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20 February 2026

Tax Updates August 2025 (SyCipLaw Tax Issues And Practical Solutions (T.I.P.S.) Vol. 40)

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SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan was founded in 1945 and is a leading full-service law firm in the Philippines. Its principal office is in Makati City, with branch offices in Cebu City, Davao City and the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. The firm offers a broad and integrated range of legal services, with departments in the following fields: banking, finance and securities; special projects; corporate services; litigation and dispute resolution; employment law and immigration; intellectual property; and tax.
SyCipLaw's Tax Department has prepared Tax Issues and Practical Solutions (T.I.P.S.) for August. The SyCipLaw T.I.P.S. for August 2025 covers the following tax issues...
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SyCipLaw's Tax Department has prepared Tax Issues and Practical Solutions (T.I.P.S.) for August.

The SyCipLaw T.I.P.S. for August 2025 covers the following tax issues:

  1. Does the Government's sixty percent (60%) share of the net proceeds in the Malampaya Natural Gas Project include the contractors' income taxes?
  2. Is prescription a matter of defense, such that the burden is on the taxpayer to prove that the full period of limitation has expired?
  3. Are services rendered to a PEZA-registered enterprise by a supplier located in the customs territory and consumed outside the ecozone subject to 12% VAT?
  4. May a local government unit immediately resort to the use of the presumptive income level assessment approach in computing the local business tax due instead of the taxpayer's gross sales or receipts of the preceding calendar year?
  5. Is a tax assessment valid if the payment due date had already lapsed by the time the assessment is received by the taxpayer?
  6. What are the requirements for Nonresident Digital Service Providers to register, file VAT returns, and pay VAT in the Philippines?
  7. How can an Export-Oriented Enterprise avail of VAT zero-rating on local purchases and VAT exemption on importation under the CREATE MORE Act?

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