SPECIAL DEDUCTIONS
1. Standard Deduction
       The amount deductible without any required substantiation is P1,000,000 if the decedent died
       before 2018 and P5,000,000 if the decedent died on or after January 1, 2018. A standard
       deduction of P500,000 shall also be allowed to nonresident alien decedent beginning January
       1,2018.
   2. Family Home Allowance
          REQUISITES:
         a) The decedent is married or head of a family;
         b) The family home must be the actual residential home of the decedent and his family at
             the time of his death, as certified by the Brgy. Captain of the locality the family home is
             situated;
         c) It is located in the Philippines;
         d) The value of the family home is included in the gross estate
            AMOUNT DEDUCTIBLE – The LOWER between the Actual Interest and the Limit.
                The LIMIT as provided by law are as follows:
                     Prior to TRAIN Law = P1,000,000
                     TRAIN Law = P10,000,000
            ACTUAL INTEREST
                 Purely Exclusive = 100% FMV
                 Purely Common Property = 100%FMV/2
                 MIXED:
                        Exclusive Property (100%)                    Pxx
                        Add: Common Property (100%/2)                 xx
                        Total                                         xx
   3. Medical Expenses (Repealed under TRAIN Law)
               REQUISITES (Applicable only if the decedent died before 2018):
           a)   Incurred within 1 year prior to the death of the decedent;
           b)   Duly substantiated;
           c)   Not to exceed P500,000
   4. Amount Received by heirs under R.A. 4917
         REQUISITES
        a) Include such amount in the gross estate.
        b) Amount Deductible – amount received by the heirs from the decedent’s employer as a
            consequence of the death of the decedent-employee.
SHARE OF THE SURVIVING SPOUSE
    Applicable only to married decedents.
    Amount Deductible:
              Common Properties
               Common Deductions
               Net Common Properties before special deductions
               Multiply by:
               Share of the Surviving Spouse
           o   The property on which vanishing deduction is being taken must be identified as the one
               received from the prior decedent, or from the donor, or something acquired in
               exchange therefore;
           o   No vanishing deduction on the property was allowable to the estate of the prior
               decedent.
AMOUNT DEDUCTIBLE (PROFORMA COMPUTATION):
       Value to take (lower between FMV at the time death vs. FMV at the                 PXX
       time inheritance or donation)
       Less: Mortgage paid by present decedent (on mortgaged assumed)                    (XX)
       Initial Basis (IB)                                                                PXX
       Less: Proportional Deduction
       [(IB/GE) x (**ELITe + TFPU)]                                                      (XX)
       Final Basis                                                                       PXX
       Rate                                                                              X%
       VANISHING DEDUCTION                                                               PXX
            **If the decedent died on or after January 1, 2018, exlude the following in the
             computation of proportional deduction:
                  Funeral expenses       Repealed under
                  Judicial expenses      TRAIN Law
RATE OF VANISHIMG DEDUCTION:
    INTERVAL OF AQUISTION AND DEATH OF
               PRESENT DECEDENT                                       RATE
 Within 1 year                                                        100%
 More than 1 year but not more than 2 years                           80%
 More than 2 years but not more than 3 years                          60%
 More than 3 years but not more than 4 years                          40%
 More than 4 years but not more than 5 years                          20%
SPECIAL DEDUCTIONS
       SUMMARY:
                              Citizen/Resident decedent            NRA decedent
Standard Deduction
       Prior to TRAIN Law     P1,000,000                          -
       TRAIN Law            P5,000,000          P500,000
Family Home
       Prior to TRAIN Law   P1,000,000 (max)    -
       TRAIN Law            P10,000,000 (max)   -
Medical Expenses
       Prior to TRAIN Law   P500,000 (max)      -
       TRAIN Law            repealed            -
Benefits under R.A. 4917    As provided         -