BIR Ruling [UN-430-95]

December 5, 1995 BIR RULING [UN-430-95] Mr. Enrique Laguinia, Inventor 60 J. Rizal Street Arty Subd. Valenzuela Metro Manila S i r : This refers to your letter dated February 27, 1995 requesting for a ruling that as a registered inventor of patented designs or products described below, you are entitled to the tax incentives under R.A. No. 7459, otherwise known as the Inventors and Inventions Incentives Act of the Philippines. Records show that you are the registered patent holder of the following product/design: Title of Kind of Issue Patent Patent Number Date Compact Turbine Utility Model/ 6783 03/30/89 Assembly Design Device for Utility Model/ 6972 03/05/90 Burning Weeds Design in Defined Areas An Improved Utility Model/ 6711 10/17/88 Stove Burner A Compact Turbine Invention 28020 02/04/94 Assembly that you are an accredited member of the Filipino Inventors' Society (FIS); that the Interagency Screening Committee has evaluated and confirmed that you are eligible to the tax incentives under the aforesaid law. In reply, please be informed that Section 3(c) of Revenue Regulations No. 19-93 implementing R.A. No. 7459, provides that: "Sec. 3. Tax Incentives and Tax Exemptions . "xxx xxx xxx "C. The Inventor shall be exempt from the following taxes for which otherwise he shall have been directly liable: (a) Income tax on the net income derived from the sale of invention products resulting from newly discovered developed technologies by local researches or new technology adopted from foreign sources whether it be patented machine, product, process including implements or tools and other related gadgets of invention, utility model and industrial design patents; (b) Value added tax (VAT) on the gross receipts/revenues derived from the sale of said invention products, provided, however, that an inventor shall not be exempt from taxes for which he is not directly liable, e.g. VAT on his purchases of raw materials, supplies and equipment/machineries, which may be shifted to him as part of cost of goods sold or for services rendered; (c) Excise taxes directly payable in connection with the sale of invention products;" the aforestated tax exemptions are the only tax privileges accorded by the said law to the inventors. Such being the case, as an inventor, you are entitled to the aforequoted tax exemptions for a period of ten (10) years from the date of first sale on a commercial scale as defined in Section (2)(a) of Revenue Regulations No. 19-93, implementing Republic Act No. 7459. However, Filipino inventors enjoying the said tax exemption privileges shall be subject to the 20% final withholding tax on interest from Philippine currency bank deposits, yield or any monetary benefit from deposit substitutes, trust fund and similar arrangements, and to the capital gains tax on sales of real property and shares of stock prescribed under Section 21(e) and (d) of the Tax Code, as amended. (BIR Ruling No. UN 344-94 dated December 12, 1994, citing BIR Ruling No. 21/000-090/137-94) aisadc Very truly yours, ALICIA P. CLEMENO Assistant Commissioner (Legal Service)