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Practice question: Final Pay and Certificate of Employment (See also Labor Advisory No. 06, s. 2020)

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Does the advisory’s list include income tax claimed for excess withholding, if applicable?
  1. No; excess withholding can never be relevant.
  2. Only a company’s income tax on its profits is listed.
  3. Yes.
  4. Every employee automatically receives all prior tax payments.
  5. Only the worker’s neighbor may claim it.

Legal references

  • DOLE Labor Advisory 06-2020, January 31, 2020, Sections I-IV, archived signed original DOLE PDF: https://web.archive.org/web/20220809160012id_/https://www.dole.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Labor-Advisory-No.-06-20-Guidelines-on-the-Payment-of-Final-Pay-and-Issuance-of-Certificate-of-Emplo.pdf
  • DOLE January 2026 official confirmation of final-pay and COE rules: https://dole.gov.ph/news/final-pay-coe-must-be-released-on-time-dole/

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