This BIR form is used pursuant to Revenue Regulations 18-2001 prescribing the Guidelines on the Monitoring of the Basis of Property Transferred and Shares Received, Pursuant to a Tax-Free Exchange of Property for Shares under Section 40(C)(2) of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, Prescribing the Penalties for Failure to Comply with such Guidelines, and Authorizing the Imposition of Fees for the Monitoring Thereof. The parties to a tax-free exchange of property for shares under Section 40(C)(2) of the Tax Code of 1997 who are applying for confirmation that the transaction is indeed a tax-free exchange shall, together with such information as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may require, submit this form on the basis of the property to be transferred pursuant to such exchange.