BoC chief faces extra probe for turning blind eye oil smuggling
08/23/2011Bureau of Customs (BoC) Commissioner Angelito Alvarez will be facing another congressional probe, this time for failing to act on a recommendation submitted to him by his subordinates urging him to run after an oil firm which allegedly defrauded the government of nearly P1.6 billion in tax payments.
In a press briefing, Zambales Rep. Milagros “Mitos” Magsaysay hit Alvarez, who was earlier questioned for the mysterious disappearance of around 2,00 container vans containing highly dutiable goods while en route from the Port of Manila (PoM) and the Manila International Container Port (MICP) to the Port of Batangas and for sacking senior Customs officials who recommended the filing of legal action against Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp.(Shell) for misdeclaration of shipment and non-payment of excise and value added taxes.
Magsaysay claimed the government lost P1,578,269,755 from July, 2010 up to the present.
In filing House Resolution 1643, entitled “A Resolution urging the committee on ways and means of the House of Representatives to immediately conduct an inquiry in aid of legislation into the issues that surround the unabated smuggling activities of Shell and the its failure to pay the appropriate taxes and duties amounting to several billions of pesos to the government and to look into the failure of Customs and BIR officials to take action and necessary steps to run after Shell thereby causing prejudice and undue injury to government in not being able to collect this much needed revenue..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110823hed6.html
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