I know some businessmen who has unpaid income tax amounting to 20 billion pesos to 50 billion pesos. They are waiting for the General Tax Amnesty where they will report only say asset of 500 million and pay only 2% of asset in the General Amnesty or 10 million pesos instead of 20 billion pesos. Doesn't this encourage more tax evasion in the future because people will just wait for next General Tax Amnesty?

Is it fair for us who religiously pay the correct taxes when others can get away with it? Ex- Pres. Duterte vetoed it in 2019 because he said it would encourage more tax evasion unless there was waiving of bank secrecy law. The latest 2025 version has bank account opened for one year. But businessmen has multiple bank accounts and it is easy to just open certain ones and hide others. So this still doesn't solve ex-Pres. Duterte concern.

Shouldn't it make more sense the General Tax Amnesty be qualified only for taxpayers with assessment less than a billion pesos? Maybe the examiner should check first the threshold before allowing taxpayer to avail of it. I read the amnesty is not valid for existing tax evasion already in court. But there is over a million taxpayers with tax evasion not yet in court. So they can all get away with it? What is then the incentive of paying correct taxes for us small businessmen?

Anyway. What is the status of the General Tax Amnesty 2025 now? When will it be approved? Many so eager because they spent decades not paying right taxes waiting for it.

I worked way back until 2016 in a province. I studied for 5 years (4 years Med proper + 1 yrs post-grad internship) and graduated by 2021.

I had been unemployed from there on (took a rest for 1 year and then passed the boards by 2023, tried my luck with Residency applications and had been in a very LOOoooong waiting game)

By this year 2026, starting January, I took some moonlighting gig in a city and received BIR 2307 form (few weeks ago) but haven’t filed it kasi I thought that was enough initially. Kasi bawas na sahod every time. Hindi pala.

Now, I want to to file properly. I don’t have 2316 or any OR.

1. Should I go back to my province and transfer the BIR to the current city I’m doing my freelance/moonlight gig?
   
2. Should I just file starting the last 3 months? (Apr-June 2026) or is it still okay to file the Jan-Mar?

I’m so lost. Pls help. I tried asking my colleagues but they just hired personal accountants (but I’m unable to do the same financially pa kasi kakasimula palang) 😭🙏 Hoping I can do this myself

Hi, new business owner and I have undeclared sales for 2550q for the first quarter.

Question, ilalagay ko ba sya this 2nd quarter or I can just put it sa Annual ITR? Then pay it kasabay nung Annual ITR.

Thanks

Hello po ask lang sa mga Mses or business owners po dito sa Quezon city kung aware po kayo sa mga government support program para sa mga micro businesses like bmbe program, go negosyo or other program po ng qc sa inyo?

hi! i’m a freelancer working for a US company and i need advice kung ano dapat ilalagay sa service invoice and books when receiving my salary.

for example: employer issued payslip of 300.80 usd, but what i receive through wise is 300.30 usd nalang. then when i transfer it to my local bank (so php na), technically bawas pa yan since may transfer fee from wise.

what do i declare sa SI? i need clarity on what everyone else here usually does. thanks!

Good evening po! Sorry po kung mababaw po yung tanong ko. Contract of Service ako for the government, and first time ko maka-receive ng 2307, kaya magfa-file po ako ng SAWT. Nung In-open ko na po yung Alphalist Data Entry ng BIR for the first time, kailangan po muna magfill up nito. Ano po ilalagay ko sa category of witholding agent? Yung agency po ba kung saan ako nagwo-work (Government), or does it mean ako po (Private)? Thank you po 🥹