Monday, February 25, 2013

When is Business Tax Payable

The Business Tax either the Percentage Tax or Value Added Tax is payable on or before the 20th of the following month.


Thursday, February 21, 2013

Income Tax

Definition:

An Income Tax is imposed based on the net income of the business.

A Net Income is determined by deducting the Cost of Sales or Services and Allowable Operating Expenses from Gross Sales or Gross Receipts of the business during a taxable period.


Illustrative Formula:

Gross Sales / Gross Receipts
Less: Cost of Sales / Cost of Services
Equals: Gross Margin or Gross Income
Less: Operating Expenses (Allowable)
Equals: Net Income

Net Income
Multiply by: tax rate
Equals: Income Tax
Less: Quarterly Income Tax Paid
Equals: Income Tax still due and payable





Sunday, February 17, 2013

Percentage Tax

Definition:

Percentage Tax is the tax imposed on the gross receipts of non-vat registered business owner and is usually subject to 3% tax rate. 

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

VAT or Value Added Tax

Definition:

A VAT business transaction is subject to 12% tax rate.

Output VAT vs Input VAT

Output VAT is the 12% tax from the VATable sales or gross receipts of the VAT Registered business owner.

Input VAT  is the 12% tax from the VATable purchases, disbursements or expenses made by the business owner.

The Input VAT is deducted from the Output VAT to get the net VAT payable.

Illustrative Formula:

Output VAT
Less: Input VAT
Equals Net VAT Payable 



Saturday, February 9, 2013

Business Taxes

Definition:

It is the tax that are imposed on the gross receipts or sales in the ordinary course of business transactions during a taxable period.


Classification:

  1. VAT or Value Added Tax
  2. Percentage Tax 

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Accounting for Taxes

For Philippine Taxation, Taxes that must be complied with by business owners are classified as follows:

1.  Business Taxes
2. Income Taxes

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Tax Accounting and Tax Accountants

Tax Accounting is one of the specialized fields in Accountancy.

It typically involves the preparation of various tax returns and tax planning essential to minimize the effects of taxes on the firm.

Tax Accountants are thus specialists in both tax compliance and tax planning.

For tax compliance and tax planning services, please contact :