Determination of The Prescriptive Period For Filing A Tax Refund or Credit of Unutilized Input VAT
Determination of The Prescriptive Period For Filing A Tax Refund or Credit of Unutilized Input VAT
Determination of The Prescriptive Period For Filing A Tax Refund or Credit of Unutilized Input VAT
We summarize the
rules on the determination of the prescriptive
period for filing a tax refund or credit of unutilized input VAT as
provided in Section 112 of the 1997 Tax Code, as follows:
(1) An administrative claim must be filed with the CIR within two
years after the close of the taxable quarter when the zero-rated or
effectively zero-rated sales were made.
(2) The CIR has 120 days from the date of submission of complete
documents in support of the administrative claim within which to
decide whether to grant a refund or issue a tax credit certificate. The
120-day period may extend beyond the two-
year period from the filing of the administrative claim if the claim
is filed in the later part of the two-year period. If the 120-day period
expires without any decision from the CIR, then the administrative
claim may be considered to be denied by inaction.
(3) A judicial claim must be filed with the CTA within 30 days from
the receipt of the CIR’s decision denying the administrative claim or
from the expiration of the 120-day period without any action from
the CIR.
(4) All taxpayers, however, can rely on BIR Ruling No. DA-489-03
from the time of its issuance on 10 December 2003 up to its reversal
by this Court in Aichi on 6 October 2010, as an exception to the
mandatory and jurisdictional 120+30 day periods.