Offline eBIRForms Package

Release Notes

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Implemented the following:

SR2022-000015030 - Change Request No. 2022-06, BIR Form No. 0605, Inserted the
following ATCs for tax payment of international carriers.
DS010 - Documentary Stamp Tax in general
IC080 - Income Tax for International carriers
PT041 - Percentage Tax for International carriers

IR2022-000000664 - Change Request No. 2022-03, Notice to Taxpayers on the PROFILE

Page of eBIRForms Package with the following text:
"The designation of official e-mail address of the taxpayer
is mandatory.
It shall be used as an additional manner of serving BIR
orders, notices, letters, communications and
other processes to the taxpayer. Service through this
official e-mail address shall be presumed valid
unless the taxpayer promptly informs BIR by updating
his/her/its registration information with the Bureau."

IR2022-000000665 - Revised Terms of Service Agreement (TOSA) in eBIRForms System

(BIR Form Nos. 0605, 1701Qv2018, 1702Qv2008C, 1702Q,
2550Q, 2550M, 2551Qv2018, 1601Cv2018, 1600, 0619F, 0619E).

SR2022-000010042 - BIR Form Nos. 1702Qv2008/C - System should be able to detect and
not successfully validate if Return Period is equal to zero.

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Implemented fixes on production issues:

SR2021-002732025 - BIR Form Nos. 1600PT and 1600VT, Total Amount Still Due (Item
27) should not be rounded-off and should have 2 decimal places.
SR2021-002743482 - BIR Form No. 1702Q, Fields with long text values such as in the
31Gothers, 1stQtr, 2ndQtr and 3rdQtr, portions
should not be accepted as valid entries.
SR2021-002743487 - BIR Form No. 1800v2018, Disable the save button if the mandatory
fields such as TIN and Return Period are not properly filled-up.
SR2021-002743495 - BIR Form No. 1604Ev2018, Disable the save button if the
mandatory fields such as TIN and Return Period are not properly filled-up.
SR2021-002743498 - BIR Form No. 2000OTv2018 - Disable the save button if the
mandatory fields such as TIN and Return Period are not properly filled-up.
SR2021-002745543 - BIR Form No. 1601Cv2018. - Disable successful validation if
mandatory fields such as Return Period for Month(MM) are not properly filled-up.
SR2021-002766256 - BIR Form No. 1702MXv2018C - Address issue on 'Cannot Validate
and error message displayed' if Page 3 Schedule 4 Item 2 = zero.
SR2022-002781550 - BIR Form No. 2000OTv2018 - Amount in Item 17 should round-off
when computing for the tax due.

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RA 10963-TRAIN LAW:
Added the following new/enhanced forms
BIR Form No. 1707 version 2018
BIR Form No. 2200C version 2018
BIR Form No. 2552 version 2018
BIR Form No. 1600PT
BIR Form No. 1600VT

Implemented fixes on BIR Form Nos. 1702MXv2018C and 1702MXv2018:

SR2021-002641518 - Schedule 10 Item 4 and Item 9: Wrong computations. Incorrect
amount in Item 4 and 9 results in wrong net taxable income/(loss) in Item 10.
a. Computation of Item 4 shall be the total of Item 1 to Item
3.
b. Item 9 shall be a Total of Item 5 to Item 8.
SR2021-002641521 - Cannot open the saved and validated but not yet submitted
return.
SR2021-002641523 - After the return saved and validated but not yet submitted), the
selected box in Part IV (Instructions)
is missing and the attachment is also missing.
SR2021-002641526 - There's an error message when "Delete this Attachment" is
clicked.
SR2021-002641528 - Date of Incorporation is less than 4years from the Date of
Filing, user can still enter the amount of MCIT in Item 18.
MCIT is imposed beginning on the fourth taxable year immediately
following the year in which such corporation commenced its business. operations.
SR2021-002641529 - In schedule 2, page 2, NO amount of NET TAXABLE INCOME/LOSS
computed by the system.
SR2021-002641532 - Even if the return is not an AMENDED RETURN, the user can still
fill out Schedule 3-Tax credits/Payments, ITEM 17.
SR2021-002641534 - System Validated Successfully, despite empty Schedule 1 -Basis
of Tax Relief.
SR2021-002641537 - Under the MCIT Schedule, Validation successful pop-up message
appears despite NO YEAR inputted in row 2.
SR2021-002641539 - Entered 3 EXEMPT activities in the Mandatory Attachments, Total
Itemized Deductions were not computed by the system
in the main form and EMPTY Net Taxable Income/Loss.
SR2021-002641542 - User was able to validate successfully the form even though the
highlighted column did not provide the details of NOLCO, only year was entered.
SR2021-002641544 - On the print preview button, the radio buttons became empty and
there's no way to print the mandatory attachments.
SR2021-002641547 - User was able to validate it successfully even though the amount
fields were empty but there were descriptions entered.
SR2021-002641549 - Scenario: Taxpayer opted to use the OSD and mark OSD in Part I
Item 13.
This option shall be applicable only to Column C or
regular, so OSD shall be enabled in this column
and the itemized deductions shall be disabled.
Itemized deductions fields in Column A - Exempt and
Column B- Special will always be enabled even if the TP opted to OSD.
SR2021-002641550 - Columns A and B did not compute for the total itemized
deductions and total taxable income.

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RA 11534 - CREATE LAW:
Form for QUARTERLY Corporate Income Tax Returns affected by CREATE Law
1702Qv2008C
SR2021-002526622 - BIR Form No. 1600, New tax rates for the following ATCs:
WB080-1%; WB082-1%; WB084-1%
Form Form No. 1601FQ, New tax rates for the following ATCs:
WC212 - 25%; WC213 - 25%; WC230 - 25%; WI240 - 20%; WI341 - 20%;
WI350 - 20%

Production fix:
SR2021-002525552 - BIR Form 1702MXv2018 and 1702MXv2018C, If the Taxpayer opted to
use OSD,
This OSD applies only to column C so OSD is enabled but the itemized
deductions should be disabled
In Column A - Exempt and Column B - Special, even if the TP chose the
OSD,
OSD in these Columns shall always be disabled and itemized deductions
shall always be enabled.

RMC No. 35-2021

SR2021-002484074 - BIR Form No. 1601FQ Schedule 5, Additional Tax Treaty Codes and
Countries
Treaty Code Country
LK Sri Lanka
MX Mexico
QA Qatar
TR Turkey

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RA 11534 - CREATE LAW:
Form for Annual Corporate Income Tax Returns affected by CREATE Law
1702RTv2018C
1702EXv2018C
1702MXv2018C
SR2021-002503065 - BIR Form No. 2551Qv2018, Include new 1% tax rate, ATC PT010'

Production fixes:
SR2021-002491540 - BIR Form No. 1701v2018, Fix on Page 2 If Item 31 is less than
zero, Item 32 should be zero.
BIR Form No. 1701A – If user select Amended = Yes in Item 2 and save the file, then
Edit/Change the Return Period (Year)
and click Save again, the XML filename (return period) remains
the same.
BIR Form No. 1800v2018 - If the return is amended, system do not suffix the version
number (V1, V2) at the XML filename.
BIR Form No. 1702EXv2018: Part V – Tax Relief Availment Item 52, shall reflect the
amount from Item 39 multiplied by the existing tax rate.
Part V – Tax Relief Availment Item 53, shall reflect the amount
from Item 36 multiplied by the existing tax rate.
BIR Form No.1604Ev2018 - If user did not input Year and click on ‘Save’, the XML
filename has no Return Period (Year).

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SR2021-002484136 - BIR Form No. 1800v2018. Correction of tax rate from 16% to 6%

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RA 10963-TRAIN LAW:
Change Request No. 2020-02: Added New Form, 2000OT version 2018
Added New Form, 1800 version 2018
Added New Form, 1801 version 2018

SR2021-002368182 - BIR Form No. 1700v2018. Part VI, Schedule 1,

Item e.Tax Withheld should accept amount = 0 even if
Item c. Compensation Income Subject to Regular/Graduated Rates is
greater than 0

SR2020-002341710 - BIR Form No. 1604C. Part II Summary of Remittances - Adjustment

column to accept negative values.

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RA 10963-TRAIN LAW:

RMC No. 73-2019

Change Request No. 2019-03: Added New Form, 1604C
Added New Form, 1604F
Added New Form, 1604E version 2018

SR2020-002317156 - BIR Form No. 2551Q version 2018. Change in ATC rates per RMO No.
36-2019
ATC PT120 From 5% to 2%
ATC PT130 From 10% to 4%
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Implemented fixes for the following forms:
SR2020-001201069 - BIR Form No. 1700 version 2018
System shall not compute value with centavo. If 49 or less, drop down and if
50 or more, round up.
All decimal places rounded off.
Part II Item 18 - Invalid TIN popup message even if TIN entered is valid.
If TP change the taxpayer type in Item 6 and Item 20 from Employee (Regular
Rates)
to NRANETB (25%), all date in Column C shall be cleared disabled.
Same when taxpayer type is chnage from NRANETB (25%) to Employee
(Regular Rate), Column D shall be cleared and disabled.
Amount in item 29 should be 50% or less of item 26, both taxpayer and spouse.
Amount in item 29 should be not more than the amount in item 28 (both
taxpayer and spouse).
If the amount in item 28 is negative, item 29 should be in gray or not
enterable.
Item 3 ATC should be a non-editable field.
Popup message spelling - 'laeter' should be 'later'.
Item 1 should not accept future date.
Item 9 should not accept future date.
Schedule 1 - There should be no validation successful message for incomplete
details/rows.
Part V.A Items 44 and 46 - Offsetting should not be allowed.

SR2020-001201072 - for BIR Form 1701 version 2018

If Spouse is ‘Purely Compensation Income, amount of Tax Due-Compensation
Income on Schedule 2 Item 7 shall be reflected on Page 1 Part II Item 22.B.
If Spouse is earning purely compensation income, Part IV Item 12 and 12A is
not a mandatory field.
 If Part II Item 24A/24B is zero or negative, Item 25A/25B shall be grayed or
non-enterable.
For Filer - If "NO" is ticked in Part I Item 19 and Item 20, Part VIII.A and
Part VIII.B shall be grayed/disabled.
For Spouse - If "NO" is ticked in Part IV Item 10 and Item 11, Part VIII.A
and Part VIII.B shall be grayed/disabled.
When only the legal basis and amount is inputted, description is not being
required by the system. Same when only amount is inputted, description and legal
basis is not being required by the system
When validated and edit the form, Schedule 5.B, Legal Basis and Amount
becomes non-editable.
Part V Schedule 3.B Item 26 - If Gross Receipts is more than 3 Million,
there shall be a pop-up message that TP is not qualified to 8% Tax Rate.
The tax due-compensation income from Schedule 2 Item 7 shall be reflected to
Item 22 of Part II (if Spouse is purely compensation), this is to avoid a negative
amount/overpayment on the part of spouse.

SR2020-001201077 - for BIR Form 1702EX version 2018

Part VI Schedules Item 17i.1 to 17i.4 did not compute the total other
deductions.
The amount of other deductions or the item 17i shall be part of the total
computation of Items.
RECONCILIATION TABLE
Upon validation and table 3 has no entry, the package validates the return
which should not be the case.
Just like the behavior of the June 2013 version, a pop message should
appear and states that “Part IV, Item 39 should be equal to Schedule 3, Item 10”.
Table 6 - Reconciliation Table: Upon validation and table 6 has no entry, a
pop up message appear with a message as stated on June 2013 version.
Schedule 3 amount fields should be rounded off.
The amount auto populated in Item 17i with no decimal places. Please make the
amount to have a comma separator and no 2 decimal places.
The amount auto populated in Item 4 with no decimal places. Please make the
amount to have no 2 decimal places.
Computation of Tax Relief - Please make a formula to compute the tax relief
availment. The applicable income tax rate here for items 52 and 53 is 30% (for the
year 2018 and 2019). The rate was intentionally not reflected here in anticipation
to the increase/decrease of income tax rate which will be brought by the TRAIN
Package.
Effectivity start date of tax relief/exemption should not be more than the
taxable year.
Upon clicking the OSD, schedule 1 and 2 are still enterable. Schedule 1 and 2
should be disabled if opting for OSD.
Validation successful even if the row is not completely filled-up. Pop up
message should be displayed for the error
Item 17 should not allow expired Tax Relief Exemption
Schedule 3 must be a mandatory field
If Item 6 is (Purely) Compensation Income, system should not require inputs
in Part IX - Reconciliation of Net Income per Books Against Taxable Income.
Applicable for both Filer and Spouse.

SR2020-001201080 - for BIR Form 1702RT version 2018

Missing Iterating Rows in Schedule 1 – Ordinary Allowable Itemized
Deductions Item 17i
Schedule III is applicable only for Net Operating Loss and if deduction is
greater than Gross Income (system shall not accept value if gross income is greater
than deduction)
Schedule 3 - If Gross Income is higher than Ordinary Allowable Deductions,
NOLCO Schedule shall be empty. System shall not compute any amount.
 Schedule 2 - Wrong computation, sum of iterating rows not included in the
total amount.
Item 9 - Registered Address formatting and missing letters
Part II Item 21 - Wrong computation of TOTAL AMOUNT PAYABLE

SR2020-001201084 - for BIR Form 1702MX version 2018

Schedule 5 Item 17d to 17i - if not completely filled out, validation shall
not be succesful. A pop up message shall appear for incomplete information.
Schedule 8 Computation of NOLCO for Special Rate - amount shall not be auto-
populated if gross income is greater than ordinary allowable deductions
Schedule 10 – Reconciliation of Net Income per Books
System shall not succesfully validate if the amount in Schedule 10 Item 10
Columns A, B, C and D is not equal to Schedule 2 Item 13 Columns A, B, C and D.
Just like the behavior of the June 2013 version, a pop message should
appear and states that “Page 2 Schedule 10 Item 13 Columns A, B, C & D
must be equal to Page 4 Schedule 10 Item 10 Columns A, B, C & D."
Part V Mandatory Attachments - if not completely filled out, validation shall
not be succesful. A pop up message shall appear for incomplete information.
Part V Mandatory Attachments - If Gross Income is higher than Ordinary
Allowable Deductions, NOLCO Schedule shall be empty. System shall not compute any
amount.
Part V Mandatory Attachments - There should be no validation succesful
message for incomplete details/rows.
Part V Mandatory Attachment Schedule F Item 7 Year Incurred shall be auto-
populated and non-enterable.
Part V Mandatory Attachment Items 5 and 6 - Expired Tax Relief Exemption
should not be allowed.
Part V Mandatory Attachment - If under EXEMPT TAX REGIME, NOLCO shall not be
allowed, therefore, Part V Schedule F shall be disabled.
Missing Item 22.

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RA 10963-TRAIN LAW:
Change Request No. 2019-03: Added New Form, 1702MX version 2018
Change Request No. 2018-05: Added New Form, 1700 version 2018

Form 1701 version 2018 - Implemented field validations and automated computation

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RA 10963-TRAIN LAW:
Change Request No. 2018-05: Added New Form, 1702RT version 2018
Added New Form, 1702EX version 2018

Change Request No. 2019-02: System Enhancement (eBIRForms)

affected by RAO No. 6-2019- Included RDO 21C - Clark Freeport Zone in the
list of RDOs in Profile Page.

SR2019-776374 - Form 1601EQ, Change in ATC rates depending on the return period.
WI650 and WC650: From 25% to 15%; WI651 and WC651: From 32% to 15%; WI663 and
WC663: From 20% to 15%; WI710 and WC710: From 20% to 15%.
If return period is year 2018, old ATC rate. If return period is year 2019
onwards, new ATC rate.

SR2019-776377 - Form 1601EQ, If item 30 is negative amount or overpayment, this is

mandatory and the user is prompted to select one of the given options.
SR2019-776385 - Form 1602Q, If return period is year 2018, Item no. 15, WI165 is
enabled. If return period is year 2019 onwards, Item no. 15, WI165 is disabled.

SR2019-776391 - Form 1701A, System shall not validate if TP/User file an advance
return/future date in Item 1.
SR2019-776392 - Form 1701A, Round off all decimal computations to the nearest peso.

SR2019-776397 - Form 1701A, If item 30 is negative amount or overpayment, this

field is mandatory and the user is prompted to select one of the given options.

SR2019-776406 - Form 2000v2018, Computation of ATC Code DS106 (Original Issue of

All Debt Instruments) shall be P1.50 one each Two Hundred Pesos (P200.00),
or proportional amount in accordance with the ratio of its terms in number of
days to 365 days if terms of debt instrument is less than 1 year.

SR2019-776417 - Form 2551Qv2018, Implemented new ATC Rates prescribed per RMO 22-
2019. PT120-From 2% to 5%; PT130-From 4% to 10%.

SR2019-000560185 - Form 2551Qv2018, Corrections in the validation of Item 13 and

Schedule 1.

SR2019-776431 - Form 1701Qv2018, Rounding off all decimal computations to the

nearest peso.
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*RR 1-2019 - Update rates of the following ATCs, Form 1601EQ:
WI650 and WC650: From 25% to 15%
WI651 and WC651: From 32% to 15%
WI663 and WC663: From 20% to 15%
WI710 and WC710: From 20% to 15%

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*SR2019-000534600 - Form 1701v2018: Resolve printing issue
*SR2019-000534633 - Form 1701v2018: Enable input of negative value on certain
amount fields.
*SR2019-000534634 - Form 1701v2018: Page 3 and 4 displays different TIN.

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RA 10963-TRAIN LAW:
*RR No. 8-2018 - Added New Form, 1701 version 2018, Annual Income Tax Return
for Individuals
(including mixed income earner), Estates and Trusts

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*SR2019-000513909 - Form 1701A: Resolve printing error
*SR2019-000502324 - Form 0619F: Resolve issue on amount do not appear in Item 19
when printing the form
*SR2019-000501104 - Form 1701A: Resolve issue If item 30 is negative amount or
overpayment, overpayment options field shall become mandatory and TP shall be
prompt to select one of the given options.
*SR2019-000501264 - Form 1604CF: script error during printing
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*RR No. 8-2018 - Added New Form, 1701A: Annual Income Tax Return for
Individuals Earning Income Purely from Business/Profession
*RMC No. 88-2018 - Added New Form, 2000: Monthly Documentary Stamp Tax
Declaration/Return

*SR2018-000467971 - 1701Qv2018: Schedule 1, Item 41 Description changed to "Net

Income/(Loss) This Quarter (If Itemized: Item 38 Less Item 39; If OSD: Item 38 Less
Item 40)".
*SR2018-000470329 - Resolve the Help Page for 1701Qv2018 which displays blank
screen
*SR2018-000470333 – Resolve the Help Page for 1701Q (Old Form) which displays
script error
*SR2019-000496095 - Resolve printing error for 1601EQ Item 7 blank RDO Code

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Bug fixes:
*SR2019-000485145 - Form 1601Cv2018, Invalid Return Period error when entering year
2018 in Item No. 1
*SR2019-000485148 - Form 0619E, Return Period Error when entering year 2018 in Item
No. 1
*SR2019-000485150 - Form 0619F, Return Period Error when entering year 2018 in Item
No. 1

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RA 10963-TRAIN LAW:
*RR No. 11-2018 - Added New Form, 1601-C: Monthly Remittance Return of Income Taxes
Withheld on compensation
- Added New Form, 1602-Q: Quarterly Remittance Return of Final Taxes
Withheld on Interest Paid on Deposits and Deposits Substitutes/Trusts/Etc.
- Added New Form, 1603-Q: Quarterly Remittance Return of final Income
Taxes Withheld on Fringe Benefits Paid to Employees Other than Rank and File
*RR No. 8-2018 - Added New Form, 2551-Q: Quarterly Percentage Tax Return
*RMO No. 29-2018 - Creation of New ATCs:
Form 2200-P, XP105 - Naphtha and pyrolysis gasoline, when used as
a raw material in the production of petrochemical products
or in the refining of petroleum products, or as
replacement fuel for natural-gas-fired-combined cycle power plant
in lieu of locally-extracted natural gas during the
non-availability thereof, per liter of volume capacity
XP085 - Pyrolysis gasoline, per liter of volume capacity
XP165 - Liquefied petroleum gas when used as raw material
in the production of petrochemical products per kilogram
XP200 - Petroleum Coke, per metric ton
XP210 - Petroleum Coke when used as feedstock to any power
generating facility per metric ton
Form 2200-AN XG065 - Hybrid Vehicles (50% of applicable tax rate)
Up to P600,000 - 4%
Over P600,000 to P1,000,000 - 10%
Over P1,000,000 to P4,000,000 - 20%
Over P4,000,000 - 50%
XG068 - Purely Electric Hybrid Vehicles - Exempt
 XG055 - Pick-Ups - Exempt
Form 0605 XC010 - Performance of Services on invasive cosmetics
procedures - 5%

*SR2018-000377115 - Form 1701Q- Amount fields rounded off to the nearest peso
*SR2018-000396503 - Form 1601-FQ, Resolve International Tax Treaty Tax Rate when
inquired reverts back to default 30% rate
*SR2018-000417261 - Resolve inconsistencies in the behavior of the print button
*Bank Bulletin No. 2018-15 - Form 0605, Included new ATC:XC010 and new Tax Type:XC
for payment of excise tax on Invasive Cosmetic Procedures
*RR No. 13-2004 - Form 2000, Modified the ATC Description of DS106
From: "Exchange, ETC issued by the gov't or any of its
instrumentalities, etc."
To : "Original issue of all debt instruments"

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ENHANCEMENT:
RA 10963-TRAIN LAW:
*RR No. 8-2018 - Added New Form, 1701Q: Quarterly Income Tax Return for
Individuals, Estates and Trusts
*RR No. 11-2018 - Added New Form, 0619-E: Monthly Remittance Form for Creditable
Income Taxes Withheld (Expanded)
- Added New Form, 0619-F: Monthly Remittance Form for Final Income
Taxes Withheld

- Form 1603, Reverted ATC WF320 from 65%-35% (per RMC 2-2018) to 85%-
15% (RR 11-2018)
- Form 1603, Modified the ATC Description of WF360
From : “Other (In General)*”
To: “In General, for Citizen, Resident Alien and Non-
Resident Alien Engaged in Trade or Business within the Philippines”
- Form 1603, Modified ATC Tax Rates of WF360 from 0%-0% to 65%-35%
- Prohibited the filing of Forms 1601-E and 1601-F for Return Period
2018 onwards

*Operations Memo- Added New Form, 2200-S: Excise Tax Return for Sweetened Beverages

*SR2018-000329548 - Updated the JURAT portion of the New Forms to comply with the
Data Privacy Act of 2012 (R.A. No. 10173)

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ENHANCEMENT:
RA 10963-TRAIN LAW:
*RR 11-2018 - Added New Form, 1601-EQ: Quarterly Remittance Return of
Creditable Income Taxes Withheld (Expanded)
- Added New Form, 1601-FQ: Quarterly Remittance Return of Final
Income Taxes Withheld
*Memorandum to DCIR, ISG dated March 7, 2018
- Frequency of Filing of Percentage Tax Return from Monthly to
Quarterly (From 2551M to 2551Q)

*SR2018-000323903 - Form 2000OT- Resolve wrong computation of tax due, ATC: DS102,
Item 16
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ENHANCEMENT:
RA 10963-TRAIN LAW:
*RMC No. 2-2018 - Form 0605, Add new tax type: XB (Excise Tax - Sweetened
Beverages)
*RMO 16-2018/OM 2017-12-06
- Form 0605, Add new ATCs: XB010, XB020, XB030, XB040, XB050, XB060,
XB070, XB080, XB090 and XB100
*RMC No. 2-2018 - Form 1602, Change tax rate from 7.5% to 15%. ATCs: WI170 and
WC170
- Form 1603, Change tax rate from 15% to 35% and Change Percentage
Divisor from 85% to 65%. ATC: WF320
- Form 2552, Change tax rate from 1/2 of 1% to 6/10 of 1% ATC: PT200
*RMC No. 3-2018 - Form 2000, Change tax rate from P1.00/200.00 to P2.00/200.00 ATC:
DS101
- Form 2000, Change tax rate from P0.75/P200 to P1.50/200.00 ATC: DS102
- Form 2000, Change tax rate from P0.50/200 to 1.00/200 ATC: DS104
- Form 2000, Change tax rate from P1.50 to P3.00 per piece of check
ATC: DS105
- Form 2000, Change tax rate from P1.00/P200 to 1.50/P200.00 of FV or
fraction of 365 days for intruments with term of less than 1 year ATC: DS106
- Form 2000, Change tax rate from P0.30/P200 to P0.60/P200.00 ATC:
DS107
- Form 2000, Change tax rate from P0.30/P200.00 to P0.60/P200.00 ATC:
DS108
- Form 2000, Change tax rate of ATC DS109 to:
>if the life insurance policies amount does not exceed
P100,000.00 = Exempt
>if the life insurance policies amount exceeds P100,000.00
but does not exceed P300,000.00 = P20
>if the life insurance policies amount exceeds P300,000.00
but does not exceed P500,000.00 = P50
>if the life insurance policies amount exceeds P500,000.00
but does not exceed P750,000.00 = P100
>if the life insurance policies amount exceeds P750,000.00
but does not exceed P1,000,000.00 = P150.00
>if the life insurance policies amount exceeds
P1,000,000.00 = P200
- Form 2000, Change tax rate from 25% to 50% of DST paid on original
issue of such stock ATC: DS125
- Form 2000, Change tax rate from P0.30/P200.00 to P0.60/P200.00 ATC:
DS126
- Form 2000OT, Change tax rate from P0.75/P200 to P1.50/200.00 ATC:
DS102
- Form 2000OT, Change tax rate from 25% to 50% of DST paid on original
issue of such stock ATC: DS125

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ENHANCEMENT:
*SR2016-000044995 - Amended Return should be saved as amended (with V suffix)
*SR2016-000046790 - In eBIRForms Package FTP codes, create single parameter only
for bothUAT and Prod version
*SR2016-000046791 - eBIRForms Package - Profile information: Taxpayer should be
able to enter 1 email only per TIN
*SR2017-000096797 - BIR Forms 1700 and 1701: To accommodate PWD as dependent, any
age should be accepted by the system as long as the box for mentally or physically
incapacitated is being marked.

BUG FIXES:
*SR2016-000040526 - Form 2000OT - Resolve wrong computation of Tax Due, ATC: DS
122, Item 16
*SR2016-000040527 - Form 2000OT - Resolve Wrong Spelling: ATC: DS 122, Description
– “DEES” should be spelled “DEED” OF SALE AND CONVEYANCE OF REAL PROPERTY
*SR2017-000096791 - Form 1701 - Resolve error in TOSA page
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ENHANCEMENT:
*SR2016-000010045 - Form 1702MX - eBIRForms_Enhancement on 1702MX based on RA 10693
*SR2016-000013539 - ONETT forms updated guidelines and instructions as per RMO No.
15-2003
*SR2016-000015929 - Add "043" in the list of RDO based on RAO No.2-2016
*SR2016-000015932 - Add facility to check the version of offline package
*SR2016-000015934 - Form 0605 - Updates on list of ATCs

BUG FIXES:
*HD2016-1330987 - Form 1701Q - Resolve issue in items 33A and 33B to comply with
RR2-2010
*SR2016-000011252 - Form 2550M - Resolve issue in schedule 3, estimated useful
life.
*SR2016-000011277 - Form 1701Q - Cannot input negative value in item 35
*SR2016-000011283 - Form 1601-E Update the list of Alpha Numeric Tax Codes (ATCs)
*SR2016-000014315 - Resolve blank popoup issue
*SR2016-000014557 - Form 1707 - Resolve total tax due computation error
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ENHANCEMENT:
2550Q - Correction in the computation of Sum of total applied amount

BUG FIXES:
*HD2016-1329475 - Form 1700v2013- Remove %20 on FirstName Field
*HD2016-1328509 - Form 2000 - Add Missing fields (Section C, 14A-E)
*HD2016-1331702 - Form 1702Q - Resolve problem in printing
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ENHANCEMENT:
*One Submit Final Copy Button
*TIN Validation Using Check Digit
*Image to HTML Conversion of img/jurat/ folder
BUG FIXES:
*HD2015-1313594 - BF2550Q, Schedule 2 Aggregate Amount fields validation, should
not exceed 1 million per month
*HD2016-1324474 - Remove Mandatory, Page 2 Item1 - 3 compensation Income should not
be zero when Page3 Item 6 have value
*HD2016-1324774 - TIN and Email should not be required when TP choose married
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BUG FIXES:
*HD2015-1313594 - BF2550Q, Schedule 2 Aggregate Amount fields validation, should
not exceed 1 million per month
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BUG FIXES:
*HD2015-1309625 - BFs 1606 and 1706, added �RDO Code� field in 1606. Added
�Location of Property� and �RDO Code� fields in 1706

*HD2014-1246020 - BF1702 issue, if "Member" is selected, system should accept zero

(0) in �Capital Contribution�

*HD2015-1286612 - BF2000 issue, item 12G and 12H are not required if selected ATC
is DS101s
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ENHANCEMENT:
*Added submission of 1700, 1701, 1702-EX/MX,RT to eBIRForms Online using Submit
button.

*New Form: 1707A

*HD2015-1279444 - BF1702MX issue, Modification of the BIR Form 1702MX to

accommodate the computation and claiming of NOLCO under the Special Rate column of
the said BIR Form for Renewable Energy Developers

BUG FIXES:
*HD2015-1271388 - Detect default browser when submitting to efps

*HD2015-1292475 - BF2000 issue, Round-up tax due for specific ATCs DS 101, DS 102,
DS 104, DS 106, DS 107,DS 108, DS 109, DS 110, DS 111, DS 112, DS 113, DS 116, DS
120, DS 121

*HD2015-1293689, HD2015-1295228, HD2015-1295261

- BF 1601E issue, Update description of ATCs WI158, WC158, WI160, WC160, WI670,
WC670, WI672, WC672

*HD2015-1295221, HD2015-1295493 - Do not allow user to continue if he cancels the

TIN and Email Address confirmation on Main Screen

*HD2015-1298059 - Added proxy configuration setting(proxy.ini) for submission of

tax return.

*HD2015-1298064 - Increase length of Username and Password if registered Online

eBIRforms user
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ENHANCEMENT:
*EBIRFORMS-CR-0001 � Alternative mode of electronic filing of return and improved
security control.

BUG FIXES:
*HD2015-1286374 - BF1702Q issue on Item 2 - Year Ended if Month is equals to
January.

*HD2014-1252448 / HD2014-1252605 - BF1800 issue on tax due - If Donor's Tax is

below 100,000, tax due should be exempt or zero for relative.
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ENHANCEMENT:
*EFPS-CR0002 - BFs 2200A and 2200T, Enable item 17(Other Payment Schemes) when Item
16(Prepayment/Advance deposit) is marked (for IRSIS purposes).

BUG FIXES:
*HD2015-1268732 - BF2550Q issues on item 3(Return Period) when choosing month of
August and September for fiscal accounting period filers.

*HD2015-1268122 - BF2550Q issues on Schedule 3, does not accept a valid date in

Item A, for fiscal filers.

*HD2015-1268150 - eBIRForms Offline version verifier update.

*HD2015-1269888 - BF1702MX issues on Page 2 Schedule IA item 8, does not sum up

item 4D to 7D.

*HD2015-1269894 - BF1701 issues on Page 2-Part 4-Item 62 is always set to zero(0)

if Item 56 less Item 60 is less than zero, which value should be negative and
should be equal to Page 10 � Schedule