Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR)

To whom it may concern,

Sir/Ma'am,

I would like to request for a copy of my BIR 2316 for employment purpose as it is one of the requirements for my local employment (I was an OFW previously). Below are details of informations that can I provide for my local employment before I left working abroad:
Employee name: Oakleigh Capital Limited
Duration: July 2010 - June 2011

Hopefully you can assist me. 

Thank you,

Raymund Daraug Macala

January 30, 2023

Dear Mr. Macala:

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Jan 27, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Request for copy of my BIR Form 2316.

Response to your request

In connection with your request through eFOI Portal pertaining to the request for a copy of BIR Form 2316 as a Substitute Income Tax Return for Taxable Year/s 2010 to 2011.

Please be informed that your request for a copy of your BIR Form 2316 for the Taxable Year 2010 to 2011 cannot be granted by the Revenue District Office (RDO) since the aforesaid BIR Withholding Tax Certificates were issued in 2010 to 2011 and 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).

Hence, you may ask your previous employer 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.

Thank you.

Respectfully yours,

FOI Receiving Officer
Public Information and Education Division