RMO No. 1-2024
RMO No. 1-2024
RMO No. 1-2024
W DEPARTMENT O F FINANCE
BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE
BUREAU O F INTERNAL REVENUE
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I. OBJECTIVE
1. To include as part o f Mandatory Audit those taxpayers who failed to pay taxes
declared o n tax returns filed through Electronic Filing and Payment System (eFPS)
facility o f the Bureau;
2. To amend the time frame for the submission o f reports o f investigation o f Office
Audit cases prescribed in Revenue Memorandum Order (RMO) No. 6-2023; and
II. AMENDMENTS
1. Item III.A.1 o f the same RMO is hereby amended to include as one o f the
Mandatory Cases to be covered by eLA the audit/investigation o f taxpayers who
consistently failed to pay/remit the corresponding taxes due reflected in the
tax returns filed through eFPS o r who later filed an amended tax returns
reflecting a decrease/no tax due. By “consistently”, w e mean taxpayer incurred
such violation for at least three (3) times in any given period. This is to enhance
voluntary compliance, at the same time, decrease future accumulation o f delinquent
taxes/accounts receivable emanating from tax returns electronically filed but taxes
due thereon remain unpaid/unremitted. (Selection Code: EFPS).
2. Item IV.C.6 of the same RMO, prescribing the time frame for the submission o f
report o f investigation o f cases covered by eLA, other than replacement eLA, is
likewise amended, as follows:
Case Classification No. of Days
Cases covered by eLAs 180 days for Regional cases/240 days for LT cases/120
other than replacement eLA days for OAS/90 days for LTVAU and VATAS from
date of the eLA
Further, the counting of the number o f days to complete audit as prescribed in the
same Item of the RMO, shall be suspended when the investigating R O requested
for the issuance of Subpoena Duces Tecum (SDT) or an Exchange o f Information
(EOI). The reckoning date for the suspension shall b e o n the date o f receipt o f
request by the concerned office, and shall only b e lifted when the reply has been
forwarded to the requesting RO:
T o prevent the issuance o f jeopardy assessments as well as to ensure that the Bureau
is not deprived o f its right to assess and collect the right amount o f tax, the
procedures in the issuance o f S D T within two (2) working days from receipt o f
request as prescribed under Item No. III.3.5 o f R M O No. 10-2013, as amended by
RMO No. 8-2014 must b e strictly observed by the concerned office to compel
taxpayers to submit or present the required books, records and documents.
“In case the taxpayer has transferred its business registration to another Revenue
District Office (RDO), or the taxpayer has been enlisted/delisted as large taxpayer,
the continuation of audit cases which has already started prior to transfer or its
enlistment/delisting as large taxpayer, shall be conducted by the old handling BIR
Office.
In the same manner, all protests against deficiency tax assessment notices [e.g.,
Preliminary Assessment Notice (PAN), Formal Letter of Demand/Final Assessment
Notice (FLD/FAN), and Final Decision on Disputed Assessment (FDDA)] issued
against transferred or newly enlisted/delisted large taxpayers, shall be handled by
the old concerned BIR Office that issued such notice until settlement/termination of
the case. Unprotested tax assessments that matured into “delinquent accounts” shall
be referred to the new concerned BIR Office where the taxpayer is registered.
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Any collection therefrom shall b e credited to the Office that conducted/concluded
the audit upon notification to the Large Taxpayers Service (LTS) o r Regional Office,
as the case may be, for proper crediting by the Revenue Accounting Division.
Thereafter, all eLAs/TVNs regardless of the taxable year shall b e issued b y the new
BIR Office having jurisdiction over the taxpayer’s registration.”
III. REPEALING C L A U S E
IV. EFFECTIVITY
RO GUI, JR.
Co issioner of Internal Revenue
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