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Annual Revenue Collected from Cryptocurrency Transactions from 2019 to 2021

Requested from BIR by M. Josol at 11:16 AM on Oct 17, 2022.
Purpose: Research for Juris Doctor Degree Thesis
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2019 - 12/31/2021
Tracking no: #BIR-793824306830

Josol 11:16 AM, Oct 17, 2022 

Good day, I would like to request the information regarding:

1. Amount of Annual Income Tax collected from Cryptocurrency Transactions from 2019 to 2021

2. Number of Cryptocurrency Users in the Philippines from 2019 to 2021

Please send whatever is available in case the data is insufficient (e.g. the data only covers certain years, or one of the requested information is unavailable but the other is).


October 17, 2022

Dear Mr. Josol:

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Oct 17, 2022 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Annual Revenue Collected from Cryptocurrency Transactions from 2019 to 2021.

Response to your request

Please be informed, that cryptocurrency is not among the type/sources of government revenue the BIR is task to collect as revenue and as such, there is no available information/data/revenue collection on cryptocurrency.

Thank you. 

Respectfully yours,

FOI Officer
Public Information and Education Division

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