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Practice question: Shifting of Tax Burden

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

When a seller passes an indirect tax through the selling price, does that alone make the seller the buyer’s withholding agent?
  1. Yes, in all cases
  2. Yes, whenever separately invoiced
  3. No; shifting does not itself create a withholding relationship
  4. Yes, whenever the buyer is foreign
  5. Yes, whenever payment is electronic

Legal references

  • Silkair v. CIR, G.R. 171383 and 172379, November 14, 2008: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2008/nov2008/gr_171383_2008.html

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