WRITTEN REMINDER TO FILE SOCEForm TWR

/ Republic of the Philippines
Commission on Elections
Office of the [RED/PES/CEO/MEO]
[City/Municipality/Province/Region]

REMINDER TO FILE STATEMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES (SOCE) ON OR BEFORE 08 JUNE 2016

Date: [Within 10 – 14 May 2016 only]

[Name of Candidate or Party Treasurer]

Candidate for [Elective Position Sought]/Name of Party

[Candidate/Party’s Headquarters Address]

Dear Sir/Madam:

Pursuant to Paragraph 6 of Section 14, Republic Act No. 7166, the undersigned [RED/PES/EO] is hereby reminding you to comply with your obligation to file your Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) and all its required attachments with this office on or before Wednesday, 08 June 2016. This deadline shall not be extended. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO FILE YOUR SOCE even if: you were not elected, your campaign was self-funded, you incurred no expenditures, or you did not pursue your campaign as long as you did not withdraw your candidacy before 10 December 2015. Failure to file the said Statement within the period provided shall subject you to the penalties provided for under Section 14 of Republic Act No. 7166.

Kindly refer to COMELEC Resolution No. 9991for the Omnibus Rules on Campaign Finance for instructions on how to file the disclosure statements and reports. Soft or electronic copies of the prescribed forms can be downloaded from the COMELEC website ( Please note that:

  • All entries must now be encoded – handwritten entries are no longer accepted and shall be considered as NOT FILED if NOT ENCODED;
  • Incomplete reports and statements that contain blank information, that do not use the new prescribed forms, and do not have the necessary supporting documents such as photocopy of contribution and expense receipts – shall be considered as NOT FILED.
  • All candidate-related forms (Forms SCE, SCR, SOE, SLE, SUO, SER, etc.) must be personally signed by the candidate him/herself and duly executed under oath or notarized – if not, they shall be deemed as NOT FILED.
  • All party submissions must be signed by the party treasurer.
  • Soft copies of the accomplished forms must accompany the final signed, dated and notarized submissions, or else they will be deemed INCOMPLETE and NOT FILED.

You are responsible for making sure that all your submissions are complete, signed, dated and notarized.

Respectfully yours,

[Signature]

[Name of EO/PES/RED]

[Position]

[Jurisdiction]