REVENUE REGULATIONS NO. 6-2000 issued September 25, 2000 prescribes the regulations to implement
the compromise settlement of internal revenue tax liabilities of taxpayers with outstanding receivable
accounts and disputed assessments. Cases which may be the subject of compromise settlement are the
following: 1) delinquent accounts; 2) cases under administrative protest pending in the Regional Offices,
Revenue District Offices, Legal Service, Large Taxpayers Service (LTS), Enforcement Service, Excise
Taxpayers Service (ETS) and Collection Service; 3) civil tax cases being disputed before the courts; 4)
collection cases filed in courts; and 5) criminal violations, other than those already filed in court, or those
involving criminal tax fraud. Cases that cannot be compromised are: 1) withholding tax cases; 2) criminal
tax fraud cases; 3) criminal violations already filed in court; and 4) delinquent accounts with duly approved
schedule of installment payments.
The basis for the acceptance of compromise settlement are: 1) doubtful validity of the assessment; and
2) financial incapacity. The prescribed minimum rates for the compromise settlement of tax liabilities,
reckoned on a per tax type assessment basis, are: a) 40% in cases of doubtful validity; b) 10% in cases of
financial incapacity; and c) 50% in cases of delinquent accounts and disputed assessments of taxpayers
registered under the LTS and ETS. Applications for the compromise settlement of tax liabilities will be
evaluated and approved/disapproved by the: a) National Evaluation Board (for basic assessed tax
exceeding P 1 Million and for offers less than the prescribed minimum rates); b) Regional Evaluation Board
(for basic assessed tax of P 500,000.00 or less); and 3) Commissioner of Internal Revenue (for basic
assessed tax exceeding P 500,000.00 but not over P1 Million).