Introduction
What’s up mga kapitVAHay!
My name is Christa and I’m a member of Voice Actors at Home PH.
Napapansin ko kasi na karamihan sa mga friends ko or kakilala na interesadong pumasok sa larangan ng voice over o gusto rin nilang maging work ang pagiging voice over actor tinatanong nila ito sakin.
Actually, siguro kung may tatlo sa lima na kaibigan ko na gustong pumasok sa ganitong industry tinatanong nila ako.
And naisipan kong gumawa na lang ng video para sakaling ikaw din o kayo na maging interesado o nagsisimula sa voice acting industry eh maging interesado dito, makakatulong sa inyo, and meron na kayong mahanap na sagot agad.
The Big Question: Do Voice Actors Need to Pay Taxes?
So, ano nga ba tong tanong na to?
Tinatanong nila kung voice over ang ginagawa ko, kailangan ko bang magbayad ng tax o buwis na tinatawag?
The answer is, syempre naman, kapitVAHay!
One of the variations for different types of businesses is providing services.
And if you are doing voice over work, your business is providing service which is voice over.
This also includes when you dub for studios, you dub for localized content and movies, films kasama yon.
You’re providing services in general.
So yun ang negosyo mo, ang produkto mo is yung serbisyo mo, which is voice over.
The Law and Taxes
So ang tanong kung kailangan mo bang magbayad ng tax, syempre naman.
Lahat ng ating kinikita ay may kaukulang buwis na binabawas sa atin.
Kasama to sa National Internal Revenue Code.
O, di ba? Oo, nasa batas yan.
So kapag hindi tayo sumusunod sa batas, syempre pwede tayong maisumbong or pwede rin tayong makulong dahil dito.
Kapag tayo ay nagsisimula pa lang, hindi natin ito alam pero mas magandang alam natin kaya nandito tayo ngayon, keeping you informed.
Registering Your Business
So yes, kung ikaw ay nagbibigay ng serbisyo bilang voice over actor, kailangan mong magbayad ng karampatang buwis para dito.
Papano ako magbabayad ng buwis eh wala naman akong business?
Ang kailangan mong unang gawin ay irehistro ang iyong negosyo para ito ay maging legitimate na business.
So dito sa atin, kailangan mong i-register yung business mo sa BIR para magkaroon ka ng business certificate at makapag-issue ka ng official receipt.
Ito ay kasama sa nakukuha mo kapag nag-register ka ng negosyo mo.
At syempre, kapag rehistrado ang negosyo mo, mas pagkakatiwalaan ka din ng mga future clients mo, o di ba?
At tsaka lahat ng mga transactions mo protektado ng gobyerno kasi nakarehistro ang iyong negosyo.
Paying Your Taxes
At dahil gusto nga nating maging mabuting mga mamamayan, syempre susunod tayo sabatas, di ba?
Basta anything na income, anything that generates income, yung kumikita ka, yung binabayaran ka, dapat binabayaran natin sa gobyerno naman ang buwis na katumbas nito.
Kung magkano, saka na lang natin pag-usapan dahil math yun eh.
Sa ngayon, yan muna i-she-share ko sa inyo.
Final Thoughts
At kung umabot ka dito, maraming salamat sayo at stay tuned ka lang.
Stay tune lang kayong lahat dahil susubukan naming sagutin ang karamihan sa mga tinatanong ng mga nagsisimulang voice actors na katulad din namin dati.
At kung ikaw ay nagsisimulang voice actor or kahit na matagal ka nang voice actor dito sa Pilipinas, iniimbitahan ka namin na mag-join sa Voice Actors at Home PH community sa Facebook.
I-search nyo lang, makikita nyo yun agad.
Marami kayong matututunan don at syempre isa syang community kaya magkakaroon ka ng reference, additional reference kung papano mo tatahakin yung voice over journey mo, di ba?
So hanggang dito na lang muna. Marami pa tayong pag-uusapan sa mga susunod na videos. Bye.
Introduction
What’s up, my KapitVAHays?
My name is Christa and I’m a member of Voice Actors at Home PH.
I’ve noticed that many of my friends or acquaintances who are interested in entering the field of voice over or want to make voice acting their job and often ask me about it.
Actually, maybe three out of five of my friends who want to enter this industry ask me about it.
And I thought of just making a video so that you, or those who are interested or starting in the voice acting industry might be interested here.
It can help you, and you can find an immediate answer.
The Big Question: Do Voice Actors Need to Pay Taxes?
So, what is this question?
They ask if I’m doing voice over, do I need to pay taxes?
The answer is, of course, KapitVAHays!
One of the variations for different types of businesses is providing services.
And if you are doing voice over work, your business is providing a service, which is voice over.
This also includes when you dub for studios, dub for localized content and movies; films are included.
You’re providing a service in general.
So that’s your business. Your product is your service, which is voice over.
The Law and Taxes
So the question is, if you need to pay taxes, of course.
All of our earnings have a corresponding tax that is deducted from us.
This is included in the National Internal Revenue Code.
See? Yes, it’s in the law.
So if we don’t follow the law, of course we can be reported or we can even go to jail for this.
When we are just starting, we don’t know this but it’s better that we know so here we are now, keeping you informed.
Registering Your Business
So yes, if you are providing services as a voice over actor, you need to pay the corresponding tax for it.
How will I pay taxes when I don’t have a business?
The first thing you need to do is register your business so it becomes a legitimate business.
So here, you need to register your business with the BIR so you can have a business certificate and you can issue an official receipt.
This is included in what you get when you register your business.
And of course, when your business is registered, future clients will trust you more, right?
And all your transactions are protected by the government because your business is registered.
Paying Your Taxes
And because we want to be good citizens, of course we follow the law, right?
Anything that counts as income, anything that generates income, when you earn, when you are paid, we should pay the corresponding taxes to the government.
How much? We’ll discuss later because that’s math.
For now, that’s what I’ll share with you.
Final Thoughts
And if you’ve reached this point, thank you very much and just stay tuned.
Just stay tuned because we will try to answer most of the questions of starting voice actors like us before.
And if you are a starting voice actor or even if you’ve been a voice actor here in the Philippines for a long time, we invite you to join the Voice Actors at Home PH community on Facebook.
Just search for it, it’s easy to find.
You’ll learn a lot there and of course it’s a community so you’ll have a reference, additional reference on how to navigate your voice over journey, right?
So that’s it for now. We’ll discuss more in the next videos. Bye.