By: Recovering accumulated excess input value-added tax (VAT) has always put our VAT-registered taxpayers in a quandary on what is the best means to get back the excess tax payment when it amounts to ...

Generally, it is only when a taxpayer is engaged in zero-rated sale that the input value-added tax attributable to such sale may be subject to a refund. This applies to input VAT (purchases) incurred ...

For many years now, the right of taxpayers to claim for value added tax refund has been constrained and limited. The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has been consistent with its stand that in a claim for ...

Potential fraud such as the “missing trader” scheme, identify-theft tax evasion or claiming input VAT for non-qualifying expenses are probed. To address economic pressures, the government is ...