Philippines Offers Tax Payment Via Cellphone

The Philippine government is upping up its support of the mobile phone industry by allowing tax payers to pay through their cellphones. Bureau of Internal Revenue is teaming up with Globe Telecom, one of the largest wireless providers in the country, and Land Bank. Tax payers can pay up to P10,000 $281 through the PAYBIR service.

This is the first ever in the world tax payers can pay their annual income tax rough their cell phones. Users familiar with Globe’s G-Cash facility will have be in luck. I wonder, though, if Filipinos using other wireless providers can also use PAYBIR.

The service was launched in 2005 for business registrations but it has now been extended to cover other taxes. Now imagine if the Philippines makes its own brand of cellphones – a cellphone that can pay taxes, Skype your Dad working in Saudi Arabia and even watch the ballots during election.

To pay your tax via G-Cash, here are the simple steps:

1. Fill out the correct BIR Tax Return Form
2. Pay your tax of P10,000 and below using G-Cash
3. Indicate on the lower portion of your tax return the G-Cash trace number
4. Go to your nearest Revenue District Office (RDO) to file your tax return. A designated BIR officer shall be assigned to accept your tax return
5. Keep a copy of the tax return for future reference. You may also print a copy of the payment confirmation return from this website www.bir.gov.ph the day after you pay using G-Cash

To start paying your tax, please make sure that you have sufficient G-Cash in your mobile wallet. Type the following:

PAYBIR

send to 2882

Example:
PAYBIR 2500 1234 1700 IT 032805 108440890 000 112 ABC Company

Where:

Amount – the tax amount due
MPIN – your 4-digit mobile personal identification number
Form Type – indicate the Tax Return Form No. used when filing your tax
Tax Type – indicate the type of tax you are paying
Return Period – Tax filing date; must be in the format MMDDYY
Example: 033105 (March 31, 2005)
TIN – 9-digit taxpayer’s tax identification number
TPBC – 3-digit taxpayer’s branch code; last 3 digits of your 12-digit TIN
RDO – 3-digit code for Revenue District Office from 000 to 115
TPName – Taxpayer’s registered name

Once the transaction is completed, you will receive a confirmation message and corresponding trace number. This will also be the corresponding BIR reference number.

To know more go to the PAYBIR page, via.