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1601F Monthly Remittance Return of Final Income Taxes Withheld Description

This BIR return is filed by every Withholding Agent (WA)/payor who is either an individual or non-individual, required to deduct and withhold taxes on income payments subject to Final Withholding Taxes.

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Monthly Remittance Return
of Income Taxes Withheld
on Compensation

Republika ng Pilipinas
Kagawaran ng Pananalapi

Kawanihan ng Rentas Internas

PSIC:
BIR Form No.

1601-C
July 2008 (ENCS)

Fill in all applicable spaces. Mark all appropriate boxes with an “X”.
For the Month
2 Amended Return?
3 No. of Sheets Attached
4 Any Taxes Withheld?
(MM / YYYY)
Yes
No
Yes
No
Part I
Background Information
5 TIN
6 RDO Code
7 Line of Business/
Occupation
8 Withholding Agent's Name (Last Name, First Name, Middle Name for Individuals)/(Registered Name for Non-Individuals) 9 Telephone Number
1

10 Registered Address

11 Zip Code

12 Category of Withholding Agent
Private

Government

Part II
Particulars

13 Are there payees availing of tax relief under Special Law
or International Tax Treaty?
No If yes, specify
Yes
Computation of Tax
Amount of Compensation

15 Total Amount of Compensation

WW 0 1 0
Tax Due

15

Less: Non-Taxable Compensation
16A Statutory Minimum Wage (MWEs)

16

14 A T C

16A

16B Holiday Pay,Overtime Pay, Night Shift
Differential Pay, Hazard Pay
(Minimum Wage Earner)
16C Other Non-Taxable Compensation

16B
16C

17 Taxable Compensation

17

18 Tax Required to be Withheld

18

19

19

Add/Less: Adjustment (from Item 26 of Section A)

20 Tax Required to be Withheld for Remittance
21

20

Less: Tax Remitted in Return Previously Filed,
if this is an amended return
Other Payments Made (please attach
proof of payment BIR Form No. 0605)

21A
21B
22

22 Total Tax Payments Made (Sum of Item Nos. 21A & 21B)
23 Tax Still Due/(Overremittance) (Item No. 20 less Item No. 22)
24

Add: Penalties
Surcharge
24A

23

Interest

Compromise

24B

24C

24D

25
25 Total Amount Still Due/(Overremittance)
Section A
Adjustment of Taxes Withheld on Compensation For Previous Months
Previous Month(s)
Date Paid
Bank Validation/
(1)
(2)
ROR No.
(MM/YYYY)
(MM/DD/YYYY)
(3)

Section A (continuation)
Tax Paid (Excluding Penalties)
for the Month
(5)

Should Be Tax Due
for the Month
(6)

From Current Year
(7a)

Bank Code
(4)

Adjustment (7)
From Year - End Adjustment of the
Immediately Preceeding Year (7b)

26 Total (7a plus 7b) (To Item 19)
We declare, under the penalties of perjury, that this return has been made in good faith, verified by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief,
is true and correct, pursuant to the provisions of the National Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and the regulations issued under authority thereof.
27
28
President/Vice President/Principal Officer/Accredited Tax Agent/
Authorized Representative / Taxpayer
(Signature Over Printed Name)
Title/Position of Signatory
Tax Agent Acc. No./Atty's Roll No.(if applicable)

Part III
Drawee Bank/
Particulars
Agency
29B
29 Cash/Bank 29A
Debit Memo
30B
30 Check
30A
31 Others

31A

31B

Treasurer/Assistant Treasurer
(Signature Over Printed Name)

TIN of Signatory
Date of Issuance

Title/Position of Signatory
Date of Expiry

TIN of Signatory

Details of Payment
Date
Number
MM DD
YYYY

Amount

29C

29D

30C

30D

31C

31D

Machine Validation/Revenue Official Receipt Details (If not filed with the bank)

Stamp of
Receiving Office/AAB
and
Date of Receipt
(RO's Signature/
Bank Teller's Initial)

BIR Form No. 1601-C Monthly Remittance Return of Income Taxes Withheld on Compensation
Guidelines and Instructions
Who Shall File
This return shall be filed in triplicate by every withholding agent
(WA)/payor who is either an individual or non-individual, required to deduct and
withhold taxes on compensation paid to employees. If the Government of the
Philippines or any political subdivision agency or instrumentality thereof, as well
as a government-owned or controlled corporation, is the employer, the return
may be made by the officer or employee having control of payment of
compensation/other income payment or other officer or employee appropriately
designated for the purpose.
If the person required to withhold and pay the tax is a corporation, the
return shall be made in the name of the corporation and shall be signed and
verified by the president, vice-president, or any authorized officer and
countersigned by the treasurer or assistant treasurer.
With respect to a fiduciary, the return shall be made in the name of the
individual, estate or trust for which such fiduciary acts and shall be signed and
verified by such fiduciary. In case of two or more joint fiduciaries, the return
shall be signed and verified by one of such fiduciaries.
In the case of hazardous employment, the employer in the private sector
shall attach to BIR Form No. 1601-C, for return periods March, June, September
and December a copy of the list submitted to the Department of Labor &
Employment Regional/Provincial Offices – Operations Division/Unit. The list
shall show the names of the Minimum Wage Earners who received the hazard
pay, period of employment, amount of hazard pay per month and justification for
payment of hazard pay as certified by said DOLE/allied agency that the hazard
pay is justifiable. In the same manner, for the aforementioned return periods,
employer in the public sector shall attach a copy of Department of Budget and
Management (DBM) circular/s or equivalent, as to who are allowed to receive
hazard pay.
When and Where to File and Remit
The return shall be filed and the tax paid on or before the tenth (10th) day
of the month following the month in which withholding was made except for
taxes withheld for December which shall be filed/paid on or before January 15 of
the succeeding year.
Provided, however, with respect to non-large and large taxpayers who
availed of the EFPS (Electronic Filing and Payment System), the deadline for
electronically filing the return and paying the taxes due thereon via EFPS shall
be five (5) days later than the deadline set above.
The return shall be filed and the tax paid with the Authorized Agent Bank
(AAB) of the Revenue District Office having jurisdiction over the withholding
agent's place of business/office. In places where there are no Authorized Agent
Banks, the return shall be filed and the tax paid with the Revenue Collection
Officer or the duly Authorized City or Municipal Treasurer within the Revenue
District where the withholding agent's place of business/office is located, who
will issue a Revenue Official Receipt (BIR Form No.2524) therefor.
Where the return is filed with an AAB, taxpayer must accomplish and
submit BIR- prescribed deposit slip, which the bank teller shall machine validate
as evidence that payment was received by the AAB. The AAB receiving the tax
return shall stamp mark the word “Received” on the return and also machine
validate the return as proof of filing the return and payment of the tax by the
taxpayer, respectively. The machine validation shall reflect the date of payment,
amount paid and transaction code, the name of the bank, branch code, teller’s
code and teller’s initial. Bank debit memo number and date should be indicated
in the return for taxpayers paying under the bank debit system.
A taxpayer may file a separate return for the head office and for each
branch or place of business/office or a consolidated return for the head office and
all the branches/offices except in the case of large taxpayers where only one
consolidated return is required.
Penalties
There shall be imposed and collected as part of the tax:
1. A surcharge of twenty five percent (25%) for each of the following
violations:
a.
Failure to file any return and pay the amount of tax or
installment due on or before the due date;
b. Unless otherwise authorized by the Commissioner, filing a
return with a person or office other than those with whom it is
required to be filed;
c.
Failure to pay the full or part of the amount of tax shown on the
return, or the full amount of tax due for which no return is
required to be filed on or before the due date;
d. Failure to pay the deficiency tax within the time prescribed for
its payment in the notice of assessment.
2. A surcharge of fifty percent (50%) of the tax or of the deficiency tax, in
case any payment has been made on the basis of such return before the
discovery of the falsity or fraud, for each of the following violations:
a.
Willful neglect to file the return within the period prescribed by
the Code or by rules and regulations; or
b. In case a false or fraudulent return is willfully made.
3. Interest at the rate of twenty percent (20%) per annum, or such higher rate
as may be prescribed by rules and regulations, on any unpaid
amount of tax, from the date prescribed for the payment until the amount
is fully paid.
4. Compromise penalty.

Violation of Withholding Tax Provisions
Any person required to withhold, account for, and remit any tax imposed
by the National Internal Revenue Code or who willfully fails to withhold such
tax, or account for and remit such tax, or aids or abets in any manner to evade
any such tax or the payment thereof, shall, in addition to other penalties provided
for under this Law, be liable upon conviction to a penalty equal to the total
amount of the tax not withheld, or not accounted for and remitted.
Any employer/withholding agent who fails or refuses to refund excess
withholding tax shall, in addition to the penalties provided in the other provisions
of the National Internal Revenue Code, be liable to a penalty equal to the total
amount of refunds which was not refunded to the employees resulting from any
excess of the amount withheld over the tax actually due on their return.
Any person required under the National Internal Revenue Code or by rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder to pay any tax, make a return, keep any
record, or supply correct and accurate information, who willfully fails to pay
such tax, make such return, keep such record, or supply such correct and accurate
information, or withhold or remit taxes withheld, or refund excess taxes withheld
on compensation, at the time or times required by law or rules and regulations
shall, in addition to the other penalties provided by law, upon conviction thereof,
be punished by a fine of not less than ten thousand pesos (P 10,000.00) and
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suffer imprisonment of not less than one (1) year but not more than ten (10)
years.
Every officer or employee of the Government of the Republic of the
Philippines or any of its agencies and instrumentalities, its political subdivisions,
as well as government-owned or controlled corporations, including the Bangko
Sentral ng Pilipinas, who, under the provisions of the Code, as amended, or
regulations promulgated thereunder, is charged with the duty to deduct and
withhold any internal revenue tax and to remit the same in accordance with the
provisions of the Tax Code, as amended, and other laws is guilty of any offense
herein below specified shall, upon conviction of each act or omission, be fined
in a sum not less than five thousand pesos (P 5,000) but not more than fifty
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thousand pesos (P 50,000) or imprisoned for a term of not less than six (6)
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months and one day but not more than two (2) years, or both:
a)

b)

c)

Those who fail or cause the failure to deduct and withhold any
internal revenue tax under any of the withholding tax laws and
implementing regulations;
Those who fail or cause the failure to remit taxes deducted and
withheld within the time prescribed by law, and implementing
regulations; and
Those who fail or cause the failure to file a return or statement
within the time prescribed, or render or furnish a false or
fraudulent return or statement required under the withholding
tax laws and regulations.

If the withholding agent is the Government or any of its agencies, political
subdivisions or instrumentalities, or a government-owned or controlled
corporation, the employee thereof responsible for the withholding and remittance
of tax shall be personally liable for the additions to the tax prescribed by the
National Internal Revenue Code.
Attachment Required
1. For amended return , proof of remittance and the return previously
filed
2. For advance payments, BIR Form No. 0605
3. For Private Sector, copy of the list submitted to the DOLE
Regional/Provincial Offices – Operations Division/Unit.
4. For Public Sector, copy of Department of Budget and Management
(DBM) circular/s or equivalent.
Note: All background information must be properly filled up.
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All returns filed by an accredited tax representative on behalf of a
taxpayer shall bear the following information:
a.

b.

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For CPAs and others (individual practitioners and members of
GPPs);
a.1 Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN); and
a.2 Certificate of Accreditation Number, Date of Issuance,
and Date of Expiry.

For members of the Philippine Bar (individual practitioners,
members of GPPs):
b.1 Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN); and
b.2 Attorney’s Roll Number or Accreditation Number, if
any.
Box No. 1 refers to transaction period and not the date of
filing this return.
The last 4 digits of the 13-digit TIN refers to the branch code.
TIN = Taxpayer Identification Number
ENCS
 
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