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Jeane Napoles has left Philippines: DOJ

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 03 05:42 PM

Jeane Napoles, who was indicted by a US grand jury for conspiracy to commit domestic and international money laundering, left the country last week, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Friday. Read more »

Insta-infamous: How Jeane Napoles' social media posts tipped off probers

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 01 01:38 PM

Jeane's social media posts about 5 years ago spurred an investigation by the local Bureau of Internal Revenue into her family's wealth after she posted pictures of expensive gifts from her parents. Read more »

BIR files tax raps against 4 companies

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 07 05:44 PM

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) filed tax evasion charges against four companies on Thursday. Read more »

Rappler CEO files counter-affidavit on tax evasion charges

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 07 06:35 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) - Rappler Holdings Corporation (RHC) and its president, Maria Ressa, urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday to dismiss the P133.84-million tax evasion case filed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Read more »

Subpoenas sent to Rappler's Ressa, Bitanga for tax raps

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 09:00 PM

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has set hearings for the preliminary investigation into the tax evasion complaint against Rappler Holdings Corporation (RHC) and two of its top executives. Read more »

Bus firm president gets 8 to 16 years in prison for tax evasion

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 07:28 PM

Kingsam Express Incorporation president Samuel Santos was sentenced by the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) to imprisonment of 8 to 16 years for four counts of tax evasion for the taxable years 2008 and 2009. Read more »

Rappler lawyer rejects tax evasion rap

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 13 10:44 AM

News website Rappler did not have to pay income tax or value added tax for the sale of its Philippine depositary receipts or PDRs, contrary to allegations made in a tax evasion complaint, its lawyer said Tuesday.   Read more »

Rappler, nahaharap sa tax evasion, cyber libel

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 09 12:01 AM

Isang tax evasion at isang cyber libel complaint ang isinampa ng National Bureau of Investigation sa Department of Justice laban sa news website na Rappler. Read more »

Rappler goes 'overboard' with tax payments, Ressa says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 08 04:07 PM

News website Rappler goes "overboard" when paying taxes, its CEO Maria Ressa said Thursday, after the Bureau of Internal Revenue filed a tax evasion complaint against her and several others. Read more »

Rappler faces tax evasion complaint

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 08 01:35 PM

The Bureau of Internal Revenue said Thursday it filed a tax evasion complaint against the holding company of news website Rappler, its president, Maria Ressa, and another official. Read more »

BIR files tax raps vs 2 Manila firms

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 02 06:25 PM

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has filed separate tax evasion complaints involving a total of P23.16 million in supposed unsettled taxes against two alleged delinquent taxpayers from Manila.   Read more »

Dunkin' Donuts' PH franchisee charged with P1-billion tax evasion raps

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 23 06:12 PM

The Bureau of Internal Revenue has filed a P1.12-billion tax evasion case against Golden Donuts Inc, the exclusive Philippine franchisee of international brand Dunkin' Donuts. Read more »

Samsung chairman named as suspect for tax evasion: report

Reuters
Posted at Feb 08 12:27 PM

South Korean police named Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee as a suspect over allegations that he used bank accounts held in someone else's name that held some 400 billion won (P18.91 billion), Yonhap News Agency said on Thursday. Read more »

'Exorcist' sa Amerika makukulong dahil di nagbayad ng buwis

Nate Raymond, Reuters
Posted at Jan 18 08:02 PM

Makukulong ang isang "exorcist" o tagataboy umano ng masamang espiritu matapos hindi magbayad ng buwis sa Boston, Massachusetts sa Amerika.   Read more »

Gov't caught 'big fish' with Mighty Corp, says finance chief

Dharel Placido ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 01:45 PM

MANILA - The government has caught the country’s biggest tax evader, cigarette-maker Mighty Corp, which has settled its liabilities, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said Monday. Read more »

Mark Taguba, Kenneth Dong face tax evasion raps

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 04 11:18 PM

Tax evasion charges were filed against two key personalities who are at the center of a multi-billion peso drug shipment that was smuggled past the Bureau of Customs last year. Read more »

'Fixer' Mark Taguba, trader Kenneth Dong slapped with tax evasion raps

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 04 02:14 PM

The Bureau of Internal Revenue has charged "fixer" Mark Ruben Taguba II and businessman Yi Shen Dong, also known as Kenneth Dong, with separate tax evasion cases. Read more »

China tightens rules on overseas cash withdrawals

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 31 05:18 PM

China has tightened rules on how much cash cardholders can withdraw overseas in a bid to clamp down on money laundering, terrorist financing and tax evasion, authorities said Saturday.    Read more »

BIR files 4 tax evasion raps

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 21 08:19 PM

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) filed several tax evasion complaints before the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday. Read more »

OPINION: 'Do not cut our taxes!' Only in the USA

Buddy Gomez — Cyberbuddy
Posted at Nov 17 09:42 PM

Do you think we can ever hear something similar from the folks in Forbes Park and the Makati Business Club crowd? Read more »