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Date: Feb. 24, 2023, 10:17 p.m.
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Date: 2023-02-27 07:07:40.000000
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Published by Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR) on Feb. 24, 2023.
Requested from BIR by V. Chicago at 10:17 PM on
Feb. 24, 2023.
Purpose: For my Immigration Documents
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2010 - 01/01/2014
Tracking no: #BIR-239539949554
Hi, I would like to request for a copy of my BIR Form 2316. No. of Years - 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 (5 photocopy documents) Thank you!
February 27, 2023 Dear Mr. Santillan: Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Feb 24, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked for BIR Form 2316 - Year 2010 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 2010 to 2014. Please be informed, that your request cannot be granted by the Revenue District Office (RDO) since the aforesaid BIR Withholding Tax Certificates were issued in 2010 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