A post by Cherry Castillo
In my earlier post, I noted that the BIR has been releasing issuances showing that they are keen on collecting more revenues from real property transactions by updating real property values. I also noted from the BIR’s Memorandum of Agreement with CREBA Land that the BIR’s target date for the updating [...]

A post by Cherry Castillo
I can see that the BIR is dead serious in collecting revenues for the government and is exploring all avenues where tax collection can be improved. In fact, the BIR has a string of recent issuances all concentrating on real property valuation, specifically on updating zonal values to be at par [...]

A transfer tax is imposed on tax on the sale, donation, barter, or any other mode of transferring ownership or title of real property at the maximum rate of 50% of 1% (75% of 1% in the case of cities and municipalities within Metro Manila) of the total consideration involved in the acquisition of the [...]

Assuming that you already have a property which you intend to sell or lease out, it is important to know whether or not VAT applies to your real estate transactions, and how you can avoid the imposition of VAT. Same goes if you intend to buy a foreclosed property.

There are different DST rates on different types of transactions. In my previous post on How to Easily Compute DST, I was referring to DST on the sale of real property. Please note that there is DST too on loan agreements, lease agreements, and mortgages, and there are also exemptions from DST. For this post, [...]

When buying a foreclosed property, the buyer often shoulders the Documentary Stamp Tax (DST). In the Buena Mano Green Tag Foreclosed Property listings for example, it is explicitly stated that DST is for the account of the buyer and DST is 1.5% of the Selling Price (SP) or Zonal Value (ZV), whichever is higher. To [...]

Creditable withholding tax (CWT) is the tax which is withheld by the buyer/withholding agent from his payment to the seller for the sale of the seller’s ordinary asset/services, and which tax is creditable against the income tax payable of the seller. I know this sounds confusing so let me tell you about the withholding tax [...]

“In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.”
– Benjamin Franklin
Taxes are indeed inescapable and the real estate industry is no exception. I am sure a lot of real estate investors are very much interested to know the taxes involved in investing as they significantly impact the total cost of acquiring a property. [...]