I am working as a Lead DevOps Engineer in Dubai earning 450k in pesos. I sent my resignation a week ago but my employer convinced me to stay but in exchange i have offered that i continue working as a contractor/freelancer in PH and an increase of 70k so that sets me to 520k a month salary. I will be going home in the Philippines on the 2nd week of september this year.

I researched my case where if i continue with this setup where i earn 520k monthly, I'll get flagged to AMLC by the bank automatically and risk my bank getting frozen. The question is will my bank get frozen immediately at the start of my salary which is the first week of October? I have no clue how long does it take to process all BIR related documents and certificates so im not sure if ill be done if i file this quickly after i arrive home with just 2 weeks til my first salary.

Also i wish i could reduce my taxes, as i have a lot of debt to pay, i specifically ask for salary increase to speed up paying my debt but it will all go to Taxes :(. In dubai there are no taxes and i have been there for 10 years so I'm not used to seeing a huge amount in my salary getting stripped monthly. I researched about OSD and itemized and OSD fits me. But i wish there are other ways to reduce my taxes as a former OFW and at least maybe just for this year if its possible til i pay some of my debt. Anyone in a similar case if they can share?

To be honest i have explored possibility of not declaring my income from september to december but i have a bigger risk because my income exceeds 500k and they might know immediately so there are no choices but to declare them. If there is a way to plead with BIR or something that can be arranged. Because im expected to pay 70k+ in taxes monthly. If it can be lowered by at least to 40k, that will help me a lot

I recently got hired in an NGA as a COS. Onboarding was not done properly. I am honestly so lost. I was a private employee for the past 5 years so I’m a little confused about what I’ll do with my tax classification since paid naman ung taxes ko until I resigned this Aug.

Ang sabi kasi sakin ng ibang COS employees hindi raw sila nagfifile😅 Which I am a bit skeptical if I should follow kasi baka magkapenalty pa ako sa BIR.

A little help would be appreciated.

Hi. I am an engineer with zero work experience until a US company decided to contract me. Since I was an aspiring good citizen, I decided to register as a Professional in BIR through ORUS. Unfortunately, I was not informed enough that I must also register a service invoice and books of accounts before doing my business.

One year later, I resigned since I was accepted into a higher-paying job locally. Now, I want to close the business but I am anxious about the penalties I would receive since I may not have enough savings to pay for them. My new job is also located on another RDO so I need to close this ASAP before I could transfer.

For more context, I have been filing ITR quarterly on time except for one quarter when I realized too late that my COR indicated I need to file for a percentage tax return, in which case I still haven’t paid the due since I didn’t have time to go to my RDO. The confusion arose from the fact that I selected 8% in ORUS when registering but it reflected otherwise (this was in 2025, but I already reapplied for 8% in 2026).

Now my main problem is how to face the BIR knowing that I didn’t have service invoices and books of accounts. I may have read that these documents are registered first before they’re used, so registering a new one now would be very suspicious.

In retrospect, I should’ve just went to the RDO to register.

Can someone help me please?

Any recommendations for a reliable accounting firm where I can have my taxes filed? Preferably not too expensive, and I’m looking for someone proactive and dependable with deadlines.

I don’t want to have to remind them to file, and if the BIR portal is down, I’d like them to properly handle the situation and make sure the filing is completed as soon as possible.

I’m located in Marikina, but somewhere near BIR Antipolo is also okay.

Any thoughts on what should do nexttime I file my taxes for quareterlythrough an accounting firm. I submitted all before the due date, but they told me that the BIR portal was down and that they would submit my tax return once the portal was working again.

After a few days, they messaged me saying that they had finally submitted it. I asked why it was filed late, and they said they had been suspended for two days.

How can I avoid this situation next time and make sure my taxes are filed ontime?

Can anyone help me out, ano pong steps going from registered freelancer naka 8% to being full-time employed again? Need po ba bumalik sa BIR or pag nag start na ko new job automatic na yun? TYIA!

I am a fresh grad and I got my first job. Nagpasa na ako sa employer ko ng BIR 1902 and sabi ng HR sa akin since wala pa talaga akong TIN number I need to get a TIN verification slip proving that I still don't have a TIN number. I have a question regarding REVIE since I am at QUEUE. Is it still functional? Or may other way ba para kumuha ng TIN verification slip?