Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR)

October 17, 2022 Sir: I refer to my letter of Oct 14, 2022 03:34:39 PM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Income Tax Return. Please be informed, if you are employed for the period August 1, 2015 to August 30, 2019 then the Income Tax Return (ITR) you are referring to is your BIR Form 2316 as a Substitute Income Tax Return for Taxable Year/s August 01, 2015 to August 30, 2019. Please be informed that such request cannot be granted by the Revenue District Office (RDO) since the aforesaid BIR Withholding Tax Certificates were issued in 2015 to 2017 and records of the RDO on those periods are already unavailable since we follow strictly the five (5) 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. Kindly send us the Name of your Employer/s for the taxable period 2018 and 2019, Employer/s Business Address and Employer/s TIN for us to coordinate and possibly endorse your request to the Revenue District Office (RDO) that has jurisdiction and where your employer/s are registered. Email the needed information at [email protected] as this contains sensitive information and indicate in the subject email tracking number #BIR-277749000921, to respond. Thank you. Respectfully yours, FOI Officer Public Information and Education Division