Kepco Vs Cir Case Digest
Kepco Vs Cir Case Digest
Kepco Vs Cir Case Digest
CIR
FACTS:
Kepco lifted the issue to the Supreme Court arguing that under Section 113 (A) of the 1997
NIRC, invoices and official receipts are used interchangeably for purposes of substantiating
input VAT.
ISSUE:
Whether or not the invoices and official receipts can be interchangeably used
HELD:
No. Under the law, a VAT invoice is necessary for every sale, barter or exchange of goods or
properties while a VAT official receipt properly pertains to every lease of goods or properties,
and for every sale, barter or exchange of services.
In other words, the VAT invoice is the sellers best proof of the sale of the goods or services to
the buyer while the VAT receipt is the buyers best evidence of the payment of goods or
services received from the seller. Even though VAT invoices and receipts are normally issued
by the supplier/seller alone, the said invoices and receipts, taken collectively, are necessary
to substantiate the actual amount or quantity of goods sold and their selling price (proof of
transaction), and the best means to prove the input VAT payments (proof of payment).
Hence, VAT invoice and VAT receipt should not be confused as referring to one and the
same thing. Certainly, neither does the law intend the two to be used alternatively.
FACTOR, J.V.