BIR FORM 2200-A EXCISE TAX RETURN (ALCOHOL)
 GUIDELINES AND INSTRUCTIONS
 

Who shall file
      This return shall be filed in triplicate by every person liable to pay excise tax on locally manufactured or produced  Alcohol  Products imposed under Sections 141  to  143  of the Tax Code as amended, before removal from the place
of production.
      A  separate return shall be filed for each place of production which may be consolidated and paid in the Authorized Agent Bank on the place where the company's  head  office  is registered.  Should   domestic product be removed from place of production without  the  payment of excise tax, the owner or person having possession shall be liable for the tax due thereon.
      This  return  shall be used both for payment of excise tax due before the removal  of  articles,  and   for  prepayment,  advance deposit or similar scheme of amount  in  payment  of  excise  taxes  due  on articles still to be removed from the place of production.
      The computation of excise tax due on all removals of articles shall be summarized  and  posted  in Schedule 1 hereof including intervening removals made between  the  immediate  Last  Return  and  this Current Return (Today's Payment) under the aforesaid  prepayment  schemes,  which shall be chargeable against the
prior unapplied payment or against Today's Payment.

When and Where To File and Pay
      Identified  excise  taxpayers  duly  informed  as  such  in writing by the Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue  shall  file their excise tax return and all other internal  revenue  returns  and  pay  the  corresponding  tax due  to the Authorized Agent Banks located in the BIR National Office, Diliman, Quezon City.
      All  other  excise  taxpayers  who  do not belong to the above identified taxpayers shall pay   their  excise  and  all  other  internal  revenue  taxes  with Authorized Agent Bank of the Revenue District Office where they are registered.

      For imported products, the excise tax due shall be paid to the Bureau of Customs before removal from the custom house.

Penalties

There shall be imposed and collected as part of the tax:

1.

A surcharge of twenty-five percent (25%) for each of the following violations:

a)

Failure to file any return and pay the amount of tax or installment due on or before the due date;

b)

Unless otherwise authorized by the Commisioner, filing a return   with a person or office other than those with whom it is required to be filed;

c)

Failure to pay the full or part of the amount of tax shown on the return, or the full amount of tax due for which no return is required  to be filed on or before the due date;

d)

Failure to pay the deficiency tax within the time prescribed for its payment in the notice of assessment.

  2.

A surcharge of fifty percent (50%) of the tax of the deficiency tax, in  case any payment has been made on the basis of such return before the discovery of the falsity or fraud, for each of the following violations:

a)

Willful neglect to file the return within the period prescribed by the  Code or by rules and regulations; or

b)

In case a false or fraudulent return is willfully made.

3.

Interest at the rate of twenty percent (20%) per annum, or such higher rate as may be prescribed by rules and regulations, on any unpaid amount of tax, from the date prescribed for the payment until the  amount is fully paid.

   4.

Compromise penalty.