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Banking on recovering excess input taxes? (Don't count on it,.

Asia Africa Intelligence Wire

| November 09, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From BusinessWorld (Philippines))

Byline: Felipe F. Salvosa II

Unless they close shop, companies won't likely recover excess input taxes used to reduce value-added tax (VAT) liabilities because of a 70% cap imposed by the new VAT law, Republic Act 9337, putting businesses on the losing end, a top accounting firm said.

As it is, it's hard to get a tax refund from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).

And even if businesses get a refund after some time, the value of money will have been diminished, so a "full or substantial recovery may lie more in the realm of fantasy than reality," said Roselle Yu, manager of tax services at Isla Lipana & …

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