RMC No. 18-2015 — Defers the implementation of eFiling of “No Payment” Income Tax Returns (ITRs) and other concerns Digest | Full Text

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPP INES REVNUE April 10, 2015 REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 18-2015 . SUBJECT : Deferment of Implementation on eFiling of "No Payment" Income Tax Returns (ITRs) and Other Concerns TO : All Internal Revenue Officers and Others Concerned Relative to the implementation of Revenue Regulations (RR) No. 6-2014 as amended by RR No. 5-2015, all taxpayers who shall file a "No Payment" Return shall be electronically filed using eBIRForms. In order for the Bureau to focus on ITRs with payments, "No Payment" Returns may be filed manually on or before April 15, 2015 with the Revenue District Office where they are registered, thru the use of the official printed forms or the offline eBIRForms Package listed below: Form No. Form Name 1700 1701 Annual Income Tax Return for Individuals Earning Purely Compensation 1701Q Income (Including Non-Business/Non-Profession Income) Annual Income Tax Return for Self-Employed Individuals, Estates and Trusts 1702-RT Quarterly Income Tax Return for Self-employed Individuals, Estates, and 1702-MX Trusts (Including Those with both Business and Compensation Income) Annual Income Tax Return for Corporation, Partnership and Other Non- 1702-EX Individual Taxpayer Subject Only to REGULAR Income Tax Rate Description Annual Income Tax Return for Corporation, Partnership and Other Non- 1702Q Individual with MIXED Income Subject to Multiple Income Tax Rates or with Income Subject to SPECIAL/PREFERENTIAL RATE Annual Income Tax Return for Use ONLY by Corporation, Partnership and Other Non-Individual Taxpayer EXEMPT under the Tax Code, as Amended, {Sec. 30 and those exempted in Sec. 27(C) and Other Special Laws, with NO Other Taxable Income Quarterly Income Tax Return for Corporations, Partnerships and Other Non- Individual Taxpayers Hence, "No Payment" Returns filed manually shall be re-filed electronically on or before June 15, 2015. Penalties imposed under RR No. 5-2015 on filing using a mode/venue different from that prescribed shall be waived provided the subject ITRs have been re-submitted electronically in the BIR's systems on or before June 15, 2015.

For taxpayers who are newly enrolled to eFPS (e.g. TAMP taxpayers) whose registration with Authorized Agent Banks (AABs) has not been completed as it takes more than a month with the banks to activate the registration in ePayment, shall electronically file their returns and shall manually pay thru the AABs/Revenue Collection Officers (RCOs) not later than April 15, 2015 following existing procedures. The said taxpayers should complete their ePayment registration and must comply with eFile and ePay on all succeeding returns not later than June 15, 2015. In the event that the ePayment registration has not been completed on or before June 15, 2015, all returns filed electronically and paid over the counter from April 15, 2015 shall be subjected to penalties pursuant to RR No. 5-2015. This shall take effect immediately. (Original Signed) KIM S. JACINTO-HENARES Commissioner of Internal Revenue H-2 LMB _________ NMA _________ EBQ _________ MLDR _________ MAG _________ AFD _________ RAA _________