Project a peso portfolio with after-tax returns by income type.
After-tax future value
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Total contributed
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Tax paid
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Why the income type changes your final number
Two investors can earn the same headline 8 percent and walk away with very different amounts, because the Philippines does not tax all investment income the same way. This tool asks you to pick how the return arrives, then applies the matching rule from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). The structure is the stable part worth learning. The exact percentages are what you should confirm before you act on a big decision.
There are three paths here. Cash dividends from local shares carry a final tax that the company withholds before it ever reaches you, so the cash that lands in your account is already net. Peso bank or deposit interest works the same way, withheld at source. Listed shares are different again: you are not taxed on the gain at all, but a stock transaction tax applies to the gross value when you sell on the exchange. That tax is collected by your broker, not filed by you.
The tool models this by either trimming your yearly growth rate (for dividends and interest, which are taxed as they are earned) or by leaving growth untouched and taking one bite at the end (for listed equity). That is why switching the dropdown moves the result even when every other input is identical.
The rates this calculator applies
As modelled here, cash dividends to a resident are taxed at 10 percent, peso interest at 20 percent, and a sale of listed shares costs 0.6 percent of the gross selling price. These are the figures the tool uses to project your after-tax path. Treat them as the calculator's working assumption, not as certified current law. Final tax rates and the way they apply can be revised, so verify the live numbers with the BIR before you rely on them for a real portfolio.
One honest limit: this is a simplified model. It applies a single income type to your whole return. A real portfolio usually mixes dividends, interest, and capital growth, and a fund may roll income back inside the wrapper so the timing differs. Use the projection to understand the shape of the outcome, then check your actual statements.
A 10-year run on the listed-equity path
Take the values the tool loads by default: PHP 200,000 invested today, PHP 5,000 added every month, an 8 percent annual return, held 10 years, taxed as listed equity. The 0.6 percent stock transaction tax is the only tax in this path, and it hits once when you sell. Here is how the figures fall out, using the rates this calculator applies.
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You contributed PHP 800,000 over the decade and the projection ends near PHP 1.35 million, so roughly PHP 550,000 is growth. The tax took only about PHP 8,000 because the stock transaction tax is small and applies once. Compare that with the interest path, where a 20 percent yearly bite would quietly erode the compounding engine year after year. The chart below shows the equity path climbing while the contributions line stays flat.
Choosing a sensible return to enter
The return field drives everything, so resist the urge to type an optimistic number. A diversified peso equity portfolio over a long horizon has historically delivered a return in the high single digits before tax, which is why 8 percent is the default here, but no return is guaranteed and past performance does not promise future results. If you are projecting a bank deposit or money-market fund, use a far lower figure that reflects current deposit rates. Run the tool twice, once at a hopeful rate and once at a conservative one, and treat the lower result as your planning baseline. That habit keeps the projection honest and stops you from leaning on a single rosy number.
When does a 0.6 percent transaction tax beat a 20 percent income tax?
Almost always, over a long hold. A transaction tax is charged once on the exit value, while interest tax recurs every year and steals from the base that would otherwise compound. The longer your horizon, the more the equity path pulls ahead, which is one reason long-term Filipino investors lean toward growth assets rather than parking everything in taxed deposit interest.
Does this cover taxes on a mutual fund or UITF?
Not directly. Many pooled funds in the Philippines are structured so that gains build up inside the fund and your redemption is treated differently from a direct share sale. If you invest through a fund, use this tool for a feel of after-tax compounding, then check the specific tax treatment of that product with the provider and the BIR.