NANGAKO ang Department of Education at Commission on Elections na gagawa ng hakbang upang makapag-tax refund ang mga guro na kumikita ng P250,000 pababa kada taon.
Ito ay matapos na patawan ng limang porsyentong buwis ng Bureau of Internal Revenue ang honorarium ng mga guro na magsisilbi sa Barangay at Sangguniang Kabataan elections ngayong araw.
Ayon kay Education Sec. Leonor Briones maaaring maibalik sa mga guro ang P300 hanggang P350 kaltas sa honoraria kapag nakapagbigay ng sertipikasyon ang mga ito na ang sahod nila ay hindi lalagpas sa P250,000 kada taon.
“The TRAIN Law specifies that those with annual income below P250,000 will be tax exempt. Computations were made; it will range from P300 to P350. In two weeks’ time, that [amount] will be returned once our teacher-volunteers submit and have their certification of salary grade verified,” ani Briones.
Ayon kay Education Assistant Secretary for Procurement Revsee Escobedo ang mga Teacher 1 at Teacher II ang makikinabang sa refund.
“BIR requires our teachers to submit to the election officers a sworn declaration stating that they are employed as teacher with Salary Grade 11, depending on the step increment; they will submit these to the election officer who will validate, and if they are indeed exempted from tax, they will receive the balance within 15 days from May 14 – chairman of the electoral board’s rate will be subject to tax of P350 and members of the electoral board’s rate will be subject to tax of P300 – in compliance with the Tax Code and the recent TRAIN Law,” ani Escobedo.
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