Taxpayers, You Can File Your 2022 ITRs Anywhere Until April 17
So long as it's a BIR-authorized spot.
(SPOT.ph) The Bureau of Internal Revenue is allowing taxpayers to file and pay their 2022 Annual Income Tax Returns at any of their district offices and authorized spots until April 17 according to Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 32-2-2023, issued on March 16.
This can be done through any agent-authorized banks or revenue collection officers, even in other Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) district offices where the taxpayer isn’t registered. Qualified taxpayers will also be able to pay through the BIR’s Electronic Filing and Payment System (eFPS).
Prior to this memorandum, taxpayers were fined for filing annual income tax returns (AITR) at the wrong venue.
“I wanted to improve the services that we offer to the taxpaying public,” BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui Jr. said in a statement. “My ultimate goal here is to provide each one of us the luxury of filing and paying our correct taxes at our most convenient time and place without any penalties involved.”
Beyond taxpayer convenience, the move is expected to expand the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s services to reach P2.6 trillion in 2023.
“I am encouraging everyone, avoid the rush! File and pay as early as now before the April 17 deadline,” Lumagui said.
Also read: Filing Income Tax Returns: What You Need to Know
Other ways to file and pay for annual income tax returns
Easy as it is to manage taxes with this new memorandum, note that you still have to be prepared for times the eFPS may not work as smoothly as it ought. Taxpayers will be asked to use the eBIRForm if they experience any of the following:
- Enrollment to eFPS or bank is still in process
- Forms are not available in eFPS
- eFPS service or bank is offline
eFPS taxpayers with “No Payment AITRs” should also use the eBIRForm in filing the AITR. This group pertains to:
- Senior citizens
- Persons with disability
- Employees with two or more employers (concurrently or successively at any time during the taxable year) or from a single employer but is subject to withholding tax
- Employees who opt to file for an ITR for purposes of promotion, loans, scholarships, or foreign travel documents
Employees who fail to file tax returns can be fined a minimum of P10,000 and be imprisoned under the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997.
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