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The eBIRForms alternative for Mac and Windows

Tax Filing Made Easy for Entrepreneurs, Freelancers, Bookkeepers and Accounting Firms

File your BIR returns the easy way. Tax Techie makes sure each one reaches the BIR server, and keeps your returns organized for an audit.

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Free to download and use. Filing is free. See pricing

Tax Techie on a Mac: a 1601Cv2018 return being filled in, its page tabs and amounts Tax Techie on a Mac: a 1601Cv2018 return being filled in, its page tabs and amounts

The forms

Forms you can file today.

Each form has a step-by-step guide, and more forms come with each release. All guides · BIR filing deadlines

Why switch

Less time on every return.

Every client, one search away.

Find a taxpayer by name or TIN, and see where each return stands.

No retyping.

Open the returns you saved in eBIRForms and carry on, for the forms Tax Techie has.

Know what to fix, and why.

The same checks as eBIRForms. A Techie Tip says why a field stopped you, and what to do.

No lag, on Mac and Windows.

Totals add up the moment you leave a field. No Windows PC or virtual machine needed on a Mac.

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Workspaces Staff join free Coming soon

Your team, each with the right access.

Invite your staff, give each one their own permissions, and assign them the taxpayers they file for.

  • Many taxpayers in one workspace.
  • Permissions for sending, the vault, billing and members.
  • Staff see only their taxpayers, or all of them if you choose.

Your personal workspace is free, and staff join free. An extra workspace comes with its Cloud Vault plan, from ₱200.00 a month, billed annually.

Members

  • Send returns
  • See the vault
  • Billing
  • Manage members
  • Delete cloud copies
  • Sample Bakeshop 1601Cv2018 · 2551Qv2018
  • Sample Trading Corp. 2551Qv2018
  • Sample Dental Clinic 1601Cv2018
  • Sample Hardware 1601Cv2018 · 2551Qv2018
  • Sample Print Shop 2551Qv2018
  • Sample Farms 1601Cv2018

Ana Santos sees all 6 taxpayers.

Checked to the end

Checked, all the way to the BIR server.

No more guessing whether your return got there. If something goes wrong, Tax Techie tells you plainly what happened and what to do.

  1. 1

    Fill it in and validate.

    The same checks as eBIRForms, and plain words when something is wrong.

  2. 2

    Check the BIR server first.

    If it can't take your return, Tax Techie stops before your final copy is made.

  3. 3

    Send it, with a progress bar.

    Connecting, sending, then the BIR server's answer.

  4. 4

    Read it back, and tell you.

    It compares what's on the BIR server with what it sent, then tells you plainly what happened.

  5. 5

    Keep a copy in the Cloud Vault, free. Coming soon

    Your returns backed up in the cloud and synced to your other computers. 200 MB free with your account. Not needed to file.

Records and Cloud Vault

Every filing, ready for an audit.

Find any return you sent, with every document of its filing.

Cloud Vault 200 MB free Coming soon

Every document of a filing, together.

For each return you send, the Cloud Vault keeps the filing's documents together and safe: the saved return (XML), the printed return (PDF), the file sent to BIR and the Submit Successful screenshot.

  • Never lose a document. Backed up in the cloud.
  • Syncs to all your devices, and opens in a browser to download.
  • Folders per taxpayer, then per form, as you'd file them.

Free with your account, up to 200 MB, and not needed to file. More space from ₱200.00 a month, billed annually.

A return sent from the office computer goes to the Cloud Vault, and from there to the laptop and the computer at home. Each filing keeps 4 files: the saved return (XML), the printed return (PDF), the file sent to BIR and the Submit Successful screenshot.

A record of every send.

Each send's result is kept in Submission history, with its message word for word. Export a sent return as one zip: the saved return, the files sent and the printed form.

Look before you send. Coming soon

See your return as it will print. Then Edit it, or Send it.

A screenshot that matches eBIRForms. Coming soon

Download a picture of the Submit Successful message, drawn as eBIRForms shows it, with the time and date.

Side by side

eBIRForms vs Tax Techie.

eBIRForms is BIR's own program, and it is free.

eBIRForms and Tax Techie compared
Topic eBIRForms 7.9.6.2 Tax Techie
Runs on Windows only Tax Techie does this better: Mac and Windows, natively
Forms Every eBIRForms form 1601Cv2018, 1702Qv2018C and 2551Qv2018, with more in each release
Saved returns Opens returns saved by Tax Techie Opens returns saved by eBIRForms
When BIR doesn't answer Saves your final copy anyway, then fails Tax Techie does this better: Stops before your final copy, and says why
After sending Doesn't look on the BIR server Tax Techie does this better: Reads your return back from the BIR server and compares it with the file sent
Backup None. You copy your files yourself, often to a USB drive that can be lost or catch a virus Coming soon: backed up in the cloud and synced across your computers, with the Cloud Vault: 200 MB free
Price Free Free to download. Filing is free. Coming soon: the Cloud Vault, 200 MB free

What this page says about eBIRForms was checked against eBIRForms 7.9.6.2 on October 27, 2026, and is checked again with each new eBIRForms.

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Pricing

Free to download. Free to file.

Filling in, validating, saving, printing and filing to the BIR server are all free. Coming soon: the Cloud Vault, free up to 200 MB.

  • Tax Techie app

    Free

    Download it and use it for every form it has: fill in, validate, save and print.

  • Filing

    Free

    Filing a return to the BIR server is free. Tax Techie still tells you when it confirms your return got there.

  • Cloud Vault

    Coming soon

    Free 200 MB with your account

    Never lose a document.

    • Backed up in the cloud
    • Syncs to all your devices
    • More space from ₱200.00 a month, billed annually

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Questions

Questions before you switch.

Is Tax Techie free?

Yes. Filling in, validating, saving and printing are free, and so is filing a return to the BIR server. eBIRForms is free.

Do I need the Cloud Vault?

No. Without it, your files stay on your computer, as with eBIRForms, and you can still file. Coming soon: The Cloud Vault is free, with 200 MB. It keeps a copy of each return you send and syncs your taxpayers across your computers. More space or another workspace: plans from ₱200.00 a month, billed annually. If a plan ends, the files on your computer stay.

Is Tax Techie made by BIR?

No. Tax Techie is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. eBIRForms is BIR's own program. Tax Techie is a separate app that does the same job.

Will my numbers match eBIRForms?

Yes, for the forms Tax Techie has. Underneath, it works as eBIRForms 7.9.6.2 does: the same fields, the same totals, the same printed copy.

Can I open the returns I saved in eBIRForms?

Yes, for the forms Tax Techie has. A return saved in one opens in the other.

Which computers does it run on?

Mac: macOS 13.3 (Ventura) or later, on a Mac with Apple silicon (Intel Macs: not yet confirmed). Windows: 64-bit Windows 10 or 11.

How do I know my return reached the BIR server?

Tax Techie checks that the file reached the BIR server: it reads it back and compares it with the file it sent (BIR's server allows this), or, where a server doesn't, it checks the name and size. Then it tells you, and keeps the result. BIR's own confirmation email is BIR's word on your return.

Try Tax Techie on your next return.

Free to download, for Mac and Windows.

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