RR No. 4-2026 — Prescribing guidelines and procedures for the availment of a one-time abatement of taxes and/or penalties for Micro Taxpayers

Bringing in Revenues For Nation-building BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE Republic of the Philippines National Office Building Department of Finance Quezon City Date BAGONG PILIPINAS JUN 1 3 2026

REVENUE REGULATIONS NO. 0.0 4 - 2 0 2 6

SUBJECT :Prescribing Guidelines and Procedures for the Availment of a One- Time Abatement of Taxes and/or Penalties for Micro Taxpayers

TO : All Internal Revenue Officers, Employees, and Others Concerned

these Regulations are hereby promulgated to prescribe the guidelines and procedures for the availment by micro taxpayers of the opportunity to settle their delinquent Section 204(B), of the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) of 1997, as amended, accounts or assessments, whether preliminary or final, disputed or not, and open stop. filer cases, including those of micro taxpayers who have ceased business operations SECTION 1. Purpose. - Pursuant to Sections 244 and 245, in relation to

by way of application for abatement of taxes and/or penalties, including surcharge and interest.

Regulations, the following terms shall be defined as follows: SECTION 2. Definition of Terms. -- In applying the provisions of these

a.) Micro taxpayer -- refers to a taxpayer whose gross sales for the year is less than Three Million Pesos (<P3,000,000.00), as defined under Revenue

shall only cover business income, excluding compensation income earned Regulations (RR) No. 8-2024. For mixed income earners, "gross sales'

under employer-employee relationship; b.) Delinquent account -- refers to the amount of tax due on or before December 31, 2025 from a taxpayer who failed to pay the same within or (2) a deficiency assessment issued which has become final and the time prescribed for its payment, arising from (1) a self-assessed tax executory : c.) Assessment, whether preliminary or final, disputed or not -- refers to a tax

JUN 22 2026 Notice, or reiterated in the Final Decision on Disputed Assessment, issued assessment in the Preliminary Assessment Notice or Final Assessment

222 e 1. C R X E 3 A d.) Cessation of business operations -- refers to the point or circumstance e.) Stop-filer case -- refers to a case wherein a registered taxpayer failed to executory; on or before December 31, 2025 which has not yet become final and when the business operations of the taxpayer have stopped; file and/or submit the required tax return and other tax information within

the prescribed due date.

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SECTION 3. Scope. -- The abatement under these Regulations shall apply to: a.) All delinquent accounts as of December 31, 2025; b.) Assessments, whether preliminary or final, disputed or not, as of December

31, 2025; and. c.) All open stop-filer cases as of December 31, 2025, including those of micro

taxpayers who have ceased business operations.

delinquent or assessed basic tax or penalties of not more than Eighty Thousand Pesos SECTION 4. Coverage. - The following cases of micro taxpayers with

(#80,000.00) may be applied for abatement:

a.) Delinquent Accounts; b.) Cases with administrative protest pending in the Regional Office, Revenue District Office, Legal Service thru Appellate Division, Collection Service.

Enforcement Service and other Offices in the National Office: c.) Tax cases being disputed before the Department of Justice and the courts.

i.e., the Municipal Trial Courts (MTC), Regional Trial Courts (RTC), Court

(SC), including decided cases which are not yet final and executory: of Tax Appeals (CTA), Court of Appeals (CA), and the Supreme Court

d.) Tax Collection Cases filed with the Courts; e.) Cases with pending request for Compromise Settlement which are under

evaluation by the Technical Working Group (TWG)-National Evaluation Board (NEB), TWG-Regional Evaluation Board (REB), NEB and REB; f.) Cases with pending request for abatement under RR No. 13-2001 for

evaluation by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue or his authorized representative; g.) Criminal violations, except those already filed in Court, such as those under the Run After Tax Evaders (RATE) Program of the Bureau, and other tax

authorized representative on meritorious grounds; fraud cases, unless allowed to avail by the Commissioner or his duly

h.)"Accounts Payable or Due to BIR" accounts duly recorded or acknowledged by the taxpayers in their books of accounts; and i.) No basic tax due but the threshold amount involves penalties due.

penalties arising from violations of the NIRC of 1997, as amended, covering all of the above-mentioned cases for a taxable year. The P80,000.00 threshold shall refer to the total basic tax liabilities and/on

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SECTION 5. Who May Avail. -- Any person/taxpayer, natural or juridical, or its duly authorized representative, who is classified as a micro taxpayer, may avail of this abatement to settle any delinquent accounts or assessments, whether preliminary or final, disputed or not, and open stop-filer cases, including those of micro taxpayers who have ceased business operations. Any payments made by micro taxpayers on cases covered under Section 4 hereof prior to the effectivity of these Regulations shall not be refundable.

Taxes and/or Penalties and Interest. - Micro taxpayers who wish to avail of the SECTION 6. Manner and Place for Filing an Application for Abatement of

abatement under these Regulations shall manually file an application for abatement. on a per taxable year basis, using the BIR Form attached hereto as Annex "A", with the Revenue District Office (RDO) having jurisdiction over the taxpayer.

The taxpayer shall specify the tax types and basic amount due, excluding interest, for each case covered under Section 4 hereof in the application for

shall result to the denial of the application for abatement. abatement. Failure to specify the tax types and basic amount due in any covered case

of the abatement, the applicant shall pay the amount of Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) using BIR Form No. 0605, either electronically or manually, in SECTION 7. Mode of Payment. -- Upon acceptance of the application to avail

accordance with RR No. 4-2024 as further clarified by Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 87-2024

The P5,000.00 abatement fee shall be paid within five (5) working days from the filing of the application. The applicant shall submit the proof of payment to the RDO within five (5) working days from the date of payment. In case of withdrawal of

but shall be applied as partial payment to the taxes or penalties sought to be abated. the application or denial thereof, the P5,000.00 abatement fee shall not be refundable

Failure to submit the proof of payment within the required period automatically voids the application, without prejudice to re-filing the same within the availment period.

Secretary of Finance upon recommendation of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. benefits under these Regulations until December 31, 2026, unless extended by the SECTION 8. Period of Availment. -- Qualified taxpayers can avail of the

Availment shall be issued by the concerned RDO within five (5) working days from SECTION 9. Issuance of Certificate of Availment. - A Certificate of RUREA 00000334 Ys TNTERNALREVENU GEMENT DMSION 3

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receipt and verification of the proof of payment. Such Certificate shall serve as proof of the taxpayer's availment of abatement under these Regulations, compliance with the requirements, and the closure of the case which is the subject of the approved application.

Assessment before the Office of the Commissioner, if any. applicant who may have a pending appeal against a Final Decision on Disputed The concerned RDO shall inform the Appellate Division of any taxpayer-

SECTION 10. Effectivity. -- These regulations shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following its publication in the Official Gazette or the BIR Official Website, whichever comes first.

FREDERICK D. GO Secretary of Finance

JUN 18 2025 F4 Recommending Approval:

Commissioner of Internal Revenue CHARLITO MARTIN R. MENDOZA

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