Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR)

Dear Ms. Ruizo:

Thank you for your request dated Aug. 22, 2024, made under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

This is in connection with your request for information, with reference number #BIR-000675729595, for the Tax Exemption Certification for Scholarship Application.

After careful consideration, provided hereunder are the Checklist of Documentary Requirements 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.

Kindly submit the Certification of Low Income/No Income of your PARENTS to the Revenue District Officer based on your residential address of your parents. You can search it on our website www.bir.gov.ph/ contacts.

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.

Your right to request a review

If you are dissatisfied with our response to your FOI request, you have the option to request an internal review. To initiate this process, kindly submit your written appeal for review addressed to [insert name of Secretary and postal/e-mail address]. Please provide a detailed explanation of your dissatisfaction with our response within 15 calendar days from the date of receiving this response. We will conduct the review and communicate the outcome within 30 calendar days from the receipt of your review request.

Should you remain unsatisfied with the review outcome, you retain the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Vanessa Badeo

Alternate FOI Receiving Officer

Bureau of Internal Revenue