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Mr Raul Villanueva
Vice President for Operations
Philippine Global Systems, Inc.
PO Box 25
Cebu City 6000
Dear Mr Villanueva,
Application of Income tax on de minimis benefits and
fringe benefits
Thank you for your letter on 25 February 2015, addressed to
Atty. Nereus Jr S. Caeda, in which you requested advice on
the application of income tax on de minimis benefits and
fringe benefits.
Your questions, our answers to those questions, and the
reasons for our answers are set out bellow.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q6
Illustration
De Minimis
Rice allowance
(P1,300 x 12)
Uniform allowance
(P6,000 x 12)
Laundry Allowance
(P300 x 12)
Service Award
TOTALS
Taxable
Nontaxable
P15600
P67, 000
5,000
3,600
1,500
P68,500
P24, 200
Q5
Q7
Q8
Q9
Illustration
Reimbursable expenses:
Medicine 2,000
Expenses paid by the employer
Hospitalization 10,000
Total Fringe Benefits
12,000
Divide by Grossed-up monetary value factor
68%
Grossed-up Monetary value
17,647
Multiply by tax rate
32%
Fringe Benefit tax due
P5, 647
P588,
32%
P188,
Outing
Fringe benefit of supervisory/ managerial employee (P1, 000,000 x 20%)
P200, 000
Divide by grossed-up monetary value factor
68%
Grossed-up monetary value
P294,
117
Multiply by tax rate
32%
Fringe Benefit tax due
P94,117
Yours sincerely