Persons Required to Deduct and Withhold Tax
- Withholding agents include:
- Individuals making payments related to their trade or business.
- Individual buyers of real property not engaged in trade or business are withholding agents for taxable sales but need not register.
- All juridical persons, regardless of trade or business engagement.
- Banks paying exporters are designated as withholding agents.
- Government offices, including government-owned or controlled corporations and local government units.
Effectivity of the Regulation
- These amendments take effect 15 days after publication in the Official Gazette or a newspaper of general circulation, whichever occurs first.
- The regulation was adopted on February 15, 1994, signed by the Secretary of Finance.