Bureau of Internal Revenue

Du 10:06 AM, Aug 22, 2022

August 22, 2022

Dear Abigail Delos Santos:

I refer to my letter of Aug 21, 2022 07:23:13 AM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Income Tax Return (ITR) and/or BIR Form 2316.

In order for us to work further on your request, we need more information from you regarding your query. You have indicated in your request that you require a copy of your ITR for Taxable Period June 25, 2012 to June 30, 2018. For verification and clarification, kindly provide additional information on the following:

1. Did you have a registered business between the period August 4, 2022 to August 12, 2022? Or were you an individual earning on purely compensation income from the period June 25, 2012 to June 30, 2018?

2.  If employed, kindly provide the name of your employer and registered address of your Employer for the period June 25, 2012 to June 30, 2018?

3. Withstanding your answer to the first and second query, did you file an ITR for the cited period?

If you are employed for the period June 25, 2012 to June 30, 2018, the ITR you are referring to is your BIR Form 2316 which should have been provided to you by your Employer/s during the taxable years.

Per record/files of the district office/s for the aforementioned years were already sent to archive for storage as it was more than five (5) years of safekeeping per Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) No. 73-2008, retention period of withholding tax certificates. It will be practical and appropriate for you to refer to your employer and ask for the said copies where it actually originated

Kindly email the needed information at sherry.ann.arcita@bir.gov.ph and indicate in the email subject tracking number #BIR-819739967846, 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 Nov 14, 2022 02:02:08 AM, your request will be closed.

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

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Sherry Ann Cuyos
FOI Officer

Du 03:23 PM, Aug 22, 2022

August 22, 2022

Dear Abigail:

Thank you for your request dated Aug 21, 2022 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Income Tax Return.

We received your request on Aug 21, 2022 and will respond on or before Sep 10, 2022 07:23:13 AM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEEJJUi04MTk3Mzk5Njc4NDYM, for request with ticket number #BIR-819739967846.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Sherry Ann Cuyos
FOI Officer

RDO-126 03:54 PM, Sep 02, 2022

September 2, 2022

Dear Abigail Delos Santos,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Aug 21, 2022 07:23:13 AM 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 Request

Your request a copy of your BIR Form 2316 for the period 2015 and 2017 is approved.  A copy of the requested information will be sent to you through the email address provided.

However, based on the reason stated below, we resolve to deny your request as to the following information:   

Copy of your ITR for the year 2012-2014

Your requested information for these periods is denied.  This Office does not have the information you have requested (ITR) since it was only starting 2015 when the employers were required to furnish the BIR with scanned copies of BIR Form No. 2316.  Your employer was not required to submit copies of 2316 certificates for the periods requested. 

Copy of your ITR for the year 2016

Your requested information for this period is denied.  We regret to inform you that your request cannot be processed because your employer failed to submit a CD of scanned copies of Certificate of Compensation Payment/Tax Withheld (BIR Form 2316) for the period requested.

Copy of your ITR for the year 2018

We regret to inform you that your request cannot be processed because the submitted CD of scanned copies of Certificate of Compensation Payment/Tax Withheld (BIR Form 2316) by your employer for the period requested cannot be validated because it is unreadable.

After careful consideration, however, since your TIN and name is included in the Alphalist of Employees by your employer for the year 2012-2018, we resolve to grant your request but only up to the compensation and withholding tax information found in the Alphalist of Employees filed by your employer for 2012-2018.  A certification was made on the information gathered for your purpose, a scanned copy of which will be sent to you via email.

For your guidance, please refer to the Revised People's Freedom of Information Manual for the Bureau of Internal Revenue, which is available for download at the Bureau's Official Website or www.bir.gov.ph.

Thank you for availing our services.


Respectfully,

RLTAD 3 RDO-126
FOI Receiving Officer