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DOJ indicts Rappler for tax evasion

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 09 07:15 PM

The Department of Justice has found probable cause to indict the holding company of news website Rappler for tax evasion.   Read more »

BIR sues businesswoman for P13.48M in unpaid taxes

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 02:53 PM

MANILA - The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Tuesday filed two criminal complaints against a businesswoman for willful failure to pay P13.48 million worth of taxes. Read more »

BIR accuses 2 couples of evading P150,000 in taxes in property sale

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 05:51 PM

Two couples face imprisonment if they are found to have evaded payment of more than P150,000 in taxes in the sale of a piece of land, as alleged by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in its complaint filed Friday. Read more »

BIR files charges vs. 9 companies over tax evasion

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 05:30 PM

The Bureau of Internal Revenue on Friday filed tax evasion charges against 9 companies and their officers for failure to pay income, withholding, value-added and other taxes cumulatively amounting to around P439 million. Read more »

BIR files tax raps vs real estate firm, 2 businessmen

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 03:29 PM

The Bureau of Internal Revenue on Friday filed tax evasion charges against two businessmen and a corporation based in Northern Luzon over about P16 million in total deficiencies. Read more »

China hits movie star Fan Bingbing with huge fines for tax evasion

Reuters
Posted at Oct 03 03:29 PM

The 37-year-old actor, whose June disappearance touched off wild speculation about her whereabouts, has appeared in the "X-Men" and "Iron Man" film franchises, attracting more than 62 million online followers in China. Read more »

Trump helped parents shield millions from taxes -New York Times

Reuters
Posted at Oct 03 08:17 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump engaged in tax schemes that included cases of fraud in which he and his siblings helped their parents dodge taxes, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. Read more »

How drones are used to fight tax evasion

Reuters
Posted at Sep 25 12:31 AM

ATHENS - Greece is using drones to buzz over boats running day trips on the Aegean at the start of a new effort aimed at cracking down on rampant tax evasion at holiday hotspots. Read more »

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
Updated as of Nov 08 07:09 AM

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 »