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Duterte jabs Pacquiao with tax issue: 'When you cheat gov't, you are corrupt'

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Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News 

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/07/07/20160802-duterte-pacquiao-mnib-15.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>President Rodrigo Duterte leads Sen. Emmanuel &quot;Manny&quot; Pacquiao to the Study Room of the Malacañan Palace on Monday evening, Aug. 1, 2016. Rey Baniquet, Malacanang Photo/File</figcaption></figure></div> MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday landed another blow on Sen. Manny Pacquiao in their raging word war, this time raising a tax case that the latter fought as boxing superstar. A surprise rift erupted between Pacquio and Duterte in late June, after the President threatened to prove the senator was a liar, over his claim that the current administration is 3 times more corrupt than its predecessors. &quot;I remember he (Pacquiao) has a tax evasion case and he has been assessed to pay, P2.2 billion ang utang niya na hindi niya binayaran ang gobyerno, for all his fights,&quot; Duterte said in a taped meeting with his political party, which government aired on Wednesday.(His debt to the government is at P2.2 billion.)&quot;Sabi kasi niya kasi korap. Kung korap kami, ikaw, when you cheat government, you are a corrupt official, lalo na,&quot; said the President. (He alleged corruption. If we are corrupt, you, when you cheat government, you are a corrupt official, more so.) Duterte said he did not know if the case was still pending in court. The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in 2013 filed a tax fraud case against Pacquiao and his wife Jinkee for alleged tax deficiencies in 2008 and 2009 amounting to P2.2 billion.Pacquiao said his income taxes have been <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/02/13/pacman-jinkee-appeal-p2b-tax-fraud-case">fully paid</a> in the United States. His lawyers argued that Philippine laws protect against double taxation, and that in the words of then BIR commissioner Kim Henares, &quot;a Filipino citizen is taxed on his global income.&quot; Despite the legal battle, Pacquiao reigned as the <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/03/28/15/pacquiao-now-top-taxpayer-philippines">top taxpayer</a> in 2013, and <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/12/18/15/who-are-the-top-ph-taxpayers-in-2014">ranked second</a> the next year. Pacquiao’s camp has yet to release a statement on Duterte’s latest tirade. The senator is in the US for a boxing match in August.<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe 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=1722400" 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>The senator, who has defended Duterte’s drug war, was initially seen among the President’s possible anointed successors in the 2022 elections. But earlier in June, Duterte <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/08/21/mag-aral-ka-muna-duterte-tells-pacquiao-on-china-policy">criticized</a> Pacquiao&#x27;s &quot;shallow&quot; foreign policy knowledge, after the senator said he found the leader&#x27;s stand on the South China Sea as &quot;<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/03/21/duterte-stance-against-china-weakened-2016-elections-pacquiao">lacking</a>&quot; and &quot;disheartening.&quot;Duterte remains popular in the Philippines. Political allies are urging him to run as vice president when his term ends. His daughter is also seen among his possible successors.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/07/21/duterte-maybe-vice-president-2022">Duterte floats idea of VP run for second time in one week</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/29/21/rodrigo-sara-duterte-2022-elections">Duterte wanted daughter Sara to run for president; she refused: Palace spox</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/29/21/sara-dutert-carpio-2022-elections-president">‘Everything will destroy me’: Sara Duterte says parents don’t want her to run for president</a></li></ul>Pacquiao has chided some allies who urged Duterte to run in next year&#x27;s polls. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/07/02/21/pacquiao-lashes-at-pdp-laban-rebellious-members-denies-attacking-duterte">Pacquiao lashes at PDP-Laban ‘rebellious’ members, denies attacking Duterte</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/03/21/manny-pacquiao-pdp-laban-rift-july32021">Pacquiao bares P10.4-B in SAP funds missing, questions use of Starpay e-wallet</a></li></ul>Duterte in 2016 won the presidency campaigning on a promise to fight corruption, crime, and illegal drugs. But his administration has been dogged by scandals and allegations of graft and cover-ups in state agencies ranging from prisons, the state insurer, immigration, airports and customs, to police and the drugs enforcement agency, few of which led to convictions or high-profile resignations.The Philippines also fell 14 notches to 113th spot among 180 countries in Transparency International&#x27;s Corruption Perceptions Index in 2019. Last year, the country slipped to more spots to 115th. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/02/21/ph-slips-to-115th-place-in-global-corruption-index">PH slips to 115th place in global corruption index</a></li></ul><div>— With a report from Reuters</div>

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday landed another blow on Sen. Manny Pacquiao in their raging word war, this time raising a tax case that the latter had fought as boxing superstar.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday landed another blow on Sen. Manny Pacquiao in their raging word war, this time raising a tax case that the latter had fought as boxing superstar.

Duterte jabs Pacquiao with tax issue: 'When you cheat gov't, you are corrupt'

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Duterte jabs Pacquiao with tax issue: 'When you cheat gov't, you are corrupt'

Jamaine Punzalan,

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Published Jul 07, 2021 07:23 PM PHT

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Updated Jul 07, 2021 07:41 PM PHT

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