Authorizing the Use of Electronic Bureau of Internal Revenue Forms (eBIRForms) Package in the Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns

October 12, 2012 REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 061-12 SUBJECT : Authorizing the Use of Electronic Bureau of Internal Revenue Forms (eBIRForms) Package in the Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns TO : All Internal Revenue Officials, Employees and Others Concerned This Circular is issued to authorize the use of Electronic Bureau of Internal Revenue Forms (eBIRForms) Package on a pilot basis in Metro Manila starting October 16, 2012, to wit: IaCHTS Form No. Latest Revision Date Form Name 1 0605 July 1999 (ENCS) Payment Form 2 1600 September 2005 (ENCS) Monthly Remittance Return of Value-Added Tax and Other Percentage Taxes Withheld 3 1600WP January 2010 (ENCS) Remittance Return of Percentage Tax on Winnings and Prizes Withheld by Race Track Operators 4 1601-C July 2008 (ENCS) Monthly Remittance Return of Income Taxes Withheld on Compensation 5 1601-E August 2008 (ENCS) Monthly Remittance Return of Creditable Income Taxes Withheld (Expanded) 6 1601-F September 2005 (ENCS) Monthly Remittance Return of Final Income Taxes Withheld 7 1602 August 2001 (ENCS) Monthly Remittance Return of Final Income Taxes Withheld on Interest Paid on Deposits and Yield on Deposits Substitutes/Trusts/Etc. 8 1603 November 2004 (ENCS) Quarterly Remittance Return of Final Income Taxes Withheld on Fringe Benefits Paid to Employees Other than Rank and File 9 1604-CF July 2008 (ENCS) Annual Information Return of Income Taxes Withheld on Compensation and Final Withholding Taxes 10 1604-E July 1999 (ENCS) Annual Information Return of Creditable Income Taxes Withheld (Expanded)/Income Payments Exempt from Withholding Tax 11 1606 July 1999 (ENCS) Withholding Tax Remittance Return for Onerous Transfer of Real Property Other than Capital Asset (Including Taxable and Exempt) 12 1701Q July 2008 (ENCS) Quarterly Income Tax Return for Self-Employed Individuals, Estates and Trusts (Including those w/both Business and Compensation Income) 13 1702Q July 2008 (ENCS) Quarterly Income Tax Return for Corporations, Partnerships and Other Non-Individual Taxpayers 14 1704 May 2001 Improperly Accumulated Earnings Tax Return 15 1706 July 1999 (ENCS) Capital Gains Tax Return for Onerous Transfer of Real Property Classified as Capital Asset (both Taxable and Exempt) 16 1707 July 1999 (ENCS) Capital Gains Tax Return for Onerous Transfer of Shares of Stock Not Traded Through the Local Stock Exchange 17 1800 July 1999 (ENCS) Donor's Tax Return 18 1801 July 2003 (ENCS) Estate Tax Return 19 2000 June 2006 (ENCS) Documentary Stamp Tax Declaration/Return 20 2000-OT June 2006 (ENCS) Documentary Stamp Tax Declaration/Return (One-Time Transactions) 21 2200A May 2006 (ENCS) Excise Tax Return for Alcohol Products 22 2200AN August 2003 (ENCS) Excise Tax Return for Automobiles & Non-Essential Goods 23 2200M September 2005 (ENCS) Excise Tax Return for Mineral Products 24 2200P September 2005 (ENCS) Excise Tax Return for Petroleum Products 25 2200T May 2006 (ENCS) Excise Tax Return for Tobacco Products 26 2550M February 2007 (ENCS) Monthly Value-Added Tax Declaration 27 2550Q February 2007 (ENCS) Quarterly Value-Added Tax Return 28 2551M September 2005 (ENCS) Monthly Percentage Tax Return 29 2551Q February 2002 (ENCS) Quarterly Percentage Tax Return 30 2552 July 1999 (ENCS) Percentage Tax Return for Transactions Involving Shares of Stock Listed and Traded Through the Local Stock Exchange or Through Initial and/or Secondary Public Offering 31 2553 July 1999 (ENCS) Return of Percentage Tax Payable Under Special Laws The eBIRForms Package is developed primarily to provide taxpayers with accessible and convenient service through easy preparation. eBIRForms is an alternative mode of preparing tax returns which deviates from the conventional manual process of filling up tax returns on pre-printed forms that are highly susceptible to human error. The package allows the taxpayer to accomplish or fill up the forms offline. Taxpayers can directly encode data, validate, edit, save, delete, view and print the tax returns. The package has automatic computations and has the capability to validate information inputted by the taxpayers. AIHaCc eBIRForms shall be available to all non-eFPS taxpayers with or without internet access. Taxpayers with internet access shall download the eBIRForms Package from the BIR website http://www.bir.gov.ph ,while taxpayers without internet shall download the eBIRForms package from the BIR e-lounges. Taxpayers need the following system requirements to install and use the eBIRForms Package: a. Supported Operating System: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7; b. Hard disk drive space needed: at least 50 MB free space; c. RAM memory needed; Runs best on 2GB or higher ActiveX components via Internet Explorer version 8 or higher; d. eBIRForms Package is best viewed in 1152 x 864 screen resolution. eBIRForms shall be printed on folio size bond paper (8.5" x 13"), portrait orientation/layout and page set up margins shall be Left: 0.146, Right: 0.148, Top: 0.14, Bottom: 0.14 inches. All revenue officials and employees are hereby enjoined to give this Circular as wide a publicity as possible. (SGD.) KIM S. JACINTO-HENARES Commissioner of Internal Revenue <ftp://ftp.bir.gov.ph/webadmin1/pdf/65881RMC%20No%2061-2012.pdf> last visited November 8, 2012.