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16/05/2026

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โ„น๏ธ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—จ๐—ฝ ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜…

๐Ÿ›๏ธ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜?

Isipin mo itong isang legal na "vault" na gagawin mo habang buhay ka pa. Ilalagay mo dito ang iyong mga ari-arian โ€” lupa't bahay, pera sa bangko, stocks, etc. โ€” at magtatalaga ka ng isang ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™š para pamahalaan ang mga ito para sa iyong mga mahal sa buhay. Kapag napirmahan mo na, ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ. Pero dito nagsisimula ang interesting part.

๐Ÿ’ก ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ถ๐—ป?

Sa ilalim ng batas ng Pilipinas, ang mga ari-ariang nasa loob ng irrevocable trust ay ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ. Ibig sabihin, kapag namatay ka, hindi na sila papatawan ng 6% estate tax. Ang kapalit? Ang paglalagay ng assets sa trust ay itinuturing na donasyon, kaya 6% donor's tax ang babayaran โ€” pero base sa ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฌ๐˜ถ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข ng property, hindi sa mas mataas na halaga nito sa hinaharap.

Sa madaling salita: mas mababa ang potential na buwis ngayon kumpara sa estate tax sa hinaharap.

At ito ang parte na madalas hindi alam ng marami โ€” habang nananatili ang mga ari-arian sa loob ng trust, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜น ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฏ, dahil ang nagmamay-ari ay ang trust mismo โ€” hindi ang sinumang indibidwal.

๐Ÿ“‹ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜€

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿญ โ€” ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ
Pumili ng mapagkakatiwalaang tao o isang corporate trustee (halimbawa, trust departments ng BDO, BPI, o Security Bank, etc.) na mamamahala sa mga assets. Kung institutional trustee gaya ng bangko ang pipiliin mo, mas mabuting kausapin mo muna sila tungkol sa plano mo.

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฎ โ€” ๐—œ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ
Kumuha ng abogado na may karanasan sa trust at estate law sa Pilipinas. Ang trust deed ay dapat malinaw na nagsasaad ng: sarili mo bilang trustor, ang iyong piniling trustee (tao o BSP-licensed na institutional trustee), at ang mga benepisyaryo. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ: dapat talagang malinaw nakasulat na ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ง๐™š๐™ซ๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ito โ€” dahil sa ilalim ng batas natin, ang isang trust ay ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ kung hindi ito malinaw na nakasaad.

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฏ โ€” ๐—œ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ-๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ
Ang trustor at trustee ay kailangang pumirma sa harap ng notaryo. Para sa real estate, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ โ€” ayon sa Article 1443 ng Civil Code, ang trust na kinasasangkutan ng immovable property ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต. Walang bisa ang verbal na kasunduan.

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฐ โ€” ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ'๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜… ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—œ๐—ฅ
Dahil ang paglipat ng ari-arian sa irrevocable trust ay itinuturing na donasyon, 6% donor's tax ang babayaran. Bayaran ito sa BIR ๐˜ด๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ 30 ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ธ mula sa petsa ng deed. Pagkatapos nito, mag-iisyu ang BIR ng Electronic Certificate Authorizing Registration (eCAR) โ€” hindi ka makakausad kung wala ito.

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฑ โ€” ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€
Dalhin ang notarized deed, ang eCAR, at patunay ng bayad sa local transfer tax at documentary stamp tax sa Registry of Deeds. Ang titulo ay ire-reissue sa pangalan ng trustee โ€” kasama ang annotation ng trust capacity (hal., "Juan dela Cruz, bilang Trustee ng [Pangalan] Irrevocable Trust"). Pampubliko itong record.

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฒ โ€” ๐—œ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ฎ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—œ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ถ-๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป
Para sa bank accounts at stocks, makipag-ugnayan sa financial institution para ma-retitle ang mga ito sa pangalan ng trust. Para kumpleto ang lahat.

โš ๏ธ ๐— ๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ

๐Ÿ”ธ Hindi maaaring mabawasan ang ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ โ€” ang compulsory share ng mga tagapagmana (asawa, anak, magulang) sa ilalim ng Civil Code. Kung gagawin ito, maaaring kwestyunin ng mga tagapagmana sa korte.

๐Ÿ”ธ Ang irrevocable trust ay gaya talaga ng literal na ibig sabihin nito. Kapag nai-lipat na, ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ข ๐˜ช๐˜บ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜จ๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช-๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜ช๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

๐Ÿ”ธ Sa ilalim ng batas natin, ang isang trust ay ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ lamang kung ang mga benepisyaryo ay ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž ๐™ข๐™–๐™–๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ.

๐ŸŽฏ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ

Ang isang ๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ay dumadaan sa probate โ€” matagal, pampubliko, at magastos. Ang irrevocable trust ay lalaktawan ang lahat ng iyan. Direkta ang paglipat ng ari-arian sa iyong mga tagapagmana โ€” walang aantayin sa korte, at posibleng makatipid pa ng malaki sa estate taxes ng ilang henerasyon. Isa ito sa pinaka-maganda โ€” at pinaka-madalang ginagamit โ€” na estate planning tools na available sa atin dito.

Kumonsulta sa abogado bago gumawa ng anumang hakbang.

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€

โ€ข Civil Code of the Philippines (R.A. 386), Articles 1440โ€“1457 โ€” Pangunahing batas sa express at implied trusts
โ€ข Property Registration Decree (P.D. 1529) โ€” Pagpaparehistro ng trusts na may kinalaman sa real property sa Registry of Deeds
โ€ข National Internal Revenue Code (R.A. 8424), as amended by the TRAIN Law โ€” Donor's tax at estate tax treatment ng trusts
โ€ข Republic v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 108998 (1994) โ€” Interpretasyon ng trust deed ayon sa intensyon ng settlor

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02/05/2026

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๐—•๐—œ๐—ฅ ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—™๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ง๐—ง๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง, ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฌ๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—”๐—ฉ๐—”๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—”๐—ซ ๐—”๐— ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฌ

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has issued Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) No. 33-2026 to clarify specific rules on filing and payment of estate tax under the Estate Tax Amnesty.

The Circular, posted on April 27, 2026, provides guidance on the submission of proof of settlement, treatment of undeclared estate properties, and installment payment arrangements for taxpayers who availed of the Estate Tax Amnesty.

On the submission of proof of estate settlement, the Circular states:

โ€œThere is no deadline to submit the proof of settlement of estate. Non-submission of such proof on or before the June 16, 2025 deadline for availing the Estate Tax Amnesty does not invalidate the application. However, it is important to note that the proof of settlement is required for the processing and issuance of the eCAR, which is necessary for the transfer of the estateโ€™s assets.โ€

The Circular also addresses cases where additional estate properties are discovered after the filing of the Estate Tax Amnesty Return. It clarifies that properties not included in the original return are not covered by the Estate Tax Amnesty and shall be taxed under the applicable estate tax laws in effect at the time of the decedentโ€™s death.

RMC No. 33-2026 further provides that installment payment may be allowed, subject to prior approval of the concerned Revenue District Officer. Payment may be made within two years from the statutory date of payment, without civil penalties and interest, provided that the first installment was paid on or before June 16, 2025.

Failure to pay any installment on time will result in the forfeiture of the amnesty availment. The estate will then be subject to the applicable estate tax laws at the time of the decedentโ€™s death, including corresponding penalties.

โ€œThis Circular is meant to remove confusion for taxpayers who already availed of the Estate Tax Amnesty before the deadline and are now completing the settlement and transfer of estate properties,โ€ Commissioner Charlito Martin R. Mendoza said.

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