Sunday, January 5, 2025

The Validity of Certificate Authorizing Registration (eCAR) and its Revalidation

As part of ease of doing business with regards of the Certificate Authorizing Registration (eCAR) being issued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Revenue Regulations (RR) No. 12-2024 dated March 21, 2024 was published by the bureau, amending Section 5 and 6 of RR No. 3-2019, on the Validity of Certificate Authorizing Registration (eCAR) and it Revalidation.

SECTION 3. AMENDMENTS

Section 5 and 6 of RR No. 3-2019 are hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 5 - VALIDITY OF eCAR - The eCAR shall be valid from the date of its issuance until such time that it is presented to the concerned Registry of Deeds (RD)."

"SEC. 6 - REVALIDATION - Only CARs issued outside of the BIR's eCAR System, if any, shall be allowed for revalidation.

Please refer: https://bir-cdn.bir.gov.ph/BIR/pdf/RR%20No.%2012-2024.pdf of the full text of RR No. 12-2024.


   



Saturday, January 4, 2025

Adjustment of the Selling Price Threshold of the Sale of House & Lot, and Other Residential Dwellings for VAT Exempt Purposes

Revenue Regulations (RR) No. 1-2024 dated January 10, 2024 was issued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) amending Section 2, Sub-section 4, 109-1 (B)(p) of RR No. 4-2021, as Amended by RR No. 8-2021, to Implement the Adjustment of the Selling Price Threshold of the Sale of House and Lot, and Other Residential Dwellings for Value-Added Tax (VAT) Exemption Purposes.

In Section 2 of this RR No. 1, 2024, stated the Adjusted Amount with regards of the new price threshold. for sale of house and lot and other residential dwellings for VAT exemption purposes, rounded up is Three Million Six Hundred Thousand (Php3,600,000.00) Pesos from the current threshold amount of Php3,199,200, computed using the following formula:

New Threshold = Current Threshold x CPI (2023) / CPI (2021

Please refer https://bir-cdn.bir.gov.ph/BIR/pdf/RR%20No.%201-2024.pdf of the full text of RR No. 1-2024.