Division of Justice | PHOTO: INQUIRER.web / Noy Morcoso
MANILA, Philippines — The Division of Justice (DOJ) has filed a P5.7-billion tax evasion case in opposition to 5 Chinese language nationals concerned within the sale of illicit cigarettes in Valenzuela and Bulacan.
In a press release on Tuesday, the DOJ stated the 5 Chinese language nationals had been discovered to be concerned within the sale of unlawful cigarettes seized throughout police operations at six totally different places in Valenzuela and Bulacan on Nov. 6 and seven, 2024.
The Workplace of the Metropolis Prosecutor of Valenzuela Metropolis then discovered “cheap certainty of conviction” from the proof submitted by the Bureau of Inner Income (BIR) on their grievance on Feb. 7.
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“The overwhelming items of proof submitted by the BIR present that the tax legal responsibility of the accused Chinese language nationals amounted to P5,764,761,450 primarily based on the 21,000 grasp circumstances of illicit cigarettes seized throughout the aforementioned operations,” the DOJ stated.
The DOJ stated the circumstances had been then filed earlier than the Courtroom of Tax Appeals on March 13 in opposition to the Chinese language nationals for a violation of Part 258 (illegal pursuit of enterprise) regarding Part 236 and for a violation of Part 263 (illegal possession of articles topic to excise tax with out cost of the tax) underneath the Nationwide Inner Income Code of 1997.
It additionally added that these warrants of arrest in opposition to the 5 Chinese language nationals are already anticipated to be issued quickly.
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