Important News and Updates

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is set to implement on a pilot basis the eInvoicing/eReceipting and eSales System (EIS) starting in July 2022.  This is in compliance with the provision of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act issued in December 2017, which mandated the BIR to require identified taxpayers to issue electronic receipts or invoices within five (5) years from the effectivity of the law. Said taxpayers are those engaged in e-commerce and export of goods or services, and Large Taxpayers registered under the Bureau’s Large Taxpayers Service (LTS).  The Department of Finance was able to secure funding from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) for the pilot implementation of the EIS Project to 100 identified Large Taxpayers.  For the development of the eInvoicing/eReceipting System, KOICA commissioned the services of Douzone Consortium. The Agency also donated the software, and equipment comprised of servers, storage and peripherals, 270 desktops, 130 laptops and 130 printers, which were already turned over to the BIR through the Information Systems Group (ISG), headed by Officer-in-Charge (ACIR) Ma. Rosario Charo Curiba.

Support for the capacity building of BIR officials/personnel as well as technical assistance of IT experts from Korea were also provided by KOICA to ensure the successful implementation of the EIS.  As part of the preparations for the pilot implementation of the system, the BIR conducted a virtual eInvoicing/eReceipting and eSales System (EIS) Capacity Building on May 17, 2022, which was attended by more than 300 revenuers from the Large Taxpayers Service, Assessment Service, Client Support Service, ISDOS and ISPMS, as well as by members of the EIS Core Team from the BIR and Douzone Consortium.

(From BIR Press Release 2022, bir.gov.ph)