06/02/2024
BREAKING NEWS
LUMAGUI: BIR FILES CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST COSMETIC COMPANY WITH P1.6B TOTAL TAX LIABILITY UNDER ITS RUN AFTER FAKE TRANSACTIONS (RAFT) TASK FORCE
Nagsampa po tayo ng criminal case sa ilalim ng Run After Fake Transactions (RAFT) Task Force sa Department of Justice (DOJ) noong Feb 1, 2024. Sinampa po natin ito laban sa isang kilalang cosmetics company, ang Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc. na nahuling gumagamit ng ghost receipts mula sa mga ghost companies. Ayon sa imbestigasyon ng task force, mayroong higit kumulang na P1.6B na tax liabities ang kumpanyang ito.
Nilabag ng Ever Bilena ang Section 254 - Tax Evasion, Section 255 - Failure to Supply Correct and Accurate Information in the Income Tax Return and Value-Added Tax (VAT) Returns, Section 267 - Perjury at Section 257 - Making False Records or Report under the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended.
Ang RAFT program ay isa po sa ating pangunahing progama sa "Four Pillars of Good Governance in BIR" na Fearless and Aggressive Enforcement Activities.
βThe RAFT taskforce will prioritize big fishes, big companies that use syndicates as a means of evading their taxes. This company has P1.6B in total tax liability. This year, we are continuously filing criminal cases against these perpetrators and we will not cease in our all-out-war against the syndicate until we totally eradicate this tax-evasion scheme,β
----Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui Jr.
