VAT EXEMPT TRANSACTIONS
1. Fresh foods in their original state
Sale or importation of agricultural and marine food products in their original state,
livestock and poultry of a kind generally used as, or yielding or producing, foods for
human consumption; and breeding stock and genetic materials;
Products classified under this paragraph shall be considered in their original
state even if they have undergone the simple processes of preparation or
preservation for the market, such as:
1. freezing
2. drying
3. salting
4. broiling
5. roasting
6. smoking or stripping
Polished and/or husked rice, corn grits, raw cane sugar and molasses,
ordinary salt and copra shall be considered in their original state;
2. Farm Inputs
Sale or importation of:
o fertilizers
o seeds, seedlings and fingerlings;
o fish, prawn, livestock
o poultry feeds, including ingredients, whether locally produced or imported,
used in the manufacture of finished feeds
o Except: Specialty feeds for:
1. race horses,
2. fighting cocks,
3. aquarium fish,
4. zoo animals
5. other animals considered as pets;
Raw materials of fertilizer = not exempt
Raw materials of feeds = exempt
3. Agricultural Services
Services by agricultural contract growers and milling for others of palay into rice, corn
into grits and sugar cane into raw sugar.
4. Medical Services
Medical, dental, hospital and veterinary services (including facilities and medical
supplies used in rendering such services) except those rendered by
professionals.
Vat Exempt Hospital Room, Ward Services, Cottons, Syringe
Vatable: Professional Fees
5. Educational Services
Educational services rendered by private educational institutions, duly accredited
by:
o Department of Education(DepEd)
o Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
o Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)
Those rendered by government educational institutions
6. Compensation
Services rendered by individuals pursuant to an employer - employee relationship
Examples: 13th month pay, Rice Subsidy, Condo Unit, P50,000
In cash or in kind compensation