Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR)

December 28, 2020 Dear Paula Salcedo, I refer to my letter of Dec 25, 2020 05:53:48 PM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Certificate of Creditable Tax Witheld. In order for us to work further on your request, we need more information from you regarding your query. Kindly email us the TIN, complete business name and address of your employer from CY 2018 to 2020 to enable us to properly endorse your request to the concerned Revenue District Office. Furthermore, please email us another valid ID containing your birthdate, signature, and photograph at [email protected], for validation purposes. During the period of us awaiting your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before Mar 22, 2021 04:08:46 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, Public Information and Education Division FOI Officer

Mar 22, 2021 Dear Paula, I refer to my letter of Dec 28, 2020 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Certificate of Creditable Tax Witheld. In particular, I had requested specific information for you to clarify upon in order for us to proceed with the request. As we have not received a reply within the 60-day working period since the letter requesting for clarification was sent out, we regret to inform you that this request will be closed as of Mar 22, 2021. You may wish to submit a new request describing the specific information you are looking for, and we will be able to consider it under the guidelines as stated in Executive Order No. 2. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to or visiting our central office. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, Public Information and Education FOI Officer