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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 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” […]
Tuluyan nang ibinasura ng Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) ang dalawa sa mga kaso ni dating Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Renato Corona. Ito’y dahil pumanaw na noong Abril 29 ang dating punong mahistrado sa edad na 67 dahil sa cardiac arrest. Ayon sa korte, hindi na maaaring idiin ang isang akusado kung ito ay pumanaw na dahil hindi na nito maipagtatanggol ang sarili. Nag-ugat ang mga kaso ni Corona sa umano’y mga hindi nito […]
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
