The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Wednesday, October 1, issued an emergency appeal for donations and support after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck near Bogo City, Cebu, leaving families displaced, roads blocked, and hospitals in urgent need of assistance. The PRC stressed that its resources are...
Citing its importance to the welfare of public educators and government workers, a teachers’ group on Monday, August 18, reiterated its appeal to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and Malacañang for the immediate release of the promised P7,000 medical allowance. The Teachers’...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has formally decreed that the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP), as the duly authorized operating entity of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM), is not exempt from paying income tax - and that effectively upheld an earlier...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has denied the petition of Sony Philippines, Incorporated for a tax refund of P60 million representing alleged unutilized creditable withholding taxes (CWT) for the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2019. Sony Philippines filed an application for tax credits or...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has denied the P40 million tax refund sought by the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company for its alleged unutilized input value-added tax (VAT) attributable to zero-rated sales for 2018. In its petition, Lepanto Consolidated Mining said that it exported all of its...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has denied the petition of Sankyu-ATS Consortium-B against the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for P2.5 million tax refund for alleged excess and unutilized input value-added tax (VAT) for the fourth quarter of 2018. Sankyu-ATS, a logistics services firm, filed on...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has denied for lack of jurisdiction the petition of FMC Switzerland II GMBH which sought P10.49 million tax refund from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for 2019. FMC Switzerland filed before the BIR an administrative claim for valued-added tax (VAT) refund of...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has denied the petition of BSM Crew Service Centre Philippines, Inc. which sought a tax refund of P4.7 million from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for 2017. BSM filed its petition for review before the CTA as a full court on Aug. 18, 2023 and assailed the...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has denied the petition of Pacific Plaza Condominium Corporation which sought a tax refund of P3.18 million from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) In a petition, Pacific Plaza wanted to convince the CTA as a full court to reverse and set aside the decision of the...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has ordered a businessman to pay the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) P6.6 million in deficiency income and value-added taxes of his company for calendar year 2016. Redentor Agpuldo Tagala, proprietor of 7th Concept Trading and 7C Construction, filed a petition for...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has affirmed the dismissal of the case filed against a businessman who was accused of non-payment of taxes amounting to P2.4 million. Faivo Pascual Bartolome, owner of Dashma Computer Systems and Services and Ilocostop Convenience Stores, was initially charged with...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the conviction of a disbursing officer of Solano, Nueva Vizcaya for filing her appeal before the wrong court and, thus, exhausting the reglamentary period to challenge the guilty verdict. In a decision, the anti-graft court said it is vested with appellate...
