The document lists de minimis benefits that are not subject to income tax under the TRAIN law. It provides updated monetary limits for benefits such as unused vacation leave credits, medical cash allowances, rice subsidies, uniform allowances, laundry allowances, employee achievement awards, Christmas gifts, meal allowances, and benefits from collective bargaining agreements or productivity incentive schemes. The document notes whether the monetary limits were increased or remained the same after the TRAIN law.
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Updated List of De Minimis (Small) Employee Benefits Not Subject to Income Tax
Original Title
Updated De Minimis Benefit List Under TRAIN Law Per RR 11-2018
The document lists de minimis benefits that are not subject to income tax under the TRAIN law. It provides updated monetary limits for benefits such as unused vacation leave credits, medical cash allowances, rice subsidies, uniform allowances, laundry allowances, employee achievement awards, Christmas gifts, meal allowances, and benefits from collective bargaining agreements or productivity incentive schemes. The document notes whether the monetary limits were increased or remained the same after the TRAIN law.
The document lists de minimis benefits that are not subject to income tax under the TRAIN law. It provides updated monetary limits for benefits such as unused vacation leave credits, medical cash allowances, rice subsidies, uniform allowances, laundry allowances, employee achievement awards, Christmas gifts, meal allowances, and benefits from collective bargaining agreements or productivity incentive schemes. The document notes whether the monetary limits were increased or remained the same after the TRAIN law.
Updated De Minimis Benefit List Under TRAIN Law Per RR 11-2018
De Minimis Benefits
Monetized unused vacation leave credits of employees not
exceeding ten (10) days during the year Medical cash allowance to dependents of employees
Rice subsidy granted by an employer to his employees
Uniform and Clothing allowance
Actual medical assistance e.g. medical allowance to cover medical and healthcare needs, annual medical/executive check-up, maternity assistance, and routine consultations Laundry allowance Employees achievements awards, e.g. for length of service or safety achievement, which must be in the form of tangible personal property other than cash or gift certificate, received by the employee under an established written plan which does not discriminate in favor of highly paid employees
Christmas gifts given to employees
Daily meal allowance for overtime work and night/graveyard shift
Benefits received by an employee by virtue of a collective
bargaining agreement (CBA) and productivity incentive schemes provided that the total annual monetary value received from both CBA and productivity incentive schemes do not exceed P10,000 per employee per taxable year nefit List Under TRAIN Law Per RR 11-2018 Amount After TRAIN Remarks (not exceeding the following amount)
10days Same as before TRAIN
P1,500 per semester or P250 per month Increased
P2,000 per month or (1) sack of 50 kg. Increased
rice per month amounting to not more than P2,000 P6,000 per annum Increased P10,000 per annum Same as before TRAIN
P300 per month Same as before TRAIN
P10,000 per annum Same as before TRAIN
P5,000 Same as before TRAIN
25% of the basic minimum wage per Same as before TRAIN region basis P10,000 per employee per taxable year Same as before TRAIN