This will be the first post in a series. A series of all the Know-how when it comes to BIR, taxation and having harmonious relationship with them. And I dedicate this to my colleagues in the medical field.
To my fellow physicians, always remember, knowledge is power and Ignorance of the law excuses no one. Arm yourselves with knowledge. Know your rights, know the law so that you will know how to fight back legally.
Part 1: The Ultimate Guide on How to Register as a Doctor/Physician in BIR
If you are an EMPLOYED DOCTOR: resident physician, public health physician (working with DOH, LGU, RHU) or company physician, you don’t really have a problem with this. Since you are considered employed in the institution you are working at and they are the ones who will do all the filing, registering and all the taxing works for you. Tax is usually deducted already in your salary. So don’t need to worry, you can see that in the BIR FORM 2316 that they usually give you. From there, you can see how much tax you are paying.
But once you step in the real world, which is being self-employed, what will you do? Suddenly, you will realize, this is something not taught in medical school? What to do now?
Don’t panic, this is what this post is all about. You will be directed on the step-by-step procedure on how to register as a Physician in BIR, read along. Remember, ignorance of the law excuses no one. We cannot say this is not taught in medical school.
Just follow the steps listed below:
STEP 1:
Know your RDO. RDO is Revenue District Office, this is a place/branch of BIR where you will need deal everything you need to transact. This could be RDO near your place of work or near your residence address.
I advise to get the RDO near your residence since, as a doctor you may be working in different places.
STEP 2:
Go now to the RDO of your choice (refer to step 1).
Fill up BIR FORM 0605 (Payment form) and pay 500 pesos. You can also download the form to prevent the hassle of filling it up in the RDO.
STEP 3
Fill up BIR FORM 1901 and submit with the following attachments:
- Proof of payment from BIR FORM 0605;
- Birth Certificate or any documents showing name, address and Birth date;
- Marriage Contract if married;
- Payment of Professional Tax Receipt (PTR);
- PRC License;
- If Male with child: Birth Certificate of qualified child (for tax exemptions later on);
STEP 4
Apply for Invoices/Receipts using BIR FORM no. 1906 – Authority to Print (ATP). Release of ATP is usually 3-5 working days.
STEP 5
Register books of accounts and have them stamped by RDO where you are registered.
These are: Journal/Ledger/Subsidiary Professional Income Books and Subsidiary Purchases/Expenses Books.
Note:
• Doctors, as professionals are required to maintain “Book of Accounts.” (you may want to ask an accountant for this)
• If you have Quarterly Revenues of More than 150,000 pesos, have your books audited by an independent CPA.
STEP 6
Once Authority to Print (ATP) is released, have your receipts printed on the Accredited BIR printer. Price range for printing is PHP 1500-2000. This usually takes 10-15 working days before you can get your very own Official Receipts.
There goes your Receipts.
Stay tuned for the next post in this series. How to issue Receipts if you are a Moonlighter/Starting Private Practice?
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Further Readings:
- Part 1: The Ultimate Guide on How to Register as a Doctor/Physician in BIR
- Part 2: How to Issue Receipts: Guidelines for Moonlighters/Starting Private Practice
- Part 3: How to file INCOME TAX RETURN as a Physician
- Part 4: Penalties for late filing of Income Tax Return
- 6 Secrets of Becoming the RICH Doctor Your Friends and Family Think You Are
- Part 5: How to Compute your Income Tax Return
- A Simple Trick for Doctors to Know Whether Their Accountant is Honest
- 8 Facts Doctors Need to Know About the TRAIN and How it will Impact your Income Tax
sources: BIR website and Credits to my personal accountant, Ms. Gina Pascual for giving me insights regarding this matter.
BIR Form 1901- Application for Registration for Mixed Income Individuals, Estates and Trusts
BIR Form 0605 – Annual registration fee
BIR Form No. 1906 – Authority to Print for applying Invoices/Receipts
Disclaimer: Though this article was based on reliable resources and comprehensive research, this article was provided for educational and informational purposes only, and doesn’t constitute formal professional advice. New laws, rules, issuance, and regulations may render this article obsolete or inaccurate in whole or in part. For more clarifications, please visit and inquire personally with your RDO.
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Thank you for this article. How about those in training (residents or fellows) in private hospitals who do not receive any salary but are given stipends (usually 10 k and is not given on a regular basis)? These stipend comes from the department’s own fund (coming from donations from pharma companies and fund raising activities of the dept.) Are they supposed to file ITR too?
Thanks.
Hi there, this article shows how to register to BIR as physician in case you already have your own practice. For employed physicians (residents, government doctors) no need to register to BIR since the employer (hospital/government) will do the tax collection and filing of ITR for you. I will post a separate article on how to file ITR for self-employed physicians or those with mixed-incomes (those who are employed but still holds private practice). Keep posted! Thanks for reading my blog. you can request for articles in the contact me page.
Thanks for this great article. I would like to ask if you would have a guide for those physicians who plans to have clinics in different areas/different rdo?
hi dra rachelle, i will try to do that, in the meantime, i would say, if you plan to have different clinics, you need to register those clinics in their specific RDOs where they are located as your BRANCH. Meaning, you need to get separate Official receipts for that also. You cannot use one receipts to all the clinics. hope that helps.
Hi Doc,
Thanks for the info. I would like to know the particular BIR ruling on this.
Salamat.
Kit
Hi Dr Pinky. I dont have an accountant and I do all the tax filing myself. But I only maintain one book of account- cash receipts. Is that okay? I also didnt know that I need to get my books audited by a CPA. What is that for and should I do that annually or quarterly? Thanks so much. 🙂
hi dra, Books of accounts minimum requirement for a taxpayer engaged in sale of services are:
1. General Journal
2. General Ledger
3. Cash Receipt Journal
4. Cash Disbursement Journal
You need to be audited at least once a year.
Thanks for the helpful article. Do you recommend for a physician to register his/her home address as the main clinic (even if it’s not a clinic) and all the other clinics as their branches? Some physicians do that, and I don’t know if that is how it should be done.
Yes, that would be okay, according to my accountant.
Hi doctor. What if the hospital im currently having my residency in did not register us as employee, rather as professional? If we applied at the BiR as professionals, how will we issue receipts if we are only residents?
hi doc,
if your hospital register you as professional, you must be receiving from them form 2307 instead of 2316. You need to issue them receipts if they ask you to, if they don’t, you still need to declare those income in the filling of your ITR.
Hi doc. What if i just finished my residency in a govt hospital as MOIII last june 2013 and started working as a govt physician as MOIII again in another institution last Oct. Do i need to file an ITR?
Hi DRA. What are you receiving? 2307 or 2316? If 2316 no need na since employed ka sa kanila. If 2307 yes, you still need to file.
What would i do if i dont do private clinics, i work purely as a moonlighter and i received form 2307 from 2 different private hospitals? Do i need to have those general journals ledger and receipts? Thanks
hi doc, you are still considered as self employed since you are receiving 2307. you need to file your ITR, but before that, you need first to register as physician, in that process, you need to get your own receipts, journals and ledgers.
for separate hospital?
What do you mean doc?
Hi! This has been very informative! Thanks! I just graduated from residency on Dec 2013, and have been moonlighting irregularly. In one hospital, we are paid after duties for base fee plus incentives. I conferred with the admin, they said that compensations we get are not yet tax deducted. How should I declare this for my tax duties?
In my other moonlighting institution, they say our compensation has already been deducted for withholding tax. What forms/proofs of this deduction can I ask from them?
Thanks!
hi doc Bryan,
what you need from them is form 2307, you can get if from them. it is your proof to BIR that you have been deducted with tax. and you also need that in filing for the ITR which is deadline today… on your first question, did you ask why you are not deducted at the source? if not, is that merely an honorarium to you on their part?
Hi dra. inquire ko lang sana last 2012 after finishing residency..ng moonlight po ako paminsan minsan for 6 months..minsan isang beses from different hospitals..after that umalis na po ako ng pilipinas..paano ko po ifile un sa bir..sa lahat po ng hospital na ngmoonlight ako wala akong proof na ngdeduct sila ng tax.thank you po
hi doc,
if 2012 pa yun, medyo mahirap na nga i-trace yun, and let alone file for it. the proof you need to get from them is bir form 2307. If you don’t have proof, medyo mahirap mag-file if ganun. 🙁
Good day.ask ko lang po.im a pediatrician with a clinic near the house and will be opening another clinic within the same rdo.do i need to register the new clinic or ifpwedeng branch lng sya can i use the receipts from the other clinic? Tnx so much.
hi doc, yes, you need to register your new clinic as a branch of your original clinic. they will issue new set of receipt for that new clinic which you can use.
Hi doc! I have registered 2 clinics (one as a branch). Do i have to file 2 monthly percentage and quarterly taxes? Or just combined since the other one is a branch? Thank you! 🙂
yes, you just combine. 🙂
hi po,
ask ko lang po, paano kung magkaiba ang RDO? can i still file or combine them or dapat separate filing na per RDO? may specific rulings po ba si bir dito? thanks.
Hi, you should have to file in 1 RDO. Kung saan ka nag register na RDO, dun ka rin magfile.
hi can you kindly show me how to accomplish monthly form and the quarterly form that i need to remit to BIR? what will be the use of my form 2307 if i want to deduct from the total taxes i need to pay? lastly how do i compute for the quarterly taxes?
hi rayson, Will try to do a blog about this soon.
Hi Dra. Congratulations for a very informative page.anyway, here’s my current situation, i am at the juncture of transferring rdo address.i want to have to it transfereed to my place of residence but it seems they are asking proof that i really have a clinic where I live. I’m a colorectal surgeon and a visiting consultant to two government hospitals.in essence, i really don’t hold clinics.They are planning to do an ocular inspection of my house just to make sure i’m holding my ‘business’ there.what advise could you give me?tnx in advance!!!
i replied to you about this thru email. did you get my email?
Thank you for this article. I wish I could have read this article before I went to bir though. It would have cut the time I spent registering and processing my application. This time I’d be wiser.
May I ask, what if I am going to put up my own clinic? How do you go about the registration? Is the process the same? Thank you for your help.
hi dra coney, are we somewhat related? 🙂 Anyway, if you are going to put up your own clinic, yes, you need to register it also in the RDO where it is located. And it would be a branch of your existing. Because the TIN is only one. example if your tin was 123-456-789-000, the next clinics you will have would be 123-456-789-001, 123-456-789-002… and so forth. they should have different receipts.
Just read the article. Im a GP I work and work only at 1hospital. They issued me an id and was under the impresdion i was an employee since taxes were deducted. Had no idea then about 2307. We complained so in the past 2 years we were taxed as employees, issued 2316 but didnt get benefits like double pay, vl. Now they plan to give us honorarium and just isdue 2307 . Is this ok? Kasi technically patients dont pay us. The hospital just gives us incentives and they issue receipts to the patients. If we become self employed du ba may monthly tax pa, quarterly tax pa and not just yun april 15 n tax. But our salary is just 25 k less p ssss and philhealth so parang if we agree with the honorarihm and 2307 parang is that even legal. Magshift sila bigla ngaunf october e natatax n kami as employrees now iba n naman? Hope you can help
Supposed to be, if you are employed you get all the benefits… etc… And you are right, 2316 yung binibigay so it means you are really employed. Now they switch you to self-employed para you get to pay your own benefits if you like to continue. You pay monthly, as well as the percentage tax and the annual ITR on your own now. There may be some provision in their HR management like (permanent, temporary or contractual employee) you have to know where you are there, to say that they have violated some of your rights. Sadly, many institutions can get away with it because the employees do not know the provisions involving their contract. Pwedeng wala ka ng magawa dun sa mga dati, but right now, you have to know where you are standing right now, para walang mangyari ulit na ganito sa inyo in the future. 🙂
Hi! Gusto ko lang po itanong kung ano po ba ang dapat kong gawin, ako po ay isang resident doctor in a private hospital…and nkakatanggap po ako ng stipend(like honorarium as they call it) and nagdededuct po sila ng withholding tax every month sa stipend na binibigay nila, so may binibigay na din po sa aking 2307… Dapat po ba akong mag file ng ITR as self employed, pero hindi naman po ako nkaregister sa Bir as professional…ung ginagamit po nilang TiN number sa akin eh noong under compensation pa po ako. Pero ngayon po binago ng management at, wala ng employer employee relationship ang resident doctors…ano po ang dapat ko gawin? Thanks po.
Hi Dons first and foremost you need to register yourself as a physician. Since you are now self employed. Meaning, you are on your own with regards in filing your ITR. YUNG TIN they are using is ok, since isa lang dapat ang TIN ng isang tao. Kahit ano pa trabaho nya before. You can read my posts series regarding the steps although ngayon kasi is updated na as electronic filing. I will be posting soon the updates on e-filing so, watch out. Visit my blog one in a while or better yet., subscribe ka na lang so you won’t miss it. 🙂
Hi Dra, can you show us how or examples on how to fill up the different BIR Forms. I am so alienated with the terms being used. Thank you. 🙂
hi dra, sige, will try to make one for you and everyone else. Im just in London right now for a vacation. thanks for following my blog
Hi dra. I work as a retainer physician and am already non-vat registered with BIR. I also have my official receipts. Do I really have to fill up all the book of accounts (journal, ledger, cash disbursement and receipt)? Im not gonna use itemized deduction and instead will file under standardized deduction? Can you show me how to fill-up the book of accounts?
Hi dra, yes you need to fill it up. But medyo mahirap ipakita how to fill it up. Better kasi if in person. If you have a friend accountant. Pwede ka magpaturo in person.
very informative blog dra. may tanong lang po ako. Currently im a gp practicing as a clinician in antipolo rizall and as resident doctor in primary hospital in laguna. My question is do i really need to register again in laguna since the said hospital required me to issue receipt to them. Or can i use the one that i have in my house. btw my home was registered as main. The clinic was an extension. Its hassle kasi just to a have bundles of receipts which i will use ony every month to issue for that hospital. Thank you.
Hi doc, so, you have a clinic in rizal, right? Well, ideally you have to register that clinic also as a branch of your main. That would have a separate receipts also. 🙂
Hi Dr. I’m an incoming first year resident in a government hospital, but on the 1st 2 years of residency, we will not yet be considered as employees. The HR refers to it as ‘contract of service’. I’m currently registered as a self employed professional since I did moonlighthing for less than a year. I filed my monthly percentage tax, quarterly ITR and annual ITR. I also have receipts which I havent used. As I will soon be working in the hospital, I have to transfer my registration to another RDO where the hospital belongs. My question is, do I still retain my status as self employed professional? I was at BIR kasi kanina, one of the employees said na I should not have registered myself daw muna dati as self empployed since wala pa ako clinic. So I’m kinda confused if what I did was wrong. Please enlighten me. Thank you.
Dra, it depends on what status your hospital considers you now. Employed ba daw? If employed, so you have to be registered as employed not self employed anymore. Ask your hospital. If employed ka talaga?
Not yet considered as employee for the first 2 years dra.
In addition to that, do I still need to have receipts done under my new RDO even if I wont be using the receipts because Im still a resident? I had receipts done in my previous RDO, as a requirement for transfer, I had to present my unused receipts to BIR kanina. All of them were unused and what the officer did was rip all my unused receipts. Isnt that just a waste of money. 🙁
If they considered you employed, you don’t need receipts now. Since your employer will be the one to handle your tax obligation and filing. Yes, sayang nga, but that is how they do it. Sadly. 🙁
they will not consider us as employees for the first 2 years of residency dra. if that is the case, will i still need to have receipts done once my transfer to the new rdo is approved? kahit na hindi ko naman magagamit yung receipts sa residency?
Ganun kasi if self employed, automatic na yun. You need the receipts once you are registered as self employed.
Good morning doctor. The employers I’m working for aren’t asking for any receipt from me because they’re giving me form 2307 so I can file income tax daw. Papakita ko lang daw yun and no need for receipt na raw po. What should I do?
Hi Dr. Ivan. Yes, pwede namang di ka nila hingian ng Receipt. And yes you need to get the 2307. Download the tax calculator I made for doctors. There you can see how to use the form 2307. 🙂
Good afternoon dra!
Can you show me step by step how to inquire for another certificate of registration for another clinic.
Presently i already have a receipt for my 2 clinic.
Planning to get another receipt for my new clinic.
Hi doc, sige will try to make an article on that. So, visit my site every now and then. 🙂
Good evening Dr. Intal. Recently passed the boards and have been moonlighting for a few months. Magreregister pa lang rin po sa BIR. Just a few questions po:
1. I started moonlighting in november, up to this year. clarifying if the only fees to pay right now are the monthly percentage (3%) for november and december
2. for computing my gross income per month from my stints, do i include the incentives given to me, or do i only compute based on the basic PF?
3. are you aware of any penalties since i havent paid 3% for nov and december, but intend to pay them tomorrow? one colleage said as long as my income per month does not reach 50000 there will be no tax penalty, beside the mandatory 3% (I havent reached 50000 per month of moonlighting)
4. What about institutions that don’t get the TIN but deduct ten percent? Does the ten percent go to the BIR?
5. My colleague also told me that the ten percent withholding will eventually come back to me. What and how is the process behind that.
6. for moonlighting stints that don’t ask for my TIN and don’t deduct ten percent, is it safe to assume i don’t have to file those eventually? I also read somewhere here that we have to ask for the form 2307 after every moonlight? Is that mandatory?
Sorry for the barrage of questions. Thank you for making this website by the way. I have no clue about taxes at all and this has eased the trouble of figuring everything out on my own. Thank you very much.
Hi Dr. Alex, first and foremost before i answer your questions, have you registered yourself in BIR as a Physician? Do you already have a receipt and COR? my answers would greatly depend if you have registered or not. thanks
Hello Doctor Alex. If your are registered as a non-VAT taxpayer, you need to pay 3% of your service fees every month using form 2551M or Percentage tax on or before the 20th of the following month. Take note that the threshold for VAT exemption is Php1,919,500. This means that if your total revenues or fees for the entire year exceed this amount, you will be automatically liable to pay 12% VAT.
Regarding your question #4, The withholding agent must remit the tax withheld from you to the BIR. Otherwise, he/she can not claim the expense as deduction from his/her taxable income as required by law. The BIR can match the income payments/receipts reported by the payor and payee because they are already computerized. It will be very easy to get caught if you do not report your income w/c were subjected to withholding tax and the penalties could include 25% to 50%^ surcharge, 20% interest, compromise penalty and even imprisonment for tax evasion cases, depending on the BIR findings.
The taxes withheld from your income should be covered w/ BIR form 2307. You will attach this form from your income tax returns and deduct the same from your tax due.
It would be wise to get the services of an accountant to ensure that you will be properly guided with your tax obligations and also on how to legally reduce your taxes. I can help you with that.
Hello doc Pinky. Congrats for this great blog!
I’m a Radiologist. I’m now in the process of changing my BIR registration from “employee” (as a resident) to “professional”. I am also transferring the RDO to my current place of practice.
As a Radiologist, I do not hold clinics. My work is hospital-based. I will be working for two hospitals in the same locality. Both hospitals asked me to register at BIR for me to be able to issue receipts. Kelangan ko ba mag-issue ng 2 different receipts for each hospital? or is it ok kung isang receipt lang? If I need to issue two receipts, does it mean na kelangan ko magregister twice sa BIR?
Maraming salamat doc. I wish you more success:-)!
If that is like having 2 separate private practice clinics, then you may need to issue two different receipts. You will only register once, one as your main, and the other as branch of your main. 🙂
I think you could register your home as your principal office, no need to register branches. Just like us CPAs. Professionals need only to pay PTR and register w/ the BIR to practice his/her profession. 1 receipt lang.
Good afternoon Dr. Pinky.. I”m totally overwhelmed reading all the comments here. But maybe I should start asking for the basics. I actually am a returning doctor here in the Philippines. I’ve worked in Singapore for the past 6 years. I returned last June 2016 although haven’t really work here since then.Recently I saw an ad looking for pediatrician for their clinic( It’s actually a diagnostic center which also operates as multispecialty clinic) to which I apply and got accepted. My question now is how do I start with all this taxation process. I’ve never registered with BIR before except when I was a resident in training for which the hospital pay for our taxes. Should I just follow the steps on part 1 of your blog? I just got confused when I read the comments which mentions that I need different receipts for different clinics. Actually at present I was just about to start with the clinic I mentioned, should I consider that as a branch and register my home address as primary clinic? I’m just checking out the clinic for now and not really sure if I’ll be staying with them permanently as the location is a bit far from my place. Anyway I think I will follow the steps on part 1 of your blog and might be asking you questions along the way if I encounter any confusion.
By the way thank you for the informative blogs on this site.It’s a big help specially to doctors who’s starting their practice. You know how clueless we can be when it comes to taxation. Wishing you more success.
Hi Doctor! Im a resident physician in a private hospital and i would like to know if we have the right to question the form that was filed for us by the hospital. They filed Form 2307. We only get a small stipend as written in our contracts. We would like to know if we still change it to Form 2316. Your article has given me more information and somehow validated our claim that it shouldn’t be 2307. Thank you!
Additional information, in our contract, it is written that we dont have an employee-employer relationship and what we get is a stipend but, they still get witholding tax from our monthly stipend. Then, we still have to pay additional tax on our own. Thanks!
You said that in your contract they said you “don’t have an employee-employer relationship” meaning, if you signed this contract, they are already telling you that you are not their employee, and surely, 2307 will be the one that will be given to you. You can’t tell them to give you the 2316 because from the contract, they already told you that you are not their employee.
If they are witholding tax from you, then that is the reason why they are giving you the form 2307. It’s their proof that they are really giving the BIR the tax they have deducted from you.
Stipend can still be taxed.
Good day Dr! I am glad I came across this. I am a recent board passer and I am overwhelmed with the tax responsibilities that await me. I cannot fully grasp how to fill up the forms. This may be too much but I have to at least try. Is there any sample physician’s receipt/invoice? I come from a non-medical family so I am starting from scratch, and I’m too shy to ask my mentors. Thank you so much and more power!
Hi doc,
Sige, will try to make a post regarding that. Watch out for that.
Good day Dr.
I am someone who has passed the recent physician license board exam, and have been moonlighting for around half of this month of November. I do not have a TIN yet, and I’m afraid I do not have list of accounts of whatever I received from my moonlighting. Is this process of acquiring TIN still applicable to me, and if yes, how do I rectify my mistake in not taking note of what I earned and if they had deductions applied or not?
Also, I am currently waiting for results of whether I can proceed to the residency program of my choice. Will that affect how I should go about getting my TIN?
you can get TIN even online. you can search for it.
Good afternoon doctor. I am presently working as a resident physician in a private institution. Previously, we were considered “employees” by the institution hence we did not have any problems with the taxes being filed. However, after the first quarter of last year, we were released as “employees” but still training in the said private hospital. I have been receieving 2307 forms since then and have been paying monthly taxes. Today, i found out that I have to pay a large amount as part of my ITR. My husband (who is in a training program as well in another private institution with the same “employee” status) is not paying the same bulk amount and was advised that only the monthly percentage tax is to be pain because we are still in training. My co-residents have the same status as well. May I ask for advice on how to proceed with this problem? Thank you sp much
Hi, that’s true. If you are self employed, you have to pay the annual income tax upon filing, depends on how much tax payable computed. That’s what I feel to every time I pay. My advice? Ask them how to pay on installment basis.
Good eve doctor, I wouldn’t have a problem paying that amount if I were in a private practice, however, I am still in training po which would be ending this year. Hence no salary na rin next year.. Isn’t there a tax clause for residents on training? Thank you again
No, sorry. They should have warned you that when they categorized you as self employed. But if you don’t have salary now, how come you have to pay something? As in zero salary?
Hi po Doctor Pinky, I recently passed po the PLE and while waiting for the oath taking I’m processing papers. I plan to be a DTTB but the application will start on November so I’m planning to do moonlighting nuba until October. I wish I had read this before. I went po kasi kanina sa RDO dito sa province namin, I applied as a physician and I explained dun kung ano yung moonlighting and they had me fill up form 1901 and 0605, I also paid 500 sa bank. Then I was given my TIN (pati yung ID card, yun na po ba yun? first time ko po talaga kasi and BIo grad din po kasi ako so first time ko rin magboards). I was also told na balik ako sa Thursday para makuha ko yung COR. When I came home I told my mom na nakakuha na ako ng TIN and balik nalang ako for the COR, but my Mom was furious kasi bat daw ako bibigyan ng COR eh hindi naman daw ako magbibusiness (my mom is a teacher). Di na po ako sure Doc kung tama ba yung ginawa ko. Help po. Thank you so much..
Hmm. If you are planning to apply dttb, you need to close your COR. Kasi you will be employed then.
if hindi na po ako magDTTB and magmoonlight muna po till november next year?
Good day Dra.! I have already registered near an RDO, declaring my residence as my address- Manila. Now, I am affiliated to a certain multispecialty clinic in Makati. They require me to register and have a new set of receipts with their company name. What RDO branch should I go to? Should I go back to Manila or register again in Makati? Thank you very much
Kung saan sakop yung new clinic mo dra.
Good afternoon doc!
Thank you for this very informative blog, I hope you can help me with my questions.
I will be undergoing residency training at a government hospital starting this December. I moonlighted for 2 years prior to this. I already have a TIN but it was as a non-professional and was used to be able to transact with a government office several years before. This is the TIN that I gave out when I moonlighted. I was given Form 2307s by some of those that I worked for, others mostly did not because I was not considered an actual employee (reliever status). My question is, would I be having any problems with BIR once I apply as an employee? My hospital is asking me to secure Form 1902 and I will be going to the BIR head office tomorrow. I hope that that you can me in my situation. Thank you very much doctor!
Good morning, doctor.
I’ve been moonlighting on and off since late 2017 but I haven’t registered as Physician sa BIR. But I have been earning around 5-18k/mo (only since March 2019 ang18k previously I was a reliever and my monthly was less than 10k). Thus I havent filed for ITR.
I didnt plan on filing because late 2017 & late 2018 I stopped working as a reliever because of my commitments sa pre-residency.
This March I signed as a retainer Dr and now earn around 18k but I havent filed this years ITR. Will this reflect sa BIR that I havent been filing? Will there be penalties?
I also have questions regarding sa TIN but I think it would be too long if I asked here sa comments.
I hope to hear your reply. Thank you po.
Hi doc, if you can email me your concerns and we can perhaps talk over the phone. So I can personalize my answer to you. My email is: docpinky@myfinancemd.com
Hello po doc. May question lang po ako. Currently moonlighting dn po ako and i was accepted as a retainer physician in a private clinic for 3 months in taguig. They are requiring me to give them receipts in return of giving me BIR 2307 On a monthly basis. They said that i should registered myself as self employed sa BIR. Pano po un? Employed po ako sknila pero self employed dpat magregister? Upon asking them, hindi daw po sila magbbgay ng copy ng 2307 kapag hindi po ako nagbgay ng receipt. Is that even legal po? Kinaltasan na and yet magrerefuse po sila? Can you enlighten me po, wala po tlga ako idea sa ganito po. Thanks in advance.
Hi doc, well technically, you are self employed. Di ka Nila employee. There is a big difference between the 2. Kaya they are requiring you to register. If you cna get hold of the Greenbook, it’s there, or if you see one of my talks re: taxes I tell that too.
good day! when I register a new clinic, the BIR branch will require a proof if I am renting the clinic space or if I am using it for free. What is the difference in my obligations if I am renting or not? How about the obligation of the clinic owner who I am paying my rent? thanks
So that you can put it as one of your expense and claim it. The owner should give you receipts.
Greetings. Thank you for this informative page. Prior to passing the boards, I’ve been running a business as self employed, paying my taxes yearly.
Hoping for your help on my concerns.
Do I need to apply for another TIN number and have a new receipts as a physician even if am not yet really into practice? most consultations are free of charge to relatives and friends of friends. when invited to med mission, the organizer give honoraruim, is this case considered as mixed income?
Just incase, I put up a clinic in the future; a small room outside the house to set the mood a bit formal, can I use the same receipts? Or I have to apply another receipts for the clinic? Do I need to apply for business permit or barangay permit?
Than you in advance Doc. Your response is highly appreciated.Stay safe
Do I need to apply for another TIN number: No need, only one TIN per taxpayer.
have a new receipts as a physician: register and get new receipts if you are already earning.
the organizer give honoraruim, is this case considered as mixed income? Honorarium is still income. But how often do you recieve this?
Just incase, I put up a clinic in the future; a small room outside the house to set the mood a bit formal, can I use the same receipts? Different receipts for different clinics.
Or I have to apply another receipts for the clinic? yes you need new ones.
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