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The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has issued Revenue Regulation (RR) No. 5-2025 on 27 February 2025, which amends RR No. 2-98 by revising the withholding tax rates and adjusting the basis of certain income payments subject to creditable withholding tax to align with Republic Act No. 12066 or the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises to Maximize Opportunities for Reinvigorating the Economy (CREATE MORE) Act.

Under the new regulation, the withholding tax rate on certain income payments made by credit card companies has been reduced from 1% to 0.5% on the gross amount paid by the credit card company. 

Similarly, remittances of electronic marketplace operators and digital financial services providers to merchants is subject to a 0.5% withholding tax on its gross remittances to the sellers.

Please be guided accordingly. 

 

Source:  

P&A Grant Thornton  

Certified Public Accountants  

P&A Grant Thornton is the Philippine member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd.

 

As published in SunStar Cebu, dated 13 March 2025