Opposition coalition 1Sambayan on Saturday, April 2, denied Senator Imee Marcos’ accusations that the matter of her family’s P203-billion estate tax debt was a smear campaign against his brother, former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., even though it has been 23 years since the Supreme Court ruled...
Presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao has advised the Marcoses to just pay the estate taxes they owe to the government to put an end to the persistent issue. Pacquiao's response came after Senator Imee Marcos questioned on Friday, April 2 the timing of the supposed revival of her family's...
Senator Imee Marcos said her mother, former First Lady Imelda Marcos, has denied receiving a demand letter from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) asking her to settle the Marcos family’s supposed P203-billion estate tax liability. Nevertheless, the Marcos family’s lawyers are now...
Senator Imee Marcos on Friday, April 1 questioned the timing of the revival of her family’s estate tax issue and blamed dirty politics for it. The eldest daughter of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos, however, emphasized that any debt owed to the government must be paid. Imee said her family...
The Bureau of the Internal Revenue (BIR) is planning to auction off some of the properties of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos as his heirs continue to refuse in paying the estate tax. In a report to Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III on Wednesday, March 30, the BIR disclosed that the...
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said President Duterte was only reminding the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to do its job and collect taxes following reports of a certain presidential candidate having unpaid estate taxes. File photos Andanar made this statement after Duterte said in his...
“Worst kind of black propaganda.” This was how retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio described the statement by former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s spokesman Vic Rodriguez, who said that the P203-billion estate tax debt by the Marcoses is still “pending in...
Presidential candidate Panfilo "Ping" Lacson expressed his willingness to go after unsettled taxes in order tp finance crucial projects of his government, including a national broadband plan (NBP) designed to significantly improve Internet connection services across the country. Speaking from the...
A total of 314 individuals out of 342 examinees passed the Real Estate Consultant Licensure Examination, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Friday, March 25. (PRC / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) PRC said that the examination was given by the Board of Real Estate Service in...
Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Thursday, March 24, called for the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to file a criminal case against former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for failing to pay his family’s P203-billion estate tax debt. 1Sambayan lead convenor Antonio...
Heirs of former President Fernando Marcos cannot walkaway from paying the family's P203.8 billion estate tax even if one of them becomes the next President of the country, former Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim S. Jacinto-Henares said. Jacinto-Henares explained that “if we follow the law,”...
Vice President Leni Robredo took a swipe at her fellow presidential candidate, former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., for the latter’s failure to settle his family’s P203.819-billion estate tax debt to the government, saying it could be used for delivering social services to the needy. Former...
