The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has denied the petition of the estate of slain businessman Henry T. Lao for the refund of P350 million in alleged illegally collected income tax and value-added tax (VAT) for taxable year 2015. The denial was contained in a decision promulgated last Dec. 19 based on...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has denied the P8.4 million tax refund sought by an agricultural firm from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). Denied was the petition filed by MD Rio Vista Agri-Ventures, a corporation based in Compostela Valley province and is primarily engaged in...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Former Sen. Leila de Lima said she is confident that the International Criminal Court will issue warrants of arrest against former President Rodrigo Duterte and several others for alleged violation of international humanitarian law despite the creation of a...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has denied the P55-million tax refund sought from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) by a firm engaged in call center services. In a 20-page decision promulgated last Dec. 11 and penned by Presiding Justice Roman G. Del Rosario, the CTA's first division denied...
A total of 3,962 law graduates passed the 2024 online Bar examinations administered by the Supreme Court (SC). “They will become the new advocates of justice and truth. They will join the ranks of esteemed legal professionals who will shape society and champion the rights of the people,” said...
La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) Deputy Majority Leader and La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega is the latest member of the House of Representatives to back the proposed return of the Philippines to the...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte (left), Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics" Luistro (PPAB) The congresswoman who famously squeezed out an "extrajudicial confession of guilt" from former president Rodrigo Duterte in relation to...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is calling on individuals, who have knowledge about the crimes committed in the Philippines during former president Rodrigo Duterte's bloody war on drugs, to submit to them any information on the anti-drug campaign. Through the ICC Witness Appeal on ICC's...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attend a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File) THE HAGUE (AP) — The world’s top war-crimes court issued arrest...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has acquitted five executives of a cigarette manufacturing company which was raided in 2020 in Angeles City in Pampanga where P14.08 million worth of tobacco products were seized. Acquitted were GB Bem Cigarette Co., Inc. president Gregory G. Lim, treasurer Benson G....
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has dismissed the petition for P6 million tax refund sought by a firm that recruits qualified Filipino seafarers for employment by foreign shipping companies. Dismissed was the petition filed by BW Shipping Philippines, Inc. against the Bureau of Internal Revenue...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has ordered the Valenzuela City government to refund North Luzon Expressway Corporation (NLEX) P3.8 million in erronously collected taxes for taxable years 2012 to 2019. In a 34-page decision penned by Associate Justice Corazon G. Ferrer-Flores and promulgated last...
