ORUS and registering your books

3 quick questions. Pick an answer to see why.

1. Kuting Kitchen keeps its books in accounting software. How are its 2026 books registered?

Printed and brought to the RDO for an ink stamp Online through ORUS, which generates a QR code stamp They don't need registering because they're electronic

Under RMC 4-2026, computerized and bound loose-leaf books must be registered online through ORUS. The QR code stamp is printed and kept.

2. ORUS throws an error on the day you try to register your books. What lets you file at the RDO instead?

A screenshot of the error, or a BIR advisory that ORUS is down A letter from your accountant Nothing: you wait until ORUS works, even past the deadline

Manual registration at the RDO is accepted only with an official advisory on ORUS being unavailable, or a screenshot of the error you got.

3. When are computerized books for a calendar year registered?

Within 15 days after the year closes Within 30 days after the year closes Together with the annual income tax return in April

Computerized books: within 30 days after the close of the year (30 January). Bound loose-leaf books: within 15 days (15 January).

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