DE LIMA WONT GIVE UP PROSECUTORIAL POWERS ON TAX CASES
DoJ, BIR in tug of war over Arroyo tax case
By Benjamin B. Pulta 04/11/2011A tug of war appears to have started between the Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) over jurisdiction on the P74-million tax evasion case on the eldest son of former President Arroyo who now sits as a party-list representative in Congress.
The DoJ is not giving up its power to investigate and prosecute taxes and had opposed a House bill seeking to transfer such functions to the BIR.
In a two-page position paper to Congress, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima objected to a proposal before the lower house seeking to transfer to the BIR the exclusive mandate to investigate, handle and prosecute tax-related cases.
Last week, the BIR filed with the DoJ a tax evasion complaint against Ang Galing Pinoy party-list Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo and his wife Angela for an estimated P74 million in allegedly unpaid taxes..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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