Case Digest (G.R. No. L-22456)
Facts:
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Toledo Power Company, G.R. Nos. 255324 & 255353, April 12, 2023, Supreme Court Third Division, Dimaampao, J., writing for the Court.Petitioner is the Commissioner of Internal Revenue (CIR). Respondent is Toledo Power Company, a VAT-registered general partnership engaged in power generation and sales to various distribution utilities, which filed a judicial claim for refund or issuance of a tax credit certificate for alleged unutilized input VAT.
On April 22, 2005 respondent filed with the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) Special First Division CTA Case No. 7233, seeking refund or tax credit of P3,907,783.80 as unutilized input VAT attributable to zero-rated sales for the first quarter of taxable year 2003. The Special First Division initially granted the claim but, after motions for reconsideration and in light of the Court’s then-recent jurisprudence, dismissed the petition as prematurely filed pursuant to Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Aichi Forging Company of Asia, Inc. The CTA En Banc affirmed that dismissal.
Respondent elevated the matter, and this Court earlier partially granted one of respondent’s petitions and remanded the case to the CTA Special First Division for computation of refundable input VAT attributable to its zero-rated or effectively zero-rated sales for the first quarter of 2003. Following remand, on July 13, 2018 the CTA Special First Division issued an Amended Decision partially granting respondent’s claim and ordering refund/tax credit in the amount of P399,550.84. Motions for partial reconsideration by both parties were denied by the CTA Third Division.
The parties appealed to the CTA En Banc (consolidated CTA EB Nos. 1990 and 2000). In its July 23, 2020 Decision the CTA En Banc affirmed the Special First Division’s Amended Decision and, in a January 12, 2021 Resolution, denied petitioner’s motion for reconsideration. Petitioner then filed a Petition for Review on Cer...(Subscriber-Only)
Issues:
- Did the CTA En Banc correctly interpret and apply the law and jurisprudence governing claims for refund or issuance of a tax credit certificate of input VAT?
- Did respondent present sufficient evidence to justify the grant of refund or issuance of a tax credit certificate in...(Subscriber-Only)
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