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THIRD DIVISION
ACER PHILIPPINES, INC.,
Petitioner,
-versus-
COMMISSIONER
OF
INTERNAL REVENUE,
Respondent.
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Promulgated:
MAR 3 1 2016
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DECISION
In this Petition for Review filed on November 10, 2011,
petitioner Acer Philippines, Inc. prays for the cancellation
and setting aside of the Amended Assessment Notices Nos.
VT-TVN147552-05-11-0374 and IT -TVN 147552-05-11-0374
and the Final Decision on Disputed Assessment (FDDA), all
dated March 21, 2011, issued by respondent Commissioner
of Internal Revenue (CIR), for deficiency Income Tax (IT) in
the amount of P633,973.60, deficiency Value Added Tax
(VAT) in the amount of P6,307,292.69, and interest in the
amount of P7,240,570.967, or in the aggregate amount of
P14,181,837.25 for taxable year 2005.
THE FACTS
Petitioner is a domestic corporation with principal office
at 3402 PBCOM Bldg., Ayala Avenue, Makati City. It is
engaged in wholesale trading of ACER products and is
registered with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR),
Revenue District Office (RDO) No. 50 of Revenue Region No./
8-South Makati City.
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Basic
I Interest
6,836,244.84 3,588,248.15
7,180,434.11 4,088,585.08
202,293.69
116,647.95
I Compromise I
25,000.00
25,000.00
Total
P10,449,492.99
11,294,019.19
16,000.00
335,581.64
P22,079,093.82
Basic
Interest
I Compromise I
Total
P6, 707,483.03
10,265,593.64
328,236.02
P17,301,312.69
Exhibit "D".
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Total
]
Basic
I Interest I Compromise I
636,023.85
440,163.36
P1,076,187.21
6,307,292.69 4,641,476.21
P10,948,768.90
P12,024,956.11
3
4
5
6
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16
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18
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20
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22
23
24
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THE ISSUES
XXX
XXX
period to be prescribed by
rules and regulations, the
be required to respond to said
taxpayer fails to respond, the
or
his
duly
authorized
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assessment
XXX
XXX
vJ
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the
law,
rules
and
regulations,
or
jurisprudence on which the assessment is
based, otherwise, the formal letter of
demand and assessment notice shall be void
XXX."
XXX
XXX
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finality
and
respondent
p
p
(1 046 415.00)
63 084.70
1 887 603.30
1 950 688.00
p
p
904 273.00
1,046 415.00
1,950,688.00
wl
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Basic Income Tax Due per investigation
Less: Tax Credits
Creditable Withholdino Tax
Tax Paid per Return
Total
Less: Amount carried forward to succeedino vear
633 973.60
636 057.90
1,270,031.50
633,973.60
2 171 672.00
599,533.00
2 771 205.00
2 771 205.00
VALUE-ADDED TAX
Vatable Sales per Return
Add: Undeclared Sales
Unaccounted sources of cash treated as undeclared
income
72 084.70
1,959 688.00
1 887 603.30
40,996 892.06
p
p
726.101.47
37 500,392.49
38 226,493.96
6 111.323.89
32 115 170.07
VAT Payable
Less: VAT paid per return
8 881 721.99
2 574 429.30
6 307 292.69
6 604 513.06
p 12,911,805.75
63,084.70
1,887,603.30
1,046,415.00
2,771,205.00
p
72,084.70
1,887,603.30
6 111 323.89
p 202 923.69
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Undeclared sales
P63,084. 70
for
Deficiency Income Tax
and P72,084.70 for
Deficiency VAT
OR
Customer Name
SM
SM
SM
SM
Prime
Prime
Prime
Prime
Holdings
Holdings
Holdings
Holdinqs
No.
2321
2322
2463
2478
2335
Gross
Amount
13,973.28
27,703.80
14,222.08
13,494.01
VAT
Comoonent
Amount
Subject to
Assessment
P69,393.17
P(6 308.47)
P63,084.70
P(7,208.47)
P72,084.70
9,900.00
P79 293.17
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Unaccounted sources of
cash treated as undeclared
income - P1,887,603.30
Respondent's comparison of the salaries and wages
reflected in petitioner's Alphalist with those reported in its
financial statements (FS) disclosed a discrepancy in the
amount of P1,887,603.30. Respondent treated the said
discrepancy as undeclared income and assessed petitioner of
deficiency IT pursuant to Section 32 of the NIRC of 1997, as
amended, and in accordance with the ruling in the case of
Perez v. Court of Tax Appeals and Collector of Internal
Revenue 30
By virtue of such finding, respondent also
assessed petitioner of the corresponding deficiency VAT
invoking Sections 105 and 108 of the NIRC of 1997, as
amended. The discrepancy was computed as follows: 31
Salaries and wages per Alphalist
Less: Salaries and wages per FS
Discrepancy
p 15,335,299.30
13,447,696.00
P1,887 ,603.30
p 15,338,300.00
13,447,695.94
P1,890,604.06
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2,890,604.36
(1,000,000.00)
P1,890,604.36
38
Exhibit "R3".
Exhibit "R4".
Exhibit "F-1".
Exhibit "F".
Section 36 of Revenue Regulations No. 2-40.
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deduction for income tax purposes in the year 2004 and not
in 2005.
The test of deductibility of an expense for income tax
purposes was elucidated by the Supreme Court in the case
of Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Isabela Cultural
Corporation 39 , in this wise:
"The requisite that it must have been paid or
incurred during the taxable year is further
qualified by Section 45 of the National Internal
Revenue Code (NIRC) which states that: '[t]he
deduction provided for in this Title shall be taken
for the taxable year in which 'paid or accrued' or
'paid or incurred', dependent upon the method of
accounting upon the basis of which the net income
is computed xxx'.
Accounting
methods for tax purposes
comprise a set of rules for determining when and
how to report income and deductions. In the
instant case, the accounting method used by ICC
is the accrual method.
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(1,046,415.00)
1,950,688.00
904,273.00
316,495.55
63,084.70
1,887,603.30
P2,171,672.00
599,533.00
2, 771,205.00
P(2,454,709.45)
Deficiency
Value-added
Tax: Unsupported Input
Tax - P6, 111,323.89
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Respondent disallowed
petitioner from
claiming
P6,111,323.89 worth of input tax credits from importations
due to its failure to submit supporting documents. 43
Petitioner however claimed otherwise. Allegedly, it fully
substantiated its input taxes from importations for the year
2005.
The disallowance should be partially upheld.
Based on petitioner's quarterly VAT returns 44 for the
year 2005, it incurred a total of P31,817,935.40 input taxes
from importations, broken down as follows:
Exhibit No.
J-145
J-246
J-347
J-448
Total
Difference
p 6 111 323.00
(3 129 420.00)
3 129 420.00
9 240 744.00
P31,817,936.00
(9 240 744.00)
Acer
Input VAT on importation
Add (deduct):
Input taxes not claimed by Acer but
included in BIR findings
Input taxes claimed by Acer but not
included in BIR findings
P31,817,935.00
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
31 817 935.00
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Q-1.1
Q-1.2
Q-1.3
Q-1.4
Q-1.5
Q-1.6
Q-1.8
Q-1.13
Q-1.15
_Q-1.16
Q-1.17
Q-1.18
Q-1.19
Q-1.20
Q-1.21
52
53
54
Exhibit "V".
Exhibit "P".
Exhibit "P-1".
OR No.
55342
55492
55483
125984826
125610213
125969356
125977363
126101315
57676
122267302
122726387
58359
58970
59371
60415
Date
8/19/2005
8/22/2005
8/22/2005
8/24/2005
7/26/2005
8/16/2005
8/18/2005
8/30/2005
9/6/2005
3/15/2005
3/28/2005
9/12/2005
9/15/2005
9/16/2005
9/26/2005
VAT Amount
p
12 100.00
51 976.00
9 636.00
7 056.00
3 243.00
2 407.00
3,058.00
2,520.00
40,807.00
1,721.00
779.00
3 616.00
14 026.00
12 775.00
4,646.00
./
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Q-1.22
Q-1.23
Q-1.24
Q-1.26
Q-1.29
Q-1.32
Q-1.34
Q-1.43
Q-1.46
Q-1.47
Q-1.48
Q-1.50
Q-1.51
Q-1.60
Q-1.63
Q-1.64
Q-1.65
Q-1.66
Q-1.67
Q-1.68
Q-1.69
Q-1.71
Q-1.76
Q-1.78
Q-1.80
Q-1.81
Q-1.82
Q-1.83
Q-1.84
Q-1.85
Q-1.86
W-4
W-6
W-8
W-11
W-14
W-15
W-18
W-21
W-23
W-33
W-38
W-43
W-46
W-48
W-49
W-51
W-56
W-58
W-60
W-64
W-69
W-71
W-72
W-73
W-77
W-78
W-79
60416
126347821
61162
61627
62396
63643
126351127
126736653
125760126
53129
124538346
53674
124419233
124489276
125690381
124376637
124375167
124376585
124377197
124488061
53629
124480693
125759033
124541557
125761081
125761273
125761386
54303
124539511
55106
125095101
125748122
121737156
123669025
122944351
121731671
123178596
127940382
122326321
121023621
123823917
124533674
125610344
121122723
125617782
122339637
127303924
123665096
123201145
127944984
123114555
123269072
123721586
123237965
127196535
0042111
123243766
122057302
9/26/2005
9/14/2005
9/30/2005
10/4/2005
10/10/2005
10/19/2005
9/15/2005
9/30/2005
8/8/2005
8/3/2005
8/8/2005
8/8/2005
6/22/2005
7/4/2005
8/1/2005
6/24/2005
6/20/2005
6/24/2005
6/27/2005
6/29/2005
8/8/2005
7/2/2005
8/9/2005
7/21/2005
8/10/2005
8/10/2005
8/11/2005
8/12/2005
7/8/2005
8/18/2005
7/11/2005
08/05/05
2/18/2005
5/17/2005
4/11/2005
2/17/2005
4/21/2005
11/9/2005
3/16/2005
2/1/2005
5/24/2005
7/7/2005
7/22/2005
2/7/2005
7/28/2005
3/21/2005
10/17/2005
5/16/2005
4/21/2005
11/10/2005
4/11/2005
4/29/2005
5/20/2005
4/26/2005
10/6/2005
5/15/2005
4/28/2005
3/14/2005
8,111.00
3 608.00
54 921.00
6 574.00
51776.00
10 151.00
2 718.00
518.00
6,309.00
38 302.00
1,153.00
9,278.00
9,782.00
13,321.00
5,954.00
14,016.00
18,821.00
3,745.00
47,466.00
3,713.00
10,160.00
3,896.00
1,514.00
22,259.00
8,605.00
40,267.00
16,226.00
19,314.00
683.00
7,719.00
921.00
498.00
556.00
601.00
620.00
669.00
783.00
1,014.00
1,573.00
1,090.00
1,600.00
1,509.00
1,806.00
1 908.00
1 927.00
1 933.00
1 991.00
2 162.00
2,235.00
2,278.00
2,468.00
2,530.00
2,641.00
2,798.00
3,124.00
3,990.00
4,080.00
4,138.00
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W-86
W-87
W-88
W-91
W-92
W-93
0046257
0049092
122057293
BDO Transfer Transaction
Ticket
BDO Transfer Transaction
Ticket
BDO Transfer Transaction
Ticket
6/15/2005
7/6/2005
3/14/2005
8 572.00
10 203.00
22 999.00
5/20/2005
211 537.00
11/9/2005
356 792.00
9/13/2005
471 908.00
Pl, 700,700.00
72,084.70
72,084.70
P408,081,317.30
p 40,808,131.73
726,101.47
37,500,392.49
P38,226,493.96
4,410,623.89
33,815,870.07
6,992,261.66
2,574,429.30
P4,417,832.36
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ociate Justice
We Concur:
~ISTA
LOVELL R.
Associate Justice
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ATTESTATION
LOVELL R. BAUTISTA
Associate Justice
Chairperson
CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to Section 13 of Article VIII of the
Constitution, and the Division Chairperson's Attestation, it is
hereby certified that the conclusions in the above Decision
were reached in consultation before the case was assigned
to the writer of the opinion of the Court's Division.
ROMAN G. DEl!ROSARIO
Presiding Justice