Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR)

Dear BIR,

Good day. I would like to request a copy of my income tax return wayback October 16, 2012 till September 16, 2016 where i was a staff pharmacist  of St. Lukes Global City before i resigned 
I hope you could help me as i need a proof of employment for immigration purposes as I am applying to work in Autralia. 

Respectfully, 
Jayson Salazar

October 24, 2023

Dear Mr. Salazar:

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Oct 24, 2023 06:12:28 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Income Tax Return Copies.

Response to your request

Please be informed that under Section 12. Section 2.83.1 of RR No. 2-98, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

“SECTION 2.83.1. Employees Withholding Statements (BIR Form 2316). – In general, every employer or other person who is required to deduct and withhold the tax on compensation, including fringe benefits given to rank and file employees, shall furnish every employee from whom taxes were withheld a Certificate of Compensation Payment and Tax Withheld (BIR Form No. 2316) on or before January 31 of the succeeding calendar year, or if employment is terminated before the close of such calendar year, on the day on which the last payment of compensation is made.

The said BIR Form No. 2316 is also required is also required to be issued by every employer to employees classified as MWEs and to other employees whose compensation were not subjected to withholding tax.

The employer shall prepare BIR Form No. 2316 in triplicate, which shall be distributed as follows:

(1)	Original – Employee’s copy
(2)	Duplicate – BIR’s copy; and
(3)	Triplicate- Employer’s copy which shall be retained for a period of (10) years

It is suggested and highly recommended that the aforesaid Withholding Tax Certificate (BIR Form 2316) was been provided by your employers to you after it was submitted to the Revenue District Office (RDO) and it is advisable if you maintained a file copy of the documents. 

You may directly request for a copy of your ITR (BIR Form 2316) from your (previous) employer/s as they are primary/original source of such document.

* For BIR Form 2316 issued for Taxable Years 2012 to 2016 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). 

Thank you for availing our services.

Respectfully,
Alternate FOI Receiving Officer
Public Information and Education Division