Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR)

Hi! I would like to request for a copy of my ITR issued last 2019.

Here are my details:

Name:
Trizalenne Yuson Tatel

Date of birth:
12/14/1990

Contact:
09959587379

September 18, 2023

Dear Ms. Tatel:

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Sep 18, 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 No. 2316.

Response to your request

In reply, please be informed that under 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 No. 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 to be issued by every employer to employees classified as Minimum Wage Earners (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 ten (10) years.”

Please coordinate with your employer and ask for the copy of your BIR Form 2316 from the Calendar Year (CY) 2019 if you have not receive a copy.

Please note, that the Available Records of Documents available in the Revenue District Offices (RDOs) are from CY 2020 to 2022.

Thank you.

FOI Receiving Officer
Public Information and Education Division