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Non-exemption of Unmarried Woman Supporting her 48-year Old Sister

BIR Ruling No. 253-58 • Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Issuances • Rulings (Numbered) • May 6, 1958

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May 6, 1958 BIR RULING NO. 253-58 Miss Jovita B. Banaag 19 M. H. Del Pilar Taal, Batangas M a d a m : In reply to the query contained in your letter dated April 15, 1958, I have the honor to inform you as follows: An unmarried individual will qualify only as head of a family with respect to his or her dependent sister if such dependent is less than twenty-one years of age. (Sec. 23(b), Tax Code) Accordingly, an unmarried woman supporting her sister who is forty-eight (48) years old is not entitled to claim exemption as head of a family, even if such sister is incapable of self-support because physically defective. llcd Very truly yours, (SGD.) JOSE ARAAS Commissioner of Internal Revenue

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