REVENUE REGULATIONS NO. 14-2018 issued on April 5, 2018 amends the provisions of
Revenue Regulations No. 11-2018, particularly Sections 2 and 14.
There shall be withheld a creditable Income Tax at the rates herein specified on the
gross professional, promotional, and talent fees or any other form of remuneration for the
services rendered by the following:
Individual payee:
If gross income for the current year did not exceed
₱3M
– Five percent (5%)
If gross income is more than ₱3M or VAT Registered
regardless of amount – Ten percent (10%)
Non-individual payee:
If gross income for the current year did not exceed
₱720,000 – Ten percent (10%)
If gross income exceeds ₱720,000 – Fifteen percent (15%)
Income recipient/payee subject to withholding tax under Section 2 (Section 2.57.2 of
RR No. 11-2018) and availing to be exempt from the prescribed withholding tax rates shall
submit on or before April 20, 2018 a duly accomplished “Income Payee’s Sworn Declaration of
Gross Receipts/Sales”, together with a copy of the Certificate of Registration (COR) to his/her
income payor/withholding agent.
The income payor/withholding agent who/which received the “Income Payee’s Sworn
Declaration of Gross Receipts/Sales” and the copy of the payee’s COR shall submit on or before
April 30, 2018 a duly accomplished “Income Payor/Withholding Agent’s Sworn Declaration”,
together with the List of Payees who have submitted “Income Payee’s Sworn Declaration of
Gross Receipts/Sales” and copies of CORs.
Any Income Tax withheld by the income payor/withholding agent in excess of what is
prescribed in these regulations shall be refunded to the payee by the said income
payor/withholding agent. The income payor/withholding agent shall reflect the amount refunded
as adjustment to the remittable withholding tax due for the first quarter withholding tax return.
The adjusted amount of tax withheld shall also be reflected in the Alphabetical List of Payees to
be attached in the said first (1st) quarter return. The said list of payees, who are subject to refund
either due to the change of rates of withholding or due to the qualification to avail of exemption
from withholding tax shall likewise be attached in the said return, which shall be filed on or
before April 30, 2018.
In case the Certificate of Tax Withheld at Source (BIR Form No. 2307) has already
been given to the payee, the same shall be returned by the payee to the payor upon receipt of the
amount refunded by the income payor/withholding agent, together with the corrected BIR Form
No. 2307, if still applicable. Otherwise, the said certificate to be given to the payee on or before
the twentieth (20th) day after the close of the first (1st) quarter must reflect the corrected amount
of tax withheld.
In no case shall income payee use BIR Form No. 2307 twice for the same amount of
income payment from the same income payor/withholding agent and for the same period.