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I. TRUE OR FALSE. Underline True if the statement is correct and False if wrong)
1. A small business enterprise with a gross receipts of not exceeding 1.5 million may be taxed at
12% (VAT) or 3 % (non-vat) at the option of the taxpayer.
True False
3. A radio station with an annual gross receipts of 2,000,000 but voluntarily subjects itself to
VAT can never cancel its registration and revert back to Franchise Tax even if it later on
decides to abandon VAT.
True False
4. Taxpayers which are subject to other percentage taxes are generally required to file its tax
return within 20 days after the end of each month.
True False
5. The sale of listed and traded shares of stocks after the initial public offering is exempt from
business tax.
True False
6. The 30% amusement tax on jai alai has been abolished when the fronton has been ordered
closed by the government.
True False
7. Pedicab (padyak) operators, being engaged in the carriage of passengers, are subject to
common carriers tax.
True False
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8. The term “gross annual sales” has no relation to profit; it means actual sales without
deduction of expenses.
True False
9. The term “gross annual sales” includes cash sales and credit sales less sales returns,
allowances and discounts
True False
10. When the restaurant is maintained within the premises or compound of a night club, the
gross sales of such restaurant is subject to VAT.
True False
11. The gross sales of a bar inside a passenger ship is subject to amusement tax of 18%.
True False
12. Service charge which nightclubs collect from their customers, and represented as charges in
lieu of cash tip to the employees are included in the term “gross receipts” which are subject
to amusement tax.
True False
13. If there are vending machines installed by coca-cola inside the premises of race tracks, the
sales affected in the vending machines shall be subject to Amusement tax of 30%.
True False
14. The gross receipts of a bank which operates a canteen where foods are served at subsidized
prices exclusively to its employees is subject to Tax on banks notwithstanding the fact that
the canteen is operated on a non-profit basis.
True False
15. A private carrier which undertakes to deliver goods at a particular place without being bound
in law to undertake such transportation and does not bind himself out to the public is subject
to 3% common carriers’ tax.
True False
16. The commission of bus drivers and conductors are not deductible in computing gross
receipts.
True False
17. Trimobiles are not covered by the minimum monthly gross receipts on common carriers.
True False
18. When preferred shares are redeemed for cancellation or retirement when the corporation is
still in its “going concern” the capital gain shall be subject to regular income tax rates.
True False
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19. The wash sale provision does not apply in the case of dealer in stock if the sale or other
disposition of stock is made in the ordinary course of business of such dealer.
True False
20. Amounts paid for messages transmitted by an Embassy to their own country are exempt from
Overseas Communication Tax.
True False
21. The 5% Premium Tax on insurance company is based on gross premiums received less
returned premiums and reinsurance premiums ceded.
True False
22. The gross receipts of a cabaret does not include the dance fee that is charged by cabaret as
compensation for its “bailarinas”.
True False
23. The stock transaction of ½ of 1% is payable by the seller of the stocks even if he suffers loss
on the sale.
True False
24. For purposes of IPO tax, the term “closely held corporation” means any corporation at least
50% in value of the outstanding capital stock or at least 50% of the total combined voting
power of all classes of stock entitled to vote is owned directly or indirectly by or for not more
than five individuals.
True False
25. Excise tax as a classification of tax is the same as the excise tax on business.
True False
II. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the best answer. Encircle the letter of your choice. Show your
solutions.
1. Tin is the owner of a small grocery store with gross sales in any one year period that do not
exceed 1,500,000. She is not a VAT registered taxpayer. She submits the following data for the
month of January, 2008.
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Rustico owns a small eatery near a trimobile parking area. Its annual gross receipts range from 400,000
to 450,000. In January, the gross receipts amounted to 27,500 while purchases of goods subject to VAT
is 6,000 and not subject to VAT, 13,000.
2. If Rustico is not a VAT registered taxpayer, his percentage tax due for the month is
A. 12,000
B. 1,900
C. 825
D. 2,500
3. Assuming that rustico is a VAT registered taxpayer and the amounts indicated are exclusive of
VAT, the VAT due is
A. 12,000
B. 1,900
C. 2,580
D. 2,500
4. Gadil operates 2 pedicabs, 2 passenger jeepneys plying the route Divisoria-Morayta in Manila,
and three cargo trucks. The gross receipts for the month are:
A. 831
B. 795
C. 1,359
D. 1,413
5. Malakas owns two passenger buses. Each bus has a seating capacity of 45 passengers. The buses
ply the route Naga City to Legaspi City, and vice versa. During the month, he decided to stop the
operation of one unit to undergo two weeks engine overhaul. Thus, his total gross receipts during
the month amounted to 110,000 only. Malakas is-
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A. Subject to income tax but exempt from percentage tax
B. Subject to value-added tax if the gross annual receipts exceed 1,500,000.
C. A marginal income earner and therefore, exempt from common carrier’s tax and VAT
D. Subject to common carrier’s tax of 3,300
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Salawahan Transport Company is a transportation contractor. During the month, it had the following
gross receipts:
A. 22,740
B. 21,150
C. 7,590
D. 15,450
7. Assuming that the amounts given do not include the tax, the VAT due is-
A. 23,000
B. 18,480
C. 59,909
D. None
8 to 9
Love Bus Company operates 10 units of buses. During the month, it had the following data in its books:
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A. 60,000
B. 60,450
C. 39,000
D. None
9. How much is the VAT payable
A. 39,600
B. 43,800
C. 39,000
D. 57,480
10. Common Carrier 1 : Domestic sea or air carriers for passengers or cargoes.
Common Carrier 2 : International sea or air carriers for passenger or cargoes.
What is the respective business tax rate on the common carriers identified above if they travel
from the Philippines to a foreign country?
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