During Monday's weekly briefing, Government House Communications Director Richard Motta Jr. announced that the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Department of Finance are distributing $10 million in income tax refunds to residents.
The distribution covers refunds for tax years 2021 and prior for all properly filed taxes up to March 14, 2022, with a total of 3,247 checks being issued, Mr. Motta said.
The BIR provided a breakdown of the tax refunds:
- 2,025 checks totaling $5,093,845 for tax year 2021
- 581 checks totaling $2,318,483 for tax year 2020
- 372 checks totaling $1,080,465 for tax year 2019
- 269 checks totaling $707,205 for tax years 2018 and previous years
In addition, Mr. Motta announced the launch of the BIR's online excise tax portal, which is part of a larger effort to streamline excise tax operations and move toward online income tax filing. The new excise tax portal can be accessed at bir.vi.gov.
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