Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR)

October 19, 2020 Dear Renato Sarmiento, I refer to my letter of Oct 17, 2020 08:01:50 PM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Soft Copy Request ITR(2316). Kindly email to us the complete business name and address of your employer for CY 2019 and its TIN for us to be able to properly endorse your request to the concerned Revenue District Office. Furthermore, please email us another valid ID containing your birthdate, signature, and photograph at [email protected], for validation purposes. Please be reminded that TIN is considered a piece of sensitive personal information that is bounded by the Data Privacy Act of 2012. During the period of us awaiting your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before Jan 11, 2021 02:28:24 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, Public Information and Education Division FOI Officer

Jan 11, 2021 Dear Renato, I refer to my letter of Oct 19, 2020 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Soft Copy Request ITR(2316). In particular, I had requested specific information for you to clarify upon in order for us to proceed with the request. As we have not received a reply within the 60-day working period since the letter requesting for clarification was sent out, we regret to inform you that this request will be closed as of Jan 11, 2021. You may wish to submit a new request describing the specific information you are looking for, and we will be able to consider it under the guidelines as stated in Executive Order No. 2. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to or visiting our central office. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, Public Information and Education FOI Officer