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Date: Aug. 18, 2023, 1:08 p.m.
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Date: 2023-08-23 13:23:45.000000
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Published by Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR) on Aug. 18, 2023.
Requested from BIR by M. Rivera at 01:08 PM on
Aug. 18, 2023.
Purpose: Requirements for Visa Application
Date of Coverage: 08/18/2022 - 08/18/2023
Tracking no: #BIR-821235292517
Request for Income Tax Return under [REDACTED NAME]
August 23, 2023 Dear Ms. Rivera: Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Aug 18, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked for ITR (Income Tax Return). Response to your request In reply, If the request is made through representative, a Special Power of Attorney of the requesting party (principal) and at least two (2) valid government IDs containing the photograph and signature of the representative and the principal shall be presented and attached. We would like to ask if [REDACTED NAME] has a Registered Business between the period 2022 to 2023? Or an Individual Earning on Purely Compensation Income (Employee) from the period 2022 to 2023? As an added note/reference, if [REDACTED NAME] is employed for the period of 2022 to 2023, his EMPLOYER is required to issue a copy of your BIR Form 2316 for Calendar Year 2022 to 2023 pursuant to Section 2.83.1 of Revenue Regulations No. 02-98, as amended which provides that “The EMPLOYER shall furnish each employee with the original copies of Form No. 2316 xxx.” As proof that his taxes were withheld. This will serve as his Income Tax Return (ITR). Thank you. Respectfully yours, FOI Receiving Officer Public Information and Education Division