#vat digital services philippines

The House of Representatives has approved a bill that imposes value added tax (VAT) on foreign or non-resident digital service providers. Albay Representative Joey Salceda, the panel's chairperson, said that foreign digital service providers are earning income in the Philippines and are paying taxes in their home countries, and the government wants a share of that. "Otherwise, it would be disadvantageous to our local digital service providers which pay VAT," he said. Salceda said that VAT on foreign digital services is expected to raise PHP 9 billion in government revenues. Gabriela party-list Representative Arlene Brosas, however, pointed out that imposing VAT will mean additional expenses to consumers and prefers to tax corporations rather than consumption-based services. The Department of Finance (DOF) has collected nearly PHP 7 billion from the new 12 percent value-added tax (VAT) imposed on digital services.   Affected parties include non-resident digital platforms operating in the Philippines like Lazada, Netflix, and Spotify. The Marcos administration is reaching for PHP 21.37 billion in digital VAT revenue for 2026. Read more in our articles including "House approves bill that imposes VAT on foreign digital service providers" and "BIR collects over PHP 7 billion from digital services VAT".