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BY ADRIAN STEWART CO
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MANILA – Tax evasion cases were filed against two men allegedly involved in the shipment of P6.4 billion worth of shabu into the country last year.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) lodged the charges on Thursday before the Department of Justice.
Suspected Bureau of Customs fixer Mark Ruben Taguba was charged with an P850-million tax case, while trader Yi Shen Dong, also known as “Kenneth Dong,” was slapped with a P11.4-million tax case, BIR commissioner Caesar Dulay told a news conference.
Taguba failed to register with the BIR his business of facilitating the importation of goods at the Customs where he earned P1.2 billion, the Revenue bureau claimed.
The BIR also claimed that Taguba acquired a Chevrolet Trailblazer worth P1.5 million and a Yamaha Mio worth P69,900 in 2016.
Moreover, Taguba did not file any income tax return or value-added tax return from 2009 to 2016, Dulay said.
Dong, on the other hand, failed to declare his earnings as a “middleman” in Taguba’s venture, for which the former claimed he earns around P5,000 to P10,000 per container van, said the BIR.
In addition, Dong paid P850,000 in 2013 for a 2010 Toyota Fortuner, P4.5 million in 2016 for a 2010 BMW and P2.4 million in 2016 for a 2013 Ford Expedition, the bureau said.
Dong and his wife also acquired a townhouse unit in Parañaque City worth P3.55 million in 2013, added the bureau.
Despite having all these properties, Dulay said, Dong failed to file any income tax return, value-added tax return or percentage tax return from 2003 to 2017, based on BIR records.
Taguba and Dong were also charged before the Justice department for alleged shabu smuggling. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency lodged the complaint./PN
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