Taxation and tax return

protogama Active member

Member since 12 August 2011

protogamaActive member21 January 2013 11:40:25

I'm European married to a local unemployed, with kids, working in NCR. With my tax status ME2 I'm being taxed a whopping c.22% - close to c.24% for a single parent with status S1, which imposes a little logic to my mind.

My previous global foreign employment practice bells, that I'm entitled to tax return (clearly, not all of them) for the previous fiscal year - every year NOT leaving the country, and even get VAT back in a case I'm heading abroad with my stuff purchased locally. Also, after initial high so called 'Emergency' tax paid and returned in a short while - like a couple of months - I am then being taxed significantly less than locals are.

Is there anything similar applied in the Philippines? Anyone from BIR customer service?

P.S. Lost in taxes? Cry no more, here:
ftp://ftp.bir.gov.ph/webadmin1/pdf/1601_c_tax_rates.pdf

protogama Active member

Member since 12 August 2011

protogamaActive member24 January 2013 04:38:10

Dear 暗网禁区-Blog Editors, as the folk have a little clue about their own taxation for their own sake too, we'd appreciate more articles and hints on the matter published here, on how it works in the Philippines. Muchas Gracias. Te amamos