (5) days from receipt thereof. The remaining copy shall be the file copy of the concerned Regional Office/Large Taxpayer Services/LTDO for monitoring purposes. 

These requirements shall likewise apply to taxable juridical persons (sworn declaration shall be executed by the president/managing partner of the corporation/company), partners of general professional partnerships and medical practitioners stated under sub-sections (B), (H) and (I) hereof.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an individual recipient received professional fees/talent fees/directors fees in addition to salaries from the same payor, the said fees shall be considered as supplemental compensation and, thus be subject to the withholding tax on compensation.

Please refer ftp://ftp.bir.gov.ph/webadmin1/pdf/601rr03_30.pdf of the full text of the Revenue Regulations No. 30-2003.