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Date: June 5, 2023, 12:42 p.m.
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Date: 2023-06-05 14:00:16.000000
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Published by Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR) on June 5, 2023.
Requested from BIR by C. Gimenez at 12:42 PM on
June 5, 2023.
Purpose: Requirement for an Australian Skilled Visa Application
Date of Coverage: 07/01/2013 - 07/28/2017
Tracking no: #BIR-638091316515
To whom it may concern, I want to request a copy of my previous latest Income Tax Return. 1. I am an individual earning purely compensation income from the period of 7/1/2013 - 07/28/2027 2. Employee Name: Pointwest Innovations Corporation 3. I had copies provided by the company yearly; however, due to them being stored for a long time, I lost all my files starting in 2018. 4. This request will be used as a supporting document concerning my employment history, which will be required for an Australian Skilled Visa application. Thank you.
June 5, 2023 Dear Madam: Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jun 05, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked for Copies of Income Tax Return and/or BIR Form 2316. Response to your request Please be informed that your request for a copy/copies of your BIR Form No. 2316 for the Calendar Year 2013 to 2017 cannot be granted 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. FOI Receiving Officer Public Information and Education Division