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Date: July 7, 2023, 10:08 a.m.
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Date: 2023-07-07 14:35:24.000000
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Published by Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR) on July 7, 2023.
Requested from BIR by Z. Escobin at 10:08 AM on
July 7, 2023.
Purpose: requirement for employment
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2021 - 12/31/2021
Tracking no: #BIR-403388856100
Hi! would like to request for an Updated 2316 or ITR - year 2021, for employment purposes Thank you!
July 7, 2023 Dear Ms. Escobin: Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jul 07, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked for Income Tax Return and/or BIR Form 2316 for the year 2021. Response to your request In reply, please be informed that “ALL EMPLOYERS WITH EMPLOYEES, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE MINIMUM WAGE EARNERs (MWEs), ARE REQUIRED TO ISSUE BIR FORM NO. 2316. BIR FORM NO. 2316 SHOULD BE ISSUE ON OR BEFORE JANAURY 31 FOLLOWING THE CALENDAR YEAR, OR, IF THE EMPLOYEE IS TERMINATED BEFORE THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, ON THE DAY THE LAST SALARY OF THE EMPLOYEE IS PAID” The duty therefore to provide you a copy of your ITR/BIR Form No. 2316 for a taxable year rests upon your employer. Your “ITR” is your personal document and as such your employer must release said document to you as a matter of right or better yet, if you have your payslips for the said year, you can give the same to help them come out with your form 2316. Kindly coordinate with your employer if you have not receive a copy of your BIR Form 2316 for Calendar Year 2021. Thank you FOI Receiving Officer Public Information and Education Division