RDAO No. 08-2013 — Delegates to concerned BIR officials the authority to approve and/or sign documents pertaining to claims for VAT refund filed at the One Stop Shop and Duty Drawback Center of the Department of Finance.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE

December 13. 2013

REVENUE DELEGATION AUTHORITY ORDER NO. 8- 3DIC

The exigencies of the revenue service so requiring, and in cases where the claimants of VAT tax credit certificates (VAT TCCs) opt to claim for VAT cash refund pursuant to Joint Circular No. 006-2012, implementing Executive Order No. (EO) 68, , the following concerned officials are hereby authorized to approve and/or sign the documents listed below pertaining to their claims filed at the One Stop Shop (OSS) and Duty Drawback Center of the Department of Finance. A. The DCIR of the Operations Group:

1. Option to claim VAT refund regardless of amount;

2. Obligation request for VAT refund claims over Ten Million Pesos (P10,000,000.00):

B. The ACIR of the Assessment Service

1 (P10,000,000.00): Obligation request for claims not exceeding Ten Million Pesos

C. The Head, Tax and Revenue Group, OSS:

1. As counter signatory in the obligation request, regardless of amount.

This Order shall take effect immediately.

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Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

Roxas Boulevard Corner Pablo Ocampo, Sr. Street Manila 1004

MEMORANDUM OFFICE OF DCIR - OPERATIONS GROUP

FROM FOR THRU Operations Group Assessment Service Head, Tax and Revenue Group DCIR NELSON M. ASPE ACIR ERLINDA A. SIMPLE NELIA A. CASTILLO BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE DEC 1 2 2013 eenr M

SUBJECT DOLE PHILIPPINES, INC Request for VAT Refund, in lieu of Unclaimed Tax Credit Certificates DATE November 28, 2013

DOLE PHILIPPINES, INC. as an exercise of its option, instead of claiming its Tax Credit Certificates 2012 and circularized in Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 8-2013. pursuant to Section 3(C)(4) of DOF-BIR-DBM Joint Circular No.6-2012 (Joint Guidelines Implementing the Special Provision of the General Appropriations Act on Value-Added Tax Refunds) dated September 5, This has reference to your directive to sign the Obligation Request covering the VAT Refund of

Executive Director Villamor Ventura S. Plan that the above-stated provision, excerpts of which are as follows: We were made to understand that per letter dated October l1, 2013 addressed to former

Section 3(C)(4) of Joint Circular No. 6-2012

the BIR shall request for the taxpayer's option in writing as to whether they would like to apply for the BIR prior to the effectivity of Executive Order No. 68, including those with unclaimed TCCs, refund instead." "For taxpayers with pending claims for Tax Credit Certificates (TCCs) on VAT received by

encompass all taxpayers/claimants and that it is the position of the Office that the option to apply for covers all claims for refund of input tax pursuant to Section 112 of the NIRC , including those filed at the DOF-OSs Center, the same being consistent with the intention of the said Joint Circular to refund, instead of TCCs at DOF-OSS is a matter of choice by the claimant.

Tax Credit Certificates excess input tax on local purchases for P422,565,924.07. period covering January to December, 2010 in the total amount of P629,125,328.19 were filed with the Oss Center on January 18, 2012, duly processed, recommended by the Tax and Revenue Group in accordance with the guidelines set forth by Revenue Audit Memorandum 2-93. in relation to Administrative Order No. 266 and duly approved in the sum of PP583,863,526.32 under memorandum report dated December 21, 2012, that served as the basis for the recommendation for the preparation of Further, that the subject claimant, DOLE PHILIPPINES, INC. which applications for TCCs for the

Center, Executive Director, Villamor Ventura S. Plan in accordance with the abovestated stipulation of Joint Circular 6-2012, indorsed to your Office , which upon your evaluation, gave due course to the were subject of the claim for VAT Refund per claimant's letter dated February 5, 2013 to former OSs Finally, that the said TCCs, which were issued on January 17, 2013 but remain unclaimed

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same as per your letter of October 11, 2013 and with these all discussed thoroughly through your memo on the memorandum dated November 6, 2013 to Assistant Commissioner, Finance Service Zenaida B. Chang, for the funding and payment thereof. Thus, the directive to sign the Obligation Request for the opted cash refund in lieu of claiming signed Tax Credit Certificate Nos. R-022345 to R-022348.

involving 1,201 quarterly claims of 209 taxpayers involving the amount of P3,351,104,587.85 because at present, with due respect, I am only authorized to co-sign Disbursement Voucher for cash conversion of Tax Credit Certificates jointly issued by OSS Center and Bureau of Internal Revenue as provided by Section II of Revenue Memorandum Order No. 35-2003, amending Section 34(D) of Revenue Memorandum Order 34-2001. This is also to cover the claims to be processed within' the scope of Section 3(C)(4) of DOF-BIR-DBM Joint Circular No. 6-2012 (claims received by the OSS Center, DOF prior to the effectivity of Executive Order No.68) in the event that the subject claimants would opt for refund In response, may I request for a signing authority for said Obligation Request for cash refund

Praying and hoping for your preferential attention for immediate execution of the directive.

Respectfully submitted:

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Head, Tax and Revenue Group NELIA A. CASTILLO OSS Center, DOF

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