Philippines: Clarification of guidelines for registered business enterprises in IT sector
FIRB Advisory No. 06-2023 (5 April 2023)
FIRB Advisory No. 06-2023 (5 April 2023)
The Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) issued FIRB Advisory No. 06-2023 (5 April 2023) to clarify the supplemental guidelines on the registration with the Board of Investments (BOI) of registered business enterprises (RBEs) in the information technology-business process management (IT-BPM) sector.
Issues addressed in the advisory include:
- Covered assets of the IT-BPM RBEs
- Coverage of the tax exemption indorsement
- Existing assets or assets imported as of 31 January 2023
- New assets or assets imported beginning 1 February 2023
- Proof of entitlement to value added tax (VAT) incentives for local assets
- Valuation methods of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) for the sale, transfer, donation, or disposal of the related assets of the covered RBE, whether local or imported
- BOC procedures
- Expansion projects under Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA)
- Updating of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) registration of IT-BPM transferees
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