Published by Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR) on Sept. 2, 2020.
Requested from BIR by T. Albay at 04:57 PM on
Sept. 2, 2020.
Purpose: For my master's thesis regarding e-filing in the PH (Thammasat University, Thailand)
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2019
Tracking no: #BIR-759472395723
T.ALBAY
Sept. 2, 2020, 4:57 p.m.
Hi! I would like to request information regarding:
1. Total number of taxpayers in the Philippines
2. The number of taxpayers who use the eBIRForms, eFPS, and manual filing
P.DIVISION
Sept. 7, 2020, 1:23 a.m.
Dear Ms. Albay,
This is to acknowledge receipt of your request. We shall be endorsing to the concerned BIR Office for their necessary action and attention.
For your information and guidance.
Maria Lourdes D. Narvaez
OIC Chief, Public Information and Education Division
P.DIVISION
Sept. 21, 2020, 5:04 p.m.
September 21, 2020
Dear Trisha Albay,
I refer to my letter of Sep 02, 2020 04:57:54 PM; about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for The number of tax filers in the Philippines (manual, eFPS, and eBIR Forms).
Our response to your request is due on Sep 23, 2020, 04:57:54 PM. Unfortunately, it is taking longer than expected to deal with your request because the concerned office has still a lot of requests that are needed to process may be due to the imposed quarantine measures brought by this COVID-19 pandemic.
I apologize for this delay but have applied for an extension so we could work further on your request. We hope to be able to send you a response on or before Oct 21, 2020 04:57:54 PM.
Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEEJJUi03NTk0NzIzOTU3MjMM, for request with ticket number #BIR-759472395723.
Thank you.
Respectfully,
Maria Lourdes Narvaez, OIC- Chief
FOI Officer
P.DIVISION
Oct. 11, 2020, 2:20 p.m.
October 11, 2020
Dear Trisha Albay,
I refer to my letter of Sep 02, 2020 04:57:54 PM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for The number of tax filers in the Philippines (manual, eFPS, and eBIRForms).
In order for us to work further on your request, we need more information from you regarding your query.
To clarify you need a yearly data? You need 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2019 right?
As of now the BIR generated data for CY 2019 is 38,397,670 taxpayers in the Philippines.
You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEEJJUi03NTk0NzIzOTU3MjMM, for request with ticket number #BIR-759472395723, to respond.
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 01, 2021 06:17:03 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/ Decision Maker
T.ALBAY
Oct. 14, 2020, 3:16 p.m.
Dear ma'am,
Thank you for your assistance.
I would like to know specifically the annual number of taxpayers who used manual filing, eBIRForms, and eFPS to file taxes. I would like to know the numbers separately based on the method, not only the total number of taxpayers.
If this is not possible, then I would just like to know how many taxpayers have used the eBIRForms annually (2015-2019).
Regards,
Trisha Albay
T.ALBAY
Nov. 5, 2020, 3:36 p.m.
Hello,
I would like to follow up on my request.
Thank you.
R.DIVISION
Nov. 5, 2020, 5:55 p.m.
November 5, 2020
Dear Trisha Albay,
Greetings!
Thank you for your request dated Sep 02, 2020 04:57:54 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
Your Request
You asked for The number of tax filers in the Philippines (manual, eFPS, and eBIRForms).
Response to Request
Your FOI request is approved. I enclose a copy of of the information you requested.
Thank you.
Respectfully,
Research & Statistics Division
FOI Receiving Officer
