Bureau of Internal Revenue

Arcita 12:31 PM, Feb 17, 2023

February 17, 2023

Dear Elsie Bangal,

I refer to my letter of Feb 17, 2023 09:43:58 AM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Income Tax Return.

Please be informed that under Section 12. Section 2.83.1 of RR No. 2-98, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

“SECTION 2.83.1. Employees Withholding Statements (BIR Form 2316). – In general, every employer or other person who is required to deduct and withhold the tax on compensation, including fringe benefits given to rank and file employees, shall furnish every employee from whom taxes were withheld a Certificate of Compensation Payment and Tax Withheld (BIR Form No. 2316) on or before January 31 of the succeeding calendar year, or if employment is terminated before the close of such calendar year, on the day on which the last payment of compensation is made.

The said BIR Form No. 2316 is also required is also required to be issued by every employer to employees classified as MWEs and to other employees whose compensation were not subjected to withholding tax.

The employer shall prepare BIR Form No. 2316 in triplicate, which shall be distributed as follows:

(1)	Original – Employee’s copy
(2)	Duplicate – BIR’s copy; and
(3)	Triplicate- Employer’s copy which shall be retained for a period of (10) years

It is suggested that the aforesaid Withholding Tax Certificate (BIR Form 2316) should have been provided by your employers to you after it was submitted to the Revenue District Office (RDO). It is highly advisable if you maintained a file copy of the documents. 

You may directly request for a copy of your ITR (BIR Form 2316) from your (previous) employer/s as they are primary/original source of such document.

* For BIR Form 2316 issued for Taxable Year 2022 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, 2023.

Email sherry.ann.arcita@bir.gov.ph and indicate in the subject email ticket number #BIR-650565374920, 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 May 12, 2023 04:29:16 AM, your request will be closed.

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

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer
Public Information and Education Division