Imposition of Penalties for Failure to File Returns Under the Electronic Systems of the BIR by Taxpayers Mandatorily Covered by eFPS or eBIRForms

The BIR has issued Revenue Regulations No. 5-2015 to amend Section 3 paragraph 2 of RR No. 6-2014 as follows:

2. Non-eFPS filers, covered by Section 4 herein, shall mandatorily use the eBIR Forms facility in electronically submitting and filing all their tax returns.

All taxpayers, under existing , who are mandatorily covered to file their returns using eFPS or eBIRForms, who fail to do so, shall be imposed a penalty of One Thousand Pesos (P1,000) per return to Section 250 of the NIRC of 1997, as amended.

Please refer http://www.bir.gov.ph/images/bir_files/internal_communications_1/Full%20Text%20RR%202015/RR%205-2015/RR%205-2015.pdf of the full text of Revenue Regulations No. 5-2015.