REVENUE REGULATIONS NO. 1-2020 issued on January 9, 2020 amends pertinent
provisions of Section 8 under Revenue Regulations (RR) No. 11-2018, as amended, to implement
further amendments introduced by Republic Act (RA) No. 10963 (TRAIN Law).
Section 2.79.1 of RR No. 2-98, as amended, is hereby amended and shall read as follows:
“SECTION 2.79.1. Application for Registration for Individuals Earning
Compensation Income (BIR Form No. 1902). — The application for registration of
employees shall be accomplished by both employer and employee relating to the
following information and other requirements:
(A) Employee — xxx
(B) Employer — xxx
(C) Procedures for the filing of the Application for Registration (BIR Form No. 1902)
and/or Application for Registration Information Update (BIR Form No. 1905).
(1) All employers shall require their concerned employees to accomplish in
triplicate the Application for Registration BIR Form 1902 (if the employee does
not have existing TIN), distributed as follows:
(1.1) Original copy – RDO;
(1.2) Duplicate – employer; and
(1.3) Triplicate – employee
The said forms shall he accomplished and submitted based on the following
manner:
(a) xxx
(b) In case of changes in the information data in the Application for
Registration (BIR Form No. 1902) previously submitted by the employee to
its current employer, such as changes in employment, multiple employment
status and amount of compensation income, the employee should furnish
his/her employer a copy of BIR Form No. 1905 duly stamped received by
the RDO where the employee is registered. The employer shall then make
the necessary adjustments on the withholding tax of the employee based on
the new information;
(2) Registration and information updates of employees receiving purely
compensation income shall follow the existing policies and procedures
thereon.”