Bureau of Internal Revenue

April 20, 2023

Madam:

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Apr 19, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for BIR Form 2316 and TIN Verification.

Response to your request

In reply, please be informed on the following:

BIR Form 2316:

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 2022-2023.

TIN verification Request:

After careful consideration, we resolve to deny your request due to the reason that Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) and Other Relevant Personal Information is considered a piece of Sensitive Personal Information that is bounded by the Republic Act (RA) No. 10173 or the Data Privacy Act of 2012, and as such, it is not advisable to be uploaded in the FOI Portal because this is a public website.

Manual Verification at Revenue District Office:

•	If the request is made through a representative, a Special Power of Attorney (SPA) of the requestor together with any government issued identification card/s (one primary, or two secondary IDs) containing the photo and signature of both the requestor and the representative shall be presented; and
•	If the requestor is a Corporation, a Board Resolution or Secretary Certificate shall be presented.         
                                                                                                                                                                 Note: The SPA or the Board Resolution and/or Secretary Certificate shall specifically state the request for TIN Verification.

Online Verification:

1.	Through the Online Registration and Update System (ORUS) TIN Verification and BIR Registered Business Status Search Facility functionality; or

2.	You can now retrieve your Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) and Revenue District Office (RDO) Code through Revie’s TIN Inquiry Module. Revie can be accessed on the BIR website at https://www.bir.gov.ph.

Thank you.

FOI Receiving Officer
Public Information and Education Division