By Leilanie G. Adriano
Staff Reporter
SHOWING that they are not
only going after boxing icon Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao, the Bureau of Internal
Revenue has filed tax evasion charges against a Laoag City-based construction
firm on May 8.
The charges stemmed from the
contractor’s failure to declare the correct taxable income from a real estate
developer in 2009.
Revenue district officer
Simplicio Cabantac confirmed this on May 9 saying the BIR central office filed
a criminal complaint with the Department of Justice against Constantino Llanes
Jr. for willful attempt to evade tax, for failure to file and pay Income Tax
Return (ITR) and Value Added Tax (VAT) Returns in 2009—all in violation of
Sections 254 and 255 of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended
(Tax Code)..
Llanes is the sole proprietor
of LME builders with registered address at Barangay No. 47, Bengcag in Laoag
City.
According to Cabantac, the
investigation of Llanes was initiated through a letter of notice issued for
taxable year 2009.
The LN indicated
discrepancies discovered as a result of the computerized matching conducted by
the BIR.
Due to Llanes’ failure to
refute discrepancies, an access letter was sent to the real estate developer requesting
for a certification of the income payments it made to Llanes which revealed he
was paid P9.90 million from August to December in 2009.
Also, the BIR Revenue District
Office No. 01 in Laoag City showed that despite earning a substantial
amount, Llanes failed to file his ITR in 2009 as well as his VAT Returns
for the second, third and fourth quarters of the same year. During the first
quarter of the same year, the BIR found that Llanes only declared
P339,852.23 as his gross revenue.
In view of this, Llanes was
assessed an aggregate deficiency tax liability of P9.95 million inclusive of
surcharges and interests, broken down as follows: P7.21 million for
income tax and P2.74 million for VAT.
According to Cabantac, Llanes
is the first to be charged with tax evasion in Laoag City and the 243rd under
the Run Against Tax Evaders (RATE) program of the BIR under the leadership of
Commissioner Kim Henares.
When asked for comment, Imee
Llanes, husband of the respondent said JME builders have yet to make an
official statement as to the tax evasion charges.
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