It is filed within thirty (30) days from the Taxpayer’s receipt of the Notice of Assessment and formal Letter of Demand. The taxpayer shall submit the required documents in support of his protest within sixty (60) days from date of filing of his letter of protest, otherwise, the assessment shall become final, executory and demandable.
A protest is considered valid if it satisfies the following conditions:
It is made in writing, and addressed to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue;
It contains the information, and complies with the conditions required by Sec. 6 of Revenue Regulations No. 12-85; to wit:
a.) Name of the taxpayer and address for the immediate past three (3) taxable year.
b.) Nature of request whether reinvestigation or reconsideration specifying newly discovered evidence he intends to present if it is a request for investigation.
c.) The taxable periods covered.
d.) Assessment number.
e.) Date of receipt of assessment notice or letter of demand.
f.) Itemized statement of the findings to which the taxpayer agrees as a basis for computing the tax due, which amount should be paid immediately upon the filing of the protest. For this purpose, the protest shall not be deemed validly filed unless payment of the agreed portion of the tax is paid first.
g.) The itemized schedule of the adjustments with which the taxpayer does not agree.
h.) A statement of facts and/or law in support of the protest.
It is important that the taxpayer shall state the facts, applicable law, rules and regulations or jurisprudence on which his protest is based, otherwise, his protest shall be considered void and without force and effect on the event the letter of protest submitted by the taxpayer is accepted.
