REVENUE REGULATIONS NO. 6-2021 issued on April 14, 2021 prescribes additional
guidelines for implementing the tax provisions of the Personal Equity and Retirement
Account (PERA) Act of 2008 effectively amending pertinent provisions of Revenue
Regulations No. 17-2011.
The reports specified in Section 2 of this Regulations shall be submitted by the
PERA Administrators through the PERASys administered by the Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas, and forwarded to the Bureau of Internal Revenue, for approval of the PERA
Processing Office, through the ePERA System.
The PERA-Tax Credit Certificate (TCC) refers to the document evidencing the
amount of tax credit equivalent to five percent (5%) of the total amount of qualified
PERA contributions made in a year. The application for PERA-TCC shall be filed
online thru the PERASys by the PERA Administrator within sixty days (60) days from
the close of the calendar year. The application shall be processed and approved for
issuance of the corresponding PERA-TCC by the PERA Processing Office and shall
be generated through the facilities of the ePERA System.
The PERA-TCC shall be readily accessible at the PERASys by the PERA
Administrator, for issuance to their respective contributors. It shall be printed only upon
request of utilization by the qualified contributor.
The PERA-TCC shall be used for the payment of Income Tax liabilities of
qualified employee and self-employed contributors, while for qualified overseas
Filipino contributor, the PERA-TCC can be used in the payment of any internal
revenue taxes. The PERA-TCC shall reflect such restrictions.
In the case of an employee contributor, the PERA-TCC shall be submitted to
the employer to apply the gross amount of the PERA-TCC in the annual year-end
adjustments for computing the net withholding tax due of the contributor-employee.
In all cases, the PERA-TCC shall be surrendered and attached to the applicable
tax returns. The duly received copies of the tax returns, together with copy/ies of the
PERA-TCC and the other prescribed attachments, shall be submitted to the concerned
Revenue District Office pursuant to the existing revenue guidelines and procedures.
The penalties of five percent (5%) and twenty percent (20%) for early
withdrawal of qualified contribution prescribed under RR No. 10-2016 shall be
deducted by the PERA Administrator from the PERA account prior to its release of
payment of withdrawal by the contributor, which shall be remitted using online filing
and payment facilities:
Penalty BIR
Form No.
In the name of Deadline of Payment /
Remittance
5% Tax Credit availed for the
entire period of PERA
0605 Qualified
Contributor
On or before the last day of the
month following the close of the
calendar quarter during which
the deduction was made 20% of Total Income earned
from the time of its opening up
to the time of withdrawal
1601FQ PERA
Administrator