SEC. 1. SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES. - Pursuant to Sections 7(a) and 244 of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended, these regulations are hereby promulgated for the purpose of amending certain provisions of Revenue Regulations (RR) No. 8-2016, by changing certain guidelines and policies in the processing and issuance of Tax Clearance for bidding purposes.

This is in line with the Bureau ™s objective of extending utmost and unequivocal service to its stakeholders pursuant to its commitment to the mechanisms of œEase of Doing Business  in this country to enable the taxpayers cope with the ever changing dynamics and demands of the business community for the benefit of the Bureau and the taxpayers.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT. - Items 4.4.1 and 4.a.2 (c) of RR No. 8-2016 shall be amended to read, respectively, as follows:

œ4.4.1 All applications for the issuance of Tax Clearance in accordance with the requirements under RA No. 9184 and EO No. 398 shall be manually filed with  the  Collection  Division  of  the  Revenue  Regional  Office  where  the taxpayer or partnership/corporation is currently and duly registered or with the concerned office under the Large Taxpayers service if the taxpayer is classified as Large taxpayer, until such time that an on-line application for this purpose has been made available for use of prospective bidders. 
 
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c.   For those with or previously issued Tax Clearance for bidding purposes, the requested Tax Clearance shall only be issued if they are found to be regular eFPS users from the time of enrollment up to the time of filing of application. The regular usage of eFPS shall not apply to new applicants. The submission of the new applicant ™s latest income tax and business tax returns not filed and paid through the Bureau ™s eFPS shall suffice. 

SEC. 3. REPEALING CLAUSE. - All existing rules and regulations, revenue issuances, memoranda, rulings or parts thereof, which are contrary to or inconsistent  with  the  provisions  hereof  are  hereby  amended,  modified  or repealed accordingly.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVITY. - The provisions of these Regulations shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in any newspaper of general circulation.