Jul 102016
As part of its efforts to streamline the Philippine tax system, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) issued Revenue Memorandum Order (RMO) No. 17-2016 (RMO 17-16) dated May 5, 2016 to supplement the guidelines in recording the tax-free exchange of properties for issuance of shares under Section 40(C)(2), in relation to Section 40 (C)(6)(c) of the 1997 Tax Code.