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Date: March 13, 2023, 12:19 p.m.
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Date: 2023-03-13 12:35:20.000000
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Published by Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR) on March 13, 2023.
Requested from BIR by A. Labilles at 12:19 PM on
March 13, 2023.
Purpose: Skills Assessment for Visa Migration application
Date of Coverage: 05/01/2011 - 08/01/2016
Tracking no: #BIR-605733100534
I would like to request if I can get a copy of my BIR 2316 from 2011-2015. This is needed for my migration application LAST NAME - Azarcon FIRST NAME - Elpidio IV MIDDLE NAME - Pioquid TIN NO. - 408-901-214-000 May 2011 - FINASTRA PHILIPPINES INC Jan 2015 - ENCORA MANAGEMENT SERVICES PHILIPPINES INC. Aug 2016 - OFW
March 13, 2023 Dear Mr. Azarcon: Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Mar 13, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked for Copy of Income Tax Return and/or BIR Form 2316. 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 Calendar Year/s 2011-2015. Please be informed that your request cannot be granted by the Revenue District Office (RDO) since the aforesaid BIR Form 2316 (Certificate of Compensation Payment/ Tax Withheld) were issued in 2011 to 2015 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 BIR Form 2316 (Certificate of Compensation Payment/ Tax Withheld 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