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Tax Exemption Certificate for OFW

Requested from BIR by G. Bravo at 06:54 PM on Nov 09, 2023.
Purpose: Scholarship purposes
Date of Coverage: 11/09/2023 - 11/09/2023
Tracking no: #BIR-374576143630

Bravo 06:54 PM, Nov 09, 2023 

Greetings!

I would like to request a Tax Exemption Certificate for my OFW husband. Also, can you provide information on what steps we should perform to acquire the requested certificate? I am the wife of the OFW and i need the certificate for the scholarship purposes of my child.

Hoping for your kind consideration. Thank you and God bless!

Arcita 08:32 AM, Nov 10, 2023 

November 10, 2023

Dear Ms. Bravo:

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Nov 09, 2023 06:54:26 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for Tax Exemption Certificate for OFW.

Response to Request

This is in connection with your request for information, for the Requirements for Scholarship Application.

After careful consideration, provided hereunder are the Checklist of Documentary Requirements (For those Persons with Low Income/No Income) who may want to avail of the Scholarship and Job/Livelihood Programs:

1.	Certification of Low Income/No Income signed by the Barangay Chairman of the place where the applicant resides;
2.	Duly Notarized Affidavit of Low Income/No Income from the Notary Public;
3.	Request Letter;
4.	Photocopy of Identification Card with three (3) specimen signature;
5.	Payment of Certification Fee (P100.00) and Loose Documentary Stamp Tax (P30.00), per copy;
6.	If transacting through a representative, a Special Power of Attorney (SPA) shall be executed by the taxpayer-applicant and Any government-issued IDs of the Taxpayer and Authorized Representative.

Submit the above mentioned documents/requirements at the Collection Section of the
Revenue District Office (RDO) having jurisdiction over the place of Residence of the Taxpayer.

Kindly accomplish the FOI Request Feedback Form at the link: https://bit.ly/BIRFOISurveyForm01.

Please be informed that you have the right to appeal the decision of the undersigned with fifteen (15) days from receipt of this Notice of Denial. For your further guidance, please refer to the Revised People’s Freedom of Information Manual for the Bureau of Internal Revenue, circularized through Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 14-2022, which is available for download at the Bureau's Official Website or www.bir.gov.ph. Thank you for availing our services

Thank you.

FOI Receiving Officer
Public Information and Education Division

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