The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) filed on Friday, June 25 separate tax evasion charges against 10 companies and their key officers and one single proprietor for alleged refusal to pay tax debts totalling over P330 million.
The BIR submitted the criminal complaints to the Department of Justice (DOJ) even as it came out with Revenue Regulations 13-2022 revising upward the fines and penalty for tax cheating based on the provisions of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law.
Tax evaders are now liable to spend up to 10 years in jail from the previous one to two-year jail term and be fined up to P 10 million from the old rate of P500,000.
Quezon City Revenue Regional Director Albino M. Galanza identified the respondents as Compusaver Technology Solutions of Loyola Heights, Interworld Builders of Project 4, R.M. Puyat Constructions, Gurango Software for Webworks Outsourcing of Libis, Fair 5 Kind Trading of Sto. Domingo, and DKC Tire Center of Cubao.
The lone individual accused was identified as Merinela Guerrero Trinidad, who had no known address but was a registered taxpayer of South Quezon City revenue district office.
On the other hand, South National Capital Region Revenue Director Eduardo L. Pagulayan, Jr. named the accused as Star Asset Management of Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City; Mansion Maintenance of Western Bicutan, Taguig; Interisland Lift Exchange of United Paranaque Subdivision, Paranaque City; and Efco Philippines LTD of Cupang, Muntinglupa City.
Galanza and Pagulayan said the complaints were filed due to willful failure of the respondents to settle the old accounts.