For willful failure to pay tax, BIR “prescribes” tax evasion case against PRO HEALTH INTERNATIONAL

“Willful failure to pay tax is dangerous to your health.”

This was the “prescription” given by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to PRO HEALTH INTERNATIONAL, INC. (PRO HEALTH) when it filed today a criminal complaint for tax evasion against the latter at the Department of Justice for willful failure to pay tax as defined and penalized under Section 255 in relation to Sections 253 and 256 of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended.

ERRATUM : (Updated) BIR Collections for May 2011 Expands by 11.5%

ERRATUM

June 16, 2011

The June 15, 2011 May 2011 Collection Performance Press Release of the BIR should have read “For the first five (5) months of CY 2011, or from January to May, taxes generated by the BIR have reached Php 391.09 billion. Surpassing last year’s collections for the same period, which amounted to Php 344.10 billion, by Php 46.99 billion for an expansion of about 13.7%.” Below is the corrected version of the said press release.

BIR “snapshots” fraud tale of proprietor of New Canary Photo

Photo Shop owner snap with tax evasion

A photo shop sole proprietor now faces a story he will never forget after the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) filed today a criminal complaint for tax evasion against him at the Department of Justice for willful attempt to evade or defeat tax and deliberate failure supply correct and accurate information in his income tax returns (ITRs) for taxable years 2008 and 2009, in violation of Sections 254, 255 and 267 of the Tax Code of 1997, as amended.

BIR “electrocutes” tax evading Benguet Electric Cooperative

Tax Evasion is not an option

For grossly understating the consideration in the sale of two (2) South Drive, Baguio City lots, BENGUET ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. (BENECO) was charged today with tax evasion by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) at the Department of Justice for two (2) counts of willful attempt to evade or defeat withholding and documentary stamp taxes, two (2) counts of deliberate failure to supply correct and accurate information in the Withholding Tax Remittance Return and Documentary Stamp Tax (DST) Declaration/Return, and one (1) count of failure to withhold the correct amount of creditable withholding taxes (CWT), in violation of Sections 254 and 255 of the Tax Code of 1997, as amended.

Informer gets P0.5M reward from BIR

Commissioner of Internal Revenue Kim S. Jacinto-Henares hands over the  P500,000.00 reward to the informer who gave police authorities vital information that led to the arrest of RDO Marcelino Yap gunman Armando Cariño last April 22, 2011.

The Bureau of Internal Revenue  awarded yesterday May 31, 2011 the cash bounty to the informer who led police authorities to the capture of gunman Armando Cariño who shot to death Revenue District Officer Marcelino Yap.