Tax Alert No. 25 [Bank Bulletin No. 2022-14 and BIR Advisories on the unavailability of the Electronic Filing and Payment System (eFPS)

Unavailability of the Electronic Filing and Payment System (eFPS) and Electronic Registration System (eREG)

The BIR has issued advisories and a Bank Bulletin informing the public that the Electronic Filing and Payment System (eFPS) and Electronic Registration System (eREG) are unavailable from 5pm of 12 May 2022 (Thursday) until 6am of 17 May 2022 (Tuesday).

To meet the filing and payment deadlines, eFPS taxpayers may do the following: 

1. Manually file the returns which deadline falls in the above-mentioned dates and pay the corresponding taxes due through the nearest Authorized Agents Bank (AABs) and Revenue Collection Officers (RCOs) without penalties for wrong venue of payment.
   
   For payment through RCOs, concerned eFPS taxpayers may pay in cash and check regardless of the amount, provided that the check shall be made payable to Bureau of Internal Revenue, with or without “IFO Name and TIN of the taxpayer” written on the check, as previously required. The name and branch of the receiving AAB is not required to be indicated in the check.
2. File the returns through the eBIRForms System and pay the taxes due through AABs or RCOs as mentioned above, or through the following electronic payment (ePAY) facilities:
   • Landbank of the Philippines (LBP) Link.Biz Portal – for taxpayers who have ATM account with LBP and/or holders of BancNet ATM/Debit/Prepaid Card and taxpayer utilizing PCHC PayGate or PesoNet Facility (depositors of RCBC, Robinsons Bank, Union Bank, BPI and PSBank);
   • Development Bank of the Philippines’ (DBP) Pay Tax Online – for holders of Visa/Mastercard Credit Card and/or BancNet ATM/Debit Card; 
   • Union Bank of the Philippines (UBP) Online/The Portal – for taxpayers who has an account with UBP; and,
   • InstaPay using UPAY Facility of UBP for individual non-account holder of Union Bank.
   • BIR Taxpayer Software Providers (TSP) such as GCash, PayMaya, and MyEG.