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Income Tax Return Acknowledgement or Receipt from 2016 to latest

Requested from BIR by E. Inong at 11:11 AM on Jan 02, 2024.
Purpose: Visa Application
Date of Coverage: 07/15/2016 - 01/02/2024
Tracking no: #BIR-518722347655

Inong 11:11 AM, Jan 02, 2024 

Hi. I would like to request copies of my Income Tax Return Acknowledgement or Receipts since I my first employment in year 2016 to the latest year. I need them for the purpose of visa application. Thank you very much in advance.

Badeo 03:31 PM, Jan 03, 2024 

January 3, 2024

Dear Mr. Inong:

I refer to my letter of Jan 02, 2024 11:11:53 AM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Income Tax Return Acknowledgement or Receipt from 2016 to latest.

In reply, please be informed that “ALL EMPLOYERS WITH EMPLOYEES, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE MINIMUM WAGE EARNERs (MWEs), ARE REQUIRED TO ISSUE BIR FORM NO. 2316. 

BIR FORM NO. 2316 SHOULD BE ISSUE ON OR BEFORE JANAURY 31 FOLLOWING THE CALENDAR YEAR, OR, IF THE EMPLOYEE IS TERMINATED BEFORE THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, ON THE DAY THE LAST SALARY OF THE EMPLOYEE IS PAID”

The duty therefore to provide you a copy of your ITR/BIR Form No. 2316 for a taxable year rests upon your employer. Your “ITR” is your personal document and as such your employer must release said document to you as a matter of right or better yet, if you have your payslips for the said year, you can give the same to help them come out with your form 2316.

Kindly coordinate with your employer if you have not receive a copy of your BIR Form 2316 for Calendar Year 2022. You may also provide your Company Name and Company Tax Identification Number (TIN) so we can properly indorse your request to respective Revenue District Office (RDO) of your employer.

* For BIR Form 2316 issued for Taxable Years 2016 to 2019 records of the RDO on those periods are already unavailable since we follow strictly the four (4) year retention period based on existing revenue issuances of the BIR (Revenue Memorandum Circular 73-2008). 

* For BIR Form 2316 issued for Taxable Year 2023 the RDO does not have a copy of the BIR Form. The RDO gets a hold of the said form upon submission of your employer to them on February 28, 2024.

For other concern, email vanessa.badeo@bir.gov.ph and indicate in the email subject ticket number #BIR-518722347655, to respond.

During the period of us awaiting your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before Mar 27, 2024 07:27:53 AM, your request will be closed.

We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Alternate FOI Receiving Officer
Public Information and Education Division

Inong 11:52 AM, Jan 07, 2024 

Thank you for your response. My former employer complied and have given me the copies of my BIR 2316 every year. However, I have lost my copies already. Would my former company still be required to provide me my past BIR 2316 if I request them now? I just really need them for my visa application. If they could not provide me my past BIR 2316, is there any way through BIR to get any official document as proof of my income tax returns from year 2016 to present?

Sincerely,
E. Inong

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