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Akbayan Partylist calls for criminal charge vs Marcos to avert possible 'tax shield'

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Warren De Guzman, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Protesters picket EPA-EFE" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/03/31/20220331-akbayan-partylist-calls-for-criminal-charge.jpg"/><figcaption>Protesters picket the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to call for the immediate collection of taxes owed by the heirs of the late president Ferdinand Marcos, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, 31 March 2022. Rolex Dela Pena, EPA-EFE</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA (UPDATED) - Akbayan Partylist on Thursday urged the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to file criminal charges against presidential aspirant Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; Marcos, Jr. for alleged willful refusal to pay his family&#x27;s estate tax liabilities.Criminal charges will prevent Marcos from getting a &quot;tax shield&quot; if he wins the presidency in May, the group said during a protest outside the BIR headquarters.Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez earlier confirmed that Marcos Jr. and their estate administrators have failed to pay outstanding estate taxes valued at P203 billion.“Ang taong bayan ay hindi pumapayag na gawin lamang tax shield o tax haven ang pagkapangulo ng tumatakbong si Bongbong Marcos, para takasan na ang P203 billion na utang sa kanilang estate taxes,&quot; Akbayan Partylist Secretary General and spokesperson Justine Balanes told reporters. (The people are against using as tax shield or tax haven the presidency of aspirant Bongbong Marcos, to evade paying their estate taxes worth P203 billion.)<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/03/30/22/bir-collecting-p203-b-estate-tax-payment-from-marcoses">&#x27;They have not paid&#x27;: BIR &#x27;collecting&#x27; P203-B estate tax payment from Marcoses</a></li></ul>Balanes said each day that the BIR fails to collect the tax, millions of workers and subsidy beneficiaries are deprived of their rightful support from the government.In a separate online forum organized by the People’s Budget Coalition, the Institute for Leadership, Empowerment and Democracy, the Citizens&#x27; Budget Tracker, and Dr. Julie Caguiat of the Cure Covid Network also said the Marcoses’ unpaid estate tax could fund social services programs for health and education in the country. The billions of pesos of unpaid tax liabilities when converted into social aid could ease the burden of various sectors hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and the surging oil prices.Meanwhile, Nice Coronacion of Sentro-Akbayan Labor accused the BIR of demonstrating preferential treatment in the case of the Marcoses.Coronacion lamented that as workers, taxes are being automatically deducted from their salaries. &quot;Yung mga sobrang mayaman na, kumukuha pa at nangangarap pa sa mga matataas na position ay hindi nagbabayad ng buwis. Sobrang sakit at hindi makatarungan,&quot; Coronacion said.(Those who are rich, who wanted to be reinstated in high positions are not paying taxes. It&#x27;s painful and unfair.)AWARE or the Alliance of Women for Action Towards Reform, retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, and former Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares have also urged the filing of a criminal case against Marcos Jr. and his family for willful refusal to pay their estate taxes.The AWARE petition urging the BIR to take legal action has already received over 23,000 signatures.On Thursday, Carpio said the government won&#x27;t be able to collect estate taxes from the Marcoses if Bongbong wins the presidency.If he wins in the May 9 polls, Marcos would be able to appoint the next BIR commissioner, Carpio said.&quot;The president has supervision and control over the entire executive department. Control means he can reverse their decision. He can preempt and make the decision himself,&quot; he said.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/03/24/22/henares-carpio-marcos-jr-can-escape-p203b-tax-liability-if-he-is-president">Henares, Carpio: Marcos Jr. can escape P203B estate tax liability if he wins as President</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/31/22/govt-cant-collect-marcos-estate-tax-if-he-wins-carpio">Gov&#x27;t can&#x27;t collect Marcos P203-B estate tax if he wins: Carpio</a></li></ul>The Marcos camp on Saturday claimed that his family&#x27;s unpaid estate tax liability is still pending in court.Marcos&#x27; spokesman, Atty. Vic Rodriguez, claimed in a statement that the raising of the estate tax issue is &quot;all about politics.&quot;&quot;Our rivals are misdirecting everyone by claiming that the case has attained finality when the truth of the matter is, it is still pending in court and the ownership of the properties in litigation has yet to be settled,&quot; Rodriguez said.However, a Supreme Court document shows that its June 5, 1997 ruling on the issue became &quot;final and executory&quot; on March 9, 1999. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/30/22/final-executory-sc-doc-on-marcos-tax-case-ruling">Marcos estate tax case pending? Ruling &#x27;final, executory,&#x27; SC document shows</a></li></ul><div>-- with a report from Jekki Pascual, ABS-CBN News</div><div>RELATED VIDEO:</div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe __idm_id__="23085057" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1982326" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

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Akbayan Partylist calls for criminal charge vs Marcos to avert possible 'tax shield'

Warren De Guzman,

ABS-CBN News

Published Mar 31, 2022 03:45 PM PHT

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Updated Mar 31, 2022 04:36 PM PHT

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