The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has filed tax evasion charges against seven corporate and nine individual taxpayers based in Luzon and Cebu worth more than P368 million.
In separate criminal complaints submitted to the Department of Justice, BIR Commissioner Caesar R. Dulay identified the respondents as Ircas Montemayor Trading of Dagupan City; Tala Cebu Furniture Manufacturing of Mandaue City; Psalmstre Enterprises of Cebu City;
Cubit Construction and Development Corporation of Sta. Rosa, Laguna; Dent Chem Enterprises of Cabuyao, Laguna; Filcoco Ventures of Gumaca, Quezon; and Sein Phil. Kocosys of Calamba City.
One of the individual business taxpayers was named as Susan Gabon Abaiga, operator of Southern Hardware and Construction Supply of Atimonan, Quezon.
Concerned revenue regional directors and district officers recommended to Dulay the criminal prosecution of the accused for alleged refusal to settle the indebtedness incurred in 2016 and prior years.
The case against eight other respondents, namely; Danny Martizano, Ryan Tilandula, Sammy Molina, Efren Taconto, Richie Arminion, Isabelita Buenafe, Jaime Tiu and Jaime Go stemmed from alleged possession of various brands of fake imported cigarettes and fake tax stamps.
The BIR said the subject individuals were charged with tax cheating after tax and police operatives seized 59 boxes of contraband items when they raided a warehouse located inside Technology Resource Center compound in Paralayuhan, Mabalacat City.