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Date: Jan. 18, 2023, 7:29 p.m.
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Date: 2023-01-19 11:02:18.000000
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Published by Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR) on Jan. 18, 2023.
Requested from BIR by S. Fajardo at 07:29 PM on
Jan. 18, 2023.
Purpose: VISA Application
Date of Coverage: 07/17/2006 - 12/30/2014
Tracking no: #BIR-774985589595
Hi! I would like to request for copies of my BIR Forms from 2006-2014. My BIR Number is 303-884-370-000. Sincerely, Rocelito Abaño
January 19, 2023 Dear Mr. Abaño: Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jan 18, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked for BIR Form 2316 from Taxable Years 2006 to 2014. Response to your request In connection with your request through eFOI Portal pertaining to the request for a copy of BIR Form 2316 as a Substitute Income Tax Return for Taxable Year/s 2006 to 2014. Please be informed that your request cannot be granted by the Revenue District Office (RDO) since the aforesaid BIR Withholding Tax Certificates (BIR Form 2316) were issued in 2006 to 2014 and 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/ies of your Certificate of Compensation Payment/ Tax Withheld (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. Thank you. Respectfully yours, FOI Receiving Officer Public Information and Education Division