Mangwang - Deutsche Knowledge Services Vs Cir - GR No 197980
Mangwang - Deutsche Knowledge Services Vs Cir - GR No 197980
Mangwang - Deutsche Knowledge Services Vs Cir - GR No 197980
VS CIR
GR No. 197980, December 01, 2016
FACTS:
Petitioner filed an application for Tax credit/refund of its allegedly excess and unutilized input
VAT for the first quarter of 2007 on March 31, 2009. Seventeen days later, on April 17, 2009, it
filed a Petition for Review before the CTA Second Division citing the alleged inaction of the
CIR. The CTA Second Division dismissed the petition.
The petitioner filed a petition for review with the CTA en banc. However, the CTA en banc
merely affirmed the assailed resolution and dismissed petitioner's suit for having been
prematurely filed prior to the expiration of the 120-day period granted to the CIR to act on the
tax claim.
ISSUE:
Whether or not the Petition for Review filed by Deutsche Knowledge Services was premature.
RULING:
Petitioner's judicial claim had been timely filed and should have been given due course and
consideration by the CTA.
During the pendency of the case, the Supreme Court en banc ruled in the case of CIR vs San
Roque Power Corporation that a judicial claim for refund of input VAT which was filed with the
CTA before the lapse of the 120-day period under Section 112 of the NIRC is considered to
have been timely made, if such filing occurred after the issuance of the BIR Ruling No. DA-
489-03 dated December 10, 2003 but before the adoption of the Aichi doctrine which was
promulgated on October 6, 2010.
In this case, Deutsche Petition for Review with the CTA was filed on April 17, 2009. Clearly, it
was filed before the Aichi doctrine was laid down and after the issuance of BIR Ruling NO.
DA-489-03.
Note:
BIR Ruling No. DA-489-03 expressly states that the “taxpayer-claimant” need not wait for the
lapse of the 120-day period before it could seek judicial relief with the CTA by way of Petition
for Review.