BIR files tax evasion raps vs. 4 Manila taxpayers

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has filed tax evasion complaints valued at a combined P55.1 million against four Manila-based individual and corporate taxpayers before the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Filed separately on Thursday, the DOJ said on Friday the complaints accused Edwin Sugay Santiago, Best Outlet Trading Company, Marps King Trading Corporation, and Pschent Corporation and their responsible corporate officers of violating Section 255 of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997.

Santiago of Edwin S. Santiago Enterprise is facing a tax liability of P3,781,724.72 for unpaid dues in 2008.

Best Outlet Trading Company, owned by Merlinda Barroga and Jocelyn Mariano, allegedly owed the government P45,033,554.74 in taxes from Jan. 1, 2013 to June 30, 2013.

The charges against Marps King Trading Corporation, its president Sonal Ramchandani and treasurer Gulab Ramchandani, involved unpaid taxes amounting to P2,168,840.07 in 2008.

Pschent Corporation and its treasurer Candida Perez were sued for the company’s dues of P4,121,806.51 in 2008.

The BIR said the respondents were issued respective notices of tax liabilities, but none of them either protested or submitted additional documents to refute the assessments, rendering their liabilities "final, executory, and demandable." — Virgil Lopez/VDS, GMA News