Bureau of Internal Revenue

May 18, 2023

Madam:

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated May 18, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Income Tax Return.

Response to your request

In reply, please be informed that copies of the document must be secured by the issuing party (employer). 

In your case, BIR Forms 2316 are issued by an employer to its employees. Moreover, the said document is made in triplicate copies. Original copy is given to the employee and said document is duly signed both by the employer and employee. The employer also prepares the list of the employees together with the copy/ies of the said BIR Form/s 2316 as proof that said document is duly submitted to the Bureau.

In connection thereto the proof of submission by the employer is a requirement before you secure the document from our end. And since the said proof is to be secured from your employer, it is advised that instead of requesting proof of submission, you may then secure copy of the BIR Form 2316 directly from them, being the issuing party. 

Moreover the document requested contains the signature of the parties concerned, providing you of the documents may violate the Data Privacy Act.

You may wish to coordinate with your employer and ask them if they have submitted a copy to the Revenue District Office (RDO) where they are registered Notarized Annex F and scanned copies of the BIR Form 2316 of their employees to the RDO last February 28, 2023.

Thank you.

FOI Receiving Officer
Public Information and Education Division