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Date: Sept. 4, 2023, 10:07 p.m.
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Date: 2023-09-05 12:59:26.000000
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Published by Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR) on Sept. 4, 2023.
Requested from BIR by L. Aguilar at 10:07 PM on
Sept. 4, 2023.
Purpose: visa application
Date of Coverage: 01/20/2016 - 12/04/2019
Tracking no: #BIR-834592392852
Dear Sir/Madam, Good Day! I am writing in through this website to request and hopefully receive a copy of my BIR 2316 form from year 2016 upto 2019 for employers, VSL Philippines Inc, DA Domingo Engineering Consultant and SMEC Philippines. This is for the purpose of submitting as one of the requirement for my visa. It would be very much appreciated if you can send me a copy via email at [email protected] — I have to submit this on September 15,2023 I hope to hear from you soon. Thank you. Lisette Aguilar
September 5, 2023 Dear Ms. Aguilar: Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Sep 04, 2023 10:07:41 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked for BIR 2316 / ITR. Response to your request Please be informed that your request for a copy/copies of your BIR Form No. 2316 for the Calendar Year 2016 to 2019 cannot be granted/provided by the Revenue District Office (RDO) because the records of the RDO on those periods are already unavailable since we follow strictly the four (4) year retention period based on existing revenue issuances of the BIR (Revenue Memorandum Circular 73-2008). Hence, you may ask your previous employer/s for the copy/copies of your BIR Form 2316 because all taxpayers are required to preserve their accounting records for the period of 10 years in accordance with the Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 29-2019. 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. Respectfully yours, Alternate FOI Receiving Officer Public Information and Education Division