REVENUE MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 21-2012 issued on September 10, 2012
prescribes the policies and guidelines in the acceptance, processing, evaluation and approval of
Applications for Monetization and issuance of Notice of Payment Schedule (NPS) of outstanding
Value-Added Tax (VAT) Tax Credit Certificates (TCCs) that were issued prior to April 12, 2012
solely by the BIR and jointly by the One-Stop-Shop Inter-Agency Tax Credit and Duty
Drawback Center (OSS Center) of the Department of Finance (DOF) and the BIR relative to the
implementation of the Monetization Program pursuant to Executive Order No. 68 and Joint
Circular No. 2-2012.
The Collection Service (CS) thru the Collection Programs Division (CPD), the Large
Taxpayers Service (LTS), Large Taxpayer District Office (LTDO)-Makati and Cebu, and all the
Revenue District Offices (RDOs) under Revenue Region (RR) No. 8-Makati City shall send
letters to all VAT TCC-holders under their jurisdiction with unutilized VAT TCCs balance. For
VAT TCCs that were jointly issued by the DOF-OSS Center and the BIR, however, the sending
out of the notification letters to all the concerned taxpayers shall be the responsibility of the
former.
All applications for enrollment to the VAT TCC Monetization Program shall be
submitted to the following receiving offices:
Description Offices to Receive Applications
a. TCCs originally issued and signed by the Regional
Director
Revenue District Office (RDO)
b. TCCs originally issued and signed by the Deputy
Commissioner-Operations Group (DCIR-OG) or the
Assistant Commissioner Assessment Service (ACIRAS)
Assessment Service
c. TCCs originally issued and signed by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue or the ACIR, LTS
Large Taxpayers Regular Audit
Division 1-3, Large Taxpayers
Excise Audit Division 1 & 2,
Large Taxpayers District Offices
Makati and Cebu
d. TCCs originally issued and signed by the DCIR,
Legal and Inspection Group (DCIR-LIG) or the
ACIR, Legal Service–for cases decided by the Court
of Tax Appeals (CTA) or the Supreme Court of the
Philippines
Appellate Division
e. TCCs that were transferred and/or revalidated, issued
and signed by DCIR-OG or ACIR, CS
Collection Programs Division
(CPD)
f. TCCs originally issued by the DOF/OSS Center and
the BIR
DOF-OSS Center
Applications for VAT TCC monetization shall be filed with the designated issuing offices
not later than October 17, 2012. However, for VAT TCCs that are expiring in 2012 and 2013, the
applications for monetization shall be filed by the concerned VAT TCC Holder-Applicant on or
before the expiration of the VAT TCCs or September 15, 2012, whichever comes earlier.
The duties and responsibilities of all the offices involved in the VAT TCC Monetization
Program as well as the prescribed reporting requirements are specified in the Order.