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Date: March 26, 2023, 8:23 p.m.
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Date: 2023-03-30 11:05:31.000000
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Published by Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR) on March 26, 2023.
Requested from BIR by A. Gagala at 08:23 PM on
March 26, 2023.
Purpose: As a requirement for my sons scholarship application.
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2001 - 12/01/2013
Tracking no: #BIR-454632749340
Hi, I would like to request a copy of my Income Tax Return and to send it my registered email, [email protected].
March 30, 2023 Dear Ms. Moya: Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Mar 26, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked for Income Tax Report. Response to your request In connection with your request through eFOI Portal pertaining to the request for Income Tax Report as a Requirement for your son's scholarship application for Calendar Year/s 2001 to 2013. 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 2001 to 2013 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 with due diligence, you may coordinate fully with 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 Di