Bureau of Internal Revenue

Du 12:45 PM, Dec 10, 2021

December 10, 2021

Dear Mr. Dela Cruz,

I refer to my letter of Dec 10, 2021 11:03:56 AM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for ITR Income Tax Return.

In order to properly endorse and work further on your request, kindly provide your employer’s TIN, RDO no., business name & address and email them at ana.marie.du@bir.gov.ph. as these contain sensitive information:

Please be informed that the BIR Form 2316 contains your income and the corresponding taxes that your employer withheld from you during the year. The form serves as a proof that (1) you have earned an income; (2) taxes are withheld from the said income during the year. Thus, your new employer requires you to submit this form not the ITR for them to do the year-end adjustment. Your new employer will take into consideration your income from previous employment and your tax liability will be based on your total income for the year. As mentioned above, this is important as new employers will generally request the form when onboarding new employees that have had a previous employer within the same calendar year as they may use this form to understand the tax position of the new employee and consolidate for withholding tax purposes.
Kindly ask also your employer if they are still requiring you to submit your ITR for the past years.

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 04, 2022 04:40:02 AM, your request will be closed.

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

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Ana Marie Du
FOI Officer