BIR vows to continue hunting business taxpayers who declared profits but did not remit any tax
By Jun Ramirez
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) vowed Friday to continue hunting business taxpayers who declared profits and other receivables in their tax returns but did not remit any tax.
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(Manila Bulletin File Photo) BIR Deputy Commissioner for Operations Arnel SD Guballa made the threat as a number of taxpayers enrolled in the Electronic Filing and Payment System (eFPS) has not been paying taxes after filing returns. He cited the case of Fernando Baylosis of Batangas City and Nicholson Santos and Josephine Chen, president and treasurer, respectively of San Juan City-based Denali International Corporation who were charged recently with separate tax evasion cases for violating Section 255 of the Tax Code. Records showed Denali which is into buy and sale of consumer goods filed expanded withholding tax and withholding tax on compensation covering April 2016 to April 2018 using the eFPS facilities. However, the company failed allegedly to pay the taxes due on the 36 returns amounting to more than P2.4 million. Under the eFPS rules, payments shall be made within the day the return was filed electronically. Likewise, Baylosis was also accused of nonremittance of some P119,000 after filing value-added and withholding tax returns from 2013 to 2016. Guballa said notices for the payment of the declared tax debts were issued, but the taxpayers ignored them.
BIR(Manila Bulletin File Photo) BIR Deputy Commissioner for Operations Arnel SD Guballa made the threat as a number of taxpayers enrolled in the Electronic Filing and Payment System (eFPS) has not been paying taxes after filing returns. He cited the case of Fernando Baylosis of Batangas City and Nicholson Santos and Josephine Chen, president and treasurer, respectively of San Juan City-based Denali International Corporation who were charged recently with separate tax evasion cases for violating Section 255 of the Tax Code. Records showed Denali which is into buy and sale of consumer goods filed expanded withholding tax and withholding tax on compensation covering April 2016 to April 2018 using the eFPS facilities. However, the company failed allegedly to pay the taxes due on the 36 returns amounting to more than P2.4 million. Under the eFPS rules, payments shall be made within the day the return was filed electronically. Likewise, Baylosis was also accused of nonremittance of some P119,000 after filing value-added and withholding tax returns from 2013 to 2016. Guballa said notices for the payment of the declared tax debts were issued, but the taxpayers ignored them.