Coffee Controversy

CARLOTA CRISTI MANALO TAN (TAN), a single proprietor who is one of the subjects of a Senate inquiry on anomalous transactions with the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), has been consigned to the tax evasion rolls after the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) today filed with the Department of Justice (DOJ) a criminal complaint against her for willful attempt to evade or defeat payment of tax and deliberate failure to supply correct and accurate information in her income tax return (ITR) for taxable years 2003 and 2004, in violation of Sections 254 and 255 of the Tax Code of 1997, as amended.

BIR 107th Anniversary Today August 1, 2011

The Bureau of Internal Revenue is celebrating its 107th Anniversary. Under the leadership of Commissioner Kim S. Jacinto-Henares. Early this morning Secretary of Finance Cesar V. Purisima spoke in front of BIR Revenue officials.

Although President Benigno S. Aquino III could not come to this special occasion he provided a message to greet the BIR on its founding anniversary:

Let this significant milestone be an occasion for you to further
strengthen your solidarity and to more resolutely uphold the
ideals of transparency, accountability, and honesty.

My warmest greetings and heartfel congratulations to the Bureau of  Internal Revenue on the occasion of your 107th Anniversary.

How to Register a Business as Professional / Self Employed

For Doctors or professions regulated by PRC
or not like bloggers, writers, actors, actress etc.

First, the BIR Form you will need is BIR Form 1901 & page 2 of this form (click this link so you can get a good look of this form). In the Part 1 portion of this form. Check the box on “PROFESSIONAL”.  As you can see this form is also used for “SINGLE PROPRIETORSHIP” ; “ESTATE” & “TRUST”. We will not go into those yet but focus on the  ”PROFESSIONAL” category.

Ermita gold trader, together with his CPA , “refined” with P249.5M tax evasion suit

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) today filed with the Department of Justice (DOJ) a complaint against RASHDI CAMLIA SAKALURAN (Sakaluran) for four (4) counts of willful attempt to evade or defeat tax and four (4) counts of deliberate failure to supply correct and accurate information in his Income Tax Returns (ITRs) for taxable years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, in violation of Sections 254 and 255 of the Tax Code.

Zamboanga City Manufacturing Corporation “bartered” for tax evasion for using two identical sets of invoices to conceal its true income

Nestled in a place famous for its quintessential “barter trade,” a manufacturing company based in Zamboanga City may have found out that keeping and using two (2) identical sets of invoices for its sales transactions is a bane to a flourishing business when it was charged today by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for tax evasion for substantially underdeclaring its sales for 2007 by 177.154%, in violation of Sections 254, 255, 257, 264 and 267 of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended (Tax Code).