SEC. 236. Registration Requirements. -
(A) Requirements. - Every person subject to any internal revenue tax shall register once with the appropriate Revenue District Officer:
A person maintaining a head office, branch or facility shall register with the Revenue District Officer having jurisdiction over the head office, brand or facility. For purposes of this Section, the term "facility" may include but not be limited to sales outlets, places of production, warehouses or storage places.
(B) Annual Registration Fee. - An annual registration fee in the amount of Five hundred pesos (P500) for every separate or distinct establishment or place of business, including facility types where sales transactions occur, shall be paid upon registration and every year thereafter on or before the last day of January: Provided, however, That cooperatives, individuals earning purely compensation income, whether locally or abroad, and overseas workers are not liable to the registration fee herein imposed.
The registration fee shall be paid to an authorized agent bank located within the revenue district, or to the Revenue Collection Officer, or duly authorized Treasurer of the city of municipality where each place of business or branch is registered.
(C) Registration of Each Type of Internal Revenue Tax. - Every person who is required to register with the Bureau of Internal Revenue under Subsection (A) hereof, shall register each type of internal revenue tax for which he is obligated, shall file a return and shall pay such taxes, and shall updates such registration of any changes in accordance with Subsection (E) hereof.
(D) Transfer of Registration. - In case a registered person decides to transfer his place of business or his head office or branches, it shall be his duty to update his registration status by filing an application for registration information update in the form prescribed therefor.
(E) Other Updates. - Any person registered in accordance with this Section shall, whenever applicable, update his registration information with the Revenue District Office where he is registered, specifying therein any change in type and other taxpayer details.
(F) Cancellation of Registration. - The registration of any person who ceases to be liable to a tax type shall be cancelled upon filing with the Revenue District Office where he is registered an application for registration information update in a form prescribed therefor.
(G) Persons Commencing Business. - Any person, who expects to realize gross sales or receipts subject to value-added tax in excess of the amount prescribed under Section 109(z) of this Code for the next 12-month period from the commencement of the business, shall register with the Revenue District Office which has jurisdiction over the head office or branch and shall pay the annual registration fee prescribed in Subsection (B) hereof.
(H) Persons Becoming Liable to the Value-added Tax. - Any person, whose gross sales or receipts in any 12-month period exceeds the amount prescribed under Subsection 109(z) of this Code for exemption from the value-added tax shall register in accordance with Subsection (A) hereof, and shall pay the annual registration fee prescribed within ten (10) days after the end of the last month of that period, and shall be liable to the value-added tax commencing from the first day of the month following his registration.
(I) Optional Registration of Exempt Person. - Any person whose transactions are exempt from value-added tax under Section 109(z) of this Code; or any person whose transactions are exempt from the value-added tax under Section 109(a), (b), (c), and (d) of this Code, who opts to register as a VAT taxpayer with respect to his export sales only, may update his registration information in accordance with Subsection (E) hereof, not later than ten (10) days before the beginning of the taxable quarter and shall pay the annual registration fee prescribed in Subsection (B) hereof.
In any case, the Commissioner may, for administrative reasons, deny any application for registration including updates prescribed under Subsection (E) hereof.
For purposes of Title IV of this Code, any person who has registered value-added tax as a tax type in accordance with the provisions of Subsection (C) hereof shall be referred to as VAT-registered person who shall be assigned only one Taxpayer Identification Number.
(J) Supplying of Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN). - Any person required under the authority of this Code to make, render or file a return, statement or other document shall be supplied with or assigned a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) which he shall indicate in such return, statement or document filed with the Bureau of Internal Revenue for his proper identification for tax purposes, and which he shall indicate in certain documents, such as, but not limited to the following:
In the case of a nonresident decedent, the executor or administrator of the estate shall register the estate with the Revenue District Office where he is registered: Provided, however, That in case such executor or administrator is not registered, registration of the estate shall be made with the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) supplied by the Revenue District Office having jurisdiction over his legal residence.
Only one Taxpayer identification
Number (TIN) shall be assigned to a taxpayer. Any person who shall secure
more than one Taxpayer Identification Number shall be criminally liable
under the provision of Section 275 on 'Violation of Other Provisions of
this Code or Regulations in General'.
SEC.
237. Issuance of Receipts or Sales or Commercial Invoices. - All persons
subject to an internal revenue tax shall, for each sale or transfer of
merchandise or for services rendered valued at Twenty-five pesos (P25.00)
or more, issue duly registered receipts or sales or commercial invoices,
prepared at least in duplicate, showing the date of transaction, quantity,
unit cost and description of merchandise or nature of service: Provided,
however, That in the case of sales, receipts or transfers in the amount
of One hundred pesos (P100.00) or more, or regardless of the amount, where
the sale or transfer is made by a person liable to value-added tax to another
person also liable to value-added tax; or where the receipt is issued to
cover payment made as rentals, commissions, compensations or fees, receipts
or invoices shall be issued which shall show the name, business style,
if any, and address of the purchaser, customer or client: Provided,
further, That where the purchaser is a VAT-registered person, in addition
to the information herein required, the invoice or receipt shall further
show the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) of the purchaser.
The original of each receipt or invoice shall be issued to the purchaser, customer or client at the time the transaction is effected, who, if engaged in business or in the exercise of profession, shall keep and preserve the same in his place of business for a period of three (3) years from the close of the taxable year in which such invoice or receipt was issued, while the duplicate shall be kept and preserved by the issuer, also in his place of business, for a like period.
The Commissioner may,
in meritorious cases, exempt any person subject to internal revenue tax
from compliance with the provisions of this Section.
SEC.
238. Printing of Receipts or Sales or Commercial Invoices. - All
persons who are engaged in business shall secure from the Bureau of Internal
Revenue an authority to print receipts or sales or commercial invoices
before a printer can print the same.
No authority to print receipts or sales or commercial invoices shall be granted unless the receipts or invoices to be printed are serially numbered and shall show, among other things, the name, business style, Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) and business address of the person or entity to use the same, and such other information that may be required by rules and regulations to be promulgated by the Secretary of Finance, upon recommendation of the Commissioner.
All persons who print receipt or sales or commercial invoices shall maintain a logbook/register of taxpayers who availed of their printing services. The logbook/register shall contain the following information:
The requirement under
this Section shall also be applicable in the case of transfer of ownership
or change of name of the business establishment.
SEC.
243. Removal of Business to Other Location. -
Any business for which the annual registration fee has been paid may, subject
to the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Finance, upon
recommendation of the Commissioner, be removed and continued in any other
place without the payment of additional tax during the term for which the
payment was made.
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