Originally Posted by
philjason
All deposits (dollar or peso) are taxable. Always compute for net interest by multiplying your interest earned with .80 so you get a picture of the actual gains of your dollars.
If you want access to your dollars within the year, the 30 or 60 day time deposit should work best for you. At PSBank (a Metrobank subsidiary) it's 2.5% for 1,000USD (30 days). Â*(I don't work for PSB)
Let me correct something from the info posted above: witholding tax rate on interest earned by dollar deposit accounts is only 7.5%. It is the interest on peso deposits that are taxed 20%. So to derive net interest after tax, multiply the gross interest earned by your dollar deposit by .925% and not .80%.