Authorized Agent Banks (AABs) to Accept Tax Returns and Payments on Selected Saturdays and Implement Extended Banking Hours
(Bank Bulletin No. 01-2026 issued on January 13, 2026)
This Tax Alert is issued to inform concerned taxpayers of the extended operating schedule of Authorized Agent Banks (AABs) in connection with the filing and payment of Income Tax Returns (ITRs) for Calendar Year 2025.
Pursuant to the Memorandum of Agreement among the Authorized Agent Banks (AABs), the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), and the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr), AABs are required to conduct banking operations on two (2) Saturdays immediately preceding April 15 of each year and to extend banking hours from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM during the period from April 1 to April 15.
In accordance with this directive, the BIR, through the issuance of Bank Bulletin No. 01-2026, notified the public and reminded AABs of the following:
Extended banking hours until 5:00 PM from April 1 to April 15, 2026; and
Acceptance of tax returns and payments on March 28, 2026 (since April 4, 2026 falls on a holiday) and April 11, 2026.
All income tax payments received on March 28, 2026 and April 11, 2026, shall be reported as collections for the following working day. However, the machine validation of the Annual Income Tax Return (AITR) in the deposit slip for the tax payment received shall be on the date of the actual receipt of collection. The remittance of tax collections, submission of BCS, together with the supporting income tax returns and attachments, shall be in accordance with the existing procedures.