Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

August 22, 2023 Dear Ms. Josephine Sy, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Aug 17, 2023 02:46:21 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. for a Tax Exemption Certificate for OFW to be used for the scholarship of your dependent. The certificate of tax exemption is a frontline service of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). Given such, THE BIR is the only government agency that is mandated and The certificate of tax exemption is a frontline service of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). Given such, it is the only government agency that is mandated and authorized to issue certification on the matter. You may refer to https://www.bir.gov.ph/images/bir_files/downloadables/bir-files/BIR_Citizens_Charter_2020-2nd_Edition.pdf (at pages 112-113). 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 the OWWA- FOI Decision Makers at email: [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response and should be made within FIFTEEN (15) calendar days from the date you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within THIRTY (30) calendar days from the date we received your review request. However, if you are still 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, Ma. Cynthia D. Erum OWWA-FOI Receiving Officer