On July 22, 2019, President Rodrigo Duterte addressed the simplification of our tax system in his State of the Nation Address (SONA). A lot of government transactions are known to have confusing lines, long waiting lines, and a lot of paperwork. ABS-CBN News These were the President’s words. For a couple of minutes, the highest…
Our country runs on our taxes. From the public hospitals offering cheaper service to the roads to and from far-flung villages, the government collects money from all sorts of transactions we have. But are all taxes filed and collected properly? The answer to that may be both yes or no. The fact that the Bureau…
JuanTax has a significant reason for celebrating this month. It is the first company to be certified by the BIR as an e-TSP provider. Another milestone for the hard-working and talented team behind JuanTax. More than JuanTax though, the real victory goes to the Filipino taxpayers who will benefit from this latest innovation in tax…
Filing taxes can be a confusing activity for everyone, especially those new to it. One confusion that we encounter is choosing the right form for our purpose. We go straight to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and get overwhelmed with tons of forms getting in our hands. Further, the BIR recently released a new…
Last March 11, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) released a memo to all BIR Authorized Agent Banks. The memo states that for all eFPS filers, eBIR filing and over-the-counter (OTC) payments have been temporarily allowed by the BIR. The BIR gave a temporary solution for eFPS filers to use eBIR forms for filing the…
General Tax Amnesty Act of 2019, What Survives and What Remains While most of us are prudent about paying our taxes, and paying them on time, it simply cannot be denied that even the best of us falls down and fails to file our returns correctly. For most of us, having a general tax amnesty…
December 13, 2018 — Have you noticed something different lately when preparing form 2551Q or Quarterly Percentage tax returns in eBIRForms 7.2? Well you’re not alone, for we are also aware of this situation that’s happening inside the software. What Just Happened? During the BIR’s recent release of the 7.2 version of the software last…
December 6, 2018 — The Bureau of Internal Revenue launched its newest project aimed at improving tax administration. Dubbed “eTSP Cert Program”, it will allow third party tax software providers to certify the forms that they will electronically file to the BIR, providing another option to taxpayers when it comes to tax compliance. Held at…
Filings for December — As the tax season goes to a close, here’s a simple reminder that we still have to survive just one last tax hurrah before we start popping those holiday bottles, as there’s still plenty of taxes to be accomplished by the end of the year. Below is a list of tax…
Update as of November 7, 2018 — The eBIRForms Package was reverted back to version 7.1, but returned to v7.2 at 10:35 a.m this morning. After the release of eBIRForms Package version 7.1 last May of this year, the Bureau of Internal Revenue had released yet another version of the application. Presenting eBIRForms Package v7.2.…
