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(Eagle News)–Lawyer Larry Gadon on Thursday, March 28, formally opposed the application to the post of justice at the Court of Tax Appeals of a Judicial and Bar Council member who supposedly accepted the incomplete Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth of Maria Lourdes Sereno when she applied for the Chief Justice post. In opposing the application of Maria Milagros Fernan-Cayosa in a letter to Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin, the ex-officio chair of the […]
(Eagle News)—-The Court of Tax Appeals has denied the plea of Rappler Holdings Corp. and executive editor Maria Ressa for the charges of tax evasion to be junked against them. In junking their plea, the First Division ruled the four amended information against them accomplished their purpose. “The Supreme Court has ruled that an Information need only to state the ultimate facts constituting the offense and not the finer details of why and how the crime […]
(Eagle News) — The Court of Tax Appeals has acquitted former military comptroller Jacinto Ligot and his wife in a P428-million tax evasion case. In acquitting Ligot and his wife Erlinda, the third division said the prosecution failed to “prove beyond reasonable doubt” the two filed false income tax returns and Statements of Assets Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) from 2001 to 2004. “The evidence relied upon by the prosecution to prove their allegations have either […]
(Eagle News) — The Judicial and Bar Council said it was now open to receiving applications and recommendations for the posts of Court of Appeals associate justices and Court of Tax Appeals associate justices. The JBC said the posts at the CA were made available following the appointment of CA Associate Justice Jose Reyes Jr. as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on Aug. 9, and the retirement of CA Associate Justices Magdangal De Leon, Renato […]
(Eagle News) — Rappler Holdings Corp. president Maria Ressa on Tuesday, Dec. 11, posted bail for the tax cases filed against her. Ressa went to the Court of Tax Appeals to post the bail bond in the amount of P204,000—P24,000 for one count of violation of Section 254 of the National Internal Revenue Code, or tax evasion, and P60,000 for each of the three counts for violation of Section 255 or for deliberate failure to supply correct […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has upheld the Court of Tax Appeals’ decision junking the tax evasion case against former Rep. Mikey Arroyo. In dismissing the prosecutors’ appeal of the CTA’s decision, the SC noted the existence of “procedural defects and substantive deficiencies” in their petition. The SC said the CTA also “did not act capriciously or whimsically in absolving [Arroyo] of the charges,” noting that it “fully disclosed the various reasons” why the government’s allegations do not […]
(Eagle News)– The Court of Tax Appeals has lifted the seizure orders issued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue then-headed by Kim Henares on the assets of Senator Manny Pacquiao. The First Division also ordered the BIR to refrain from collecting the over P3 billion in supposedly underpaid taxes for 2008 and 2009 from Pacquiao and his wife, Jinkee—the reason for the seizure orders—while the civil case was ongoing. According to the division, Pacquiao was not […]
(Eagle News) — The Court of Tax Appeals has cleared former presidential son Mikey Arroyo in the P27.3-million tax evasion case filed against him. In its 69-page decision dated March 21, the First Division said this was after the prosecution failed to prove the son of former President Gloria Arroyo had underdeclared his wealth in his income tax returns in 2004 and 2006, and in 2007. According to the court, the BIR’s “net worth method” […]
(Eagle News) — The Court of Tax Appeals has junked the P17-million tax evasion case against the daughter of alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles. A report said the third division, through a Dec. 6 resolution, dismissed the case against Jeane Catherine Napoles for “insufficiency of evidence.” The younger Napoles had argued that she was “just a student with no taxable income” and as such shouldn’t be told to pay income taxes from 2011 to 2012 for […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Supreme Court granted the request of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism to have a copy of the SALN of the justices of the Court of Tax Appeals. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin) https://youtu.be/SYgZh5fF9RE
MANILA, Philippines – Jeanne Napoles, daughter of Janet Lim Napoles, filed an urgent ex parte motion at the Court of Tax Appeals to lift the arrest warrant issued against her when she failed to appear in her scheduled arraignment in the 17.46 million peso tax evasion case. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a tax evasion case against Janet Lim Napoles and her husband at the Court of Tax Appeals.
