# What to prepare before you file

Reviewed by [Mar Angelo N. Revelo](https://philforms.com/about/mar-angelo-revelo), founder of PhilForms.

54 forms have a "Before you file" checklist taken from the issuing agency's own guidelines. Each line on the form page links the document it came from and the date it was checked.

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## BIR (43)

- [BIR 1701Q: Quarterly Income Tax Return for Individuals, Estates and Trusts — who files: Resident citizens, resident aliens, non-resident citizens and non-resident aliens engaged in trade, business or practice of profession file…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1701q)
- [BIR 1701A: Annual Income Tax Return for Individuals Earning Income Purely from Business/Profession](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1701a)
- [BIR 1700: Annual Income Tax Return for Individuals Earning Purely Compensation Income](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1700)
- [BIR 1701: Annual Income Tax Return for Individuals, Estates and Trusts](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1701)
- [BIR 2551Q: Quarterly Percentage Tax Return](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-2551q)
- [BIR 2550Q: Quarterly Value-Added Tax (VAT) Return — who files: VAT-registered persons, and persons required to register for VAT who failed to, file this return each quarter until the VAT registration is…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-2550q)
- [BIR 1601C: Monthly Remittance Return — who files: Every withholding agent or payor required to withhold taxes on compensation paid to employees files this monthly remittance return.](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1601C)
- [BIR 0619-E: Monthly Remittance Form of Creditable Income Taxes Withheld (Expanded) — who files: Every withholding agent or payor required to withhold taxes on income payments subject to expanded or creditable withholding tax files this…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-0619-E)
- [BIR 0619-F: Monthly Remittance Form of Final Income Taxes Withheld — who files: Every withholding agent or payor required to withhold taxes on income payments subject to final withholding tax files this remittance form.](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-0619-F)
- [BIR 1601-EQ: Quarterly Remittance Return of Creditable Income Taxes Withheld (Expanded) — who files: Every withholding agent or payor required to withhold taxes on income payments subject to creditable withholding tax files this quarterly…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1601-EQ)
- [BIR 1604-C: Annual Information Return of Income Taxes Withheld on Compensation — who files: Every employer or withholding agent, whether an individual, estate, trust, partnership, corporation, government agency, GOCC or LGU,…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1604-C)
- [BIR 1604-E: Annual Information Return of Creditable Income Taxes Withheld (Expanded)/ — who files: Every withholding agent or payor required to withhold expanded withholding tax, or making payments not subject to withholding but subject…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1604-E)
- [BIR 1901: Application for Registration](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1901)
- [BIR 1902: Application for Registration](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1902)
- [BIR 1903: Application for Registration](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1903)
- [BIR 1905: Application for Registration Information Update/Correction/Cancellation](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1905)
- [BIR 0605: Payment Form — who files: Every taxpayer uses this form to pay taxes and fees that need no tax return, such as a second income tax installment, deficiency or…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-0605)
- [BIR 1702Q: Quarterly Income Tax Return for Corporations and Partnerships — who files: Every corporation, partnership, joint stock company, joint account, association and government-owned or controlled corporation files this…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1702q)
- [BIR 1600-PT: Monthly Remittance Return of Other Percentage Taxes Withheld — who files: Government offices, LGUs and GOCCs paying private persons and firms, and payors to persons subject to percentage tax who opted to have that…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1600-pt)
- [BIR 1600-VT: Monthly Remittance Return of Value-Added Tax Withheld — who files: Government offices, LGUs and GOCCs paying private persons and firms, and private withholding agents paying non-residents subject to VAT,…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1600-VT)
- [BIR 1600-WP: Remittance Return of Percentage Tax on Winnings and Prizes Withheld by Race Track — who files: Operators of race tracks file this return to remit the percentage tax withheld on race horse prizes and winnings on horse racing bets.](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1600-WP)
- [BIR 1601-FQ: Quarterly Remittance Return of Final Income Taxes Withheld — who files: Every withholding agent or payor required to withhold taxes on income payments subject to final withholding tax files this quarterly return.](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1601-FQ)
- [BIR 1604-F: Annual Information Return of Income Payments Subjected to Final Withholding Taxes — who files: Every withholding agent or payor required to withhold taxes on income payments subject to final withholding tax files this annual…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1604-F)
- [BIR 1606: Withholding Tax Remittance Return — who files: Every withholding agent or buyer on the sale, transfer or exchange of real property classified as an ordinary asset files this return, one…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1606)
- [BIR 1706: Capital Gains Tax Return for Onerous Transfer of Real Property Classified as Capital Asset — who files: The buyer and the seller, resident or not (including estates and trusts), file this jointly when selling, exchanging or disposing of…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1706)
- [BIR 1707: Capital Gains Tax Return — who files: Every person, natural or juridical, resident or not, who sells or otherwise disposes of shares of a domestic corporation held as capital…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1707)
- [BIR 1707-A: Annual Capital Gains Tax Return — who files: Sellers of shares of a domestic corporation held as capital assets and not traded on the stock exchange file this annual return covering…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1707-a)
- [BIR 1800: Donor’s Tax Return — who files: Any person, natural or juridical, resident or not, who transfers property by gift, real or personal, direct or indirect, files this donor's…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1800)
- [BIR 2000-DST: Monthly Documentary Stamp Tax Declaration/Return — who files: Persons who make, sign, issue, accept or transfer taxable documents (constructive affixture of stamps) and eDST System users file this…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-2000-dst)
- [BIR 2118-EA: Estate Tax Amnesty Return — who files: The executor, administrator or authorized representative of an estate availing of the Estate Tax Amnesty under R.A. 11213, as amended by…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-2118-ea)
- [BIR 1904: Application for Registration](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1904)
- [BIR 1906: Application for Authority to Print Invoices](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1906)
- [BIR 2200-M: Excise Tax Return for Mineral Products — who files: The owner, lessee, concessionaire or operator of a mining claim, the first buyer of indigenous petroleum or natural gas, and holders of…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-2200-m)
- [BIR 1702-RT: Annual Income Tax Return — who files: Corporations, partnerships and other non-individual taxpayers subject only to the regular income tax rate file this return; the president…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1702-rt)
- [BIR 1702-EX: Annual Income Tax Return for Exempt Corporations and Partnerships — who files: Corporations, partnerships and other non-individual taxpayers exempt under the Tax Code or special laws with no other taxable income, such…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1702-ex)
- [BIR 1702-MX: Annual Income Tax Return — who files: Every corporation, partnership and other non-individual taxpayer with mixed income subject to multiple income tax rates files this return;…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1702-mx)
- [BIR 2552: Percentage Tax Return — who files: Stock brokers selling shares listed and traded through the local stock exchange, and corporate issuers or stock brokers in initial or…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-2552)
- [BIR 1603Q: Quarterly Remittance Return of Final Income Taxes Withheld on Fringe Benefits — who files: Every withholding agent required to withhold final tax on fringe benefits given to employees other than rank and file employees files this…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1603Q)
- [BIR 1602Q: Quarterly Remittance Return — who files: Banks, non-bank financial intermediaries, finance corporations, investment and trust companies that withhold final tax on interest on…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1602Q)
- [BIR 1621: Quarterly Remittance of Tax Withheld from a Decedent's Deposit — who files: Banks required to withhold tax from a decedent's deposit account file this quarterly return, signed by the president, vice-president or…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1621)
- [BIR 2553: Return of Percentage Tax Payable Under Special Laws — who files: All taxpayers liable to pay percentage tax under special laws file this return.](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-2553)
- [BIR 1801: Estate Tax Return — who files: The executor, administrator or any legal heir of the decedent files this return; if none is acting in the Philippines, any person in…](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-1801)
- [BIR 2000-OT: Documentary Stamp Tax Declaration / Return (One-Time Transactions)](https://philforms.com/fill/bir-2000-ot)

## SSS (5)

- [SSS Personal Record for Issuance of SS Number — who files: Filled out by anyone applying for an SS number, either as a pre-employment requirement or for self-employed, OFW or non-working spouse…](https://philforms.com/fill/sss-e1-personal-record)
- [SSS Employer Contributions Payment Return — who files: Filed by business employers and household employers, using the employer number, name, address and TIN registered with SSS on Form R-1, when…](https://philforms.com/fill/sss-sssforms-er-contribution-payment)
- [SSS Retirement Claim Application](https://philforms.com/fill/sss-sssform-retirement-claim)
- [SSS Death Claim Application](https://philforms.com/fill/sss-sssform-death-claim)
- [SSS Member Data Change Request — who files: Filed by the member, or on the member's behalf by the employer, a company representative or a household employer, each presenting the IDs…](https://philforms.com/fill/sss-e4-member-data-change-request)

## PhilHealth (2)

- [PhilHealth PMRF: PhilHealth Member Registration Form — who files: Used by first-time registrants to register with PhilHealth and by members updating or amending their records. Dependents with disability…](https://philforms.com/fill/philhealth-PMRF)
- [PhilHealth CF-1: Claim Form 1 — who files: Signed by the member, or by a representative such as a spouse, child, parent or sibling when the member cannot sign. For employed members,…](https://philforms.com/fill/philhealth-CF-1)

## Pag-IBIG (1)

- [Pag-IBIG Modified Pag-IBIG II Enrollment Form](https://philforms.com/fill/pagibig-pff226-modifiedpagibigiienrollmentform-v02)

## CSC (1)

- [CSC Personal Data Sheet (CS Form No. 212)](https://philforms.com/fill/csc-pds-cs-form-212-revised-2026)

## DOH (1)

- [DOH: Philippine Registry for Persons with Disabilities Application Form](https://philforms.com/fill/doh-prpwd-application-form)

## GSIS (1)

- [GSIS Application for Retirement/ Separation/Life Insurance Benefits](https://philforms.com/fill/gsis-application-for-retirement-under-ra-660-ra-1616-pd-1146-and-ra-8291)

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