HLI COLLECTS P20 FROM EACH VEHICLE SANS RECEIPT House to probe illegal Luisita toll By Charlie V. Manalo 05/30/2011

HLI COLLECTS P20 FROM EACH VEHICLE SANS RECEIPT

House to probe illegal Luisita toll

By Charlie V. Manalo 05/30/2011

The House is considering to conduct a probe into the Hacienda Luisita Inc.’s (HLI’s) collection of tolls for the use of a private road linking the sugar land owned by the family of President Aquino to a major expressway and which are collected supposedly without even the issuance of receipts.

House ways and means committee chairman Batangas Rep. Herminigildo Mandanas said reports have reached the chamber that HLI is not issuing receipts despite collecting a P20 toll rate for every motorist passing through the private road linking the contested sugar land to the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx).

Mandanas said that if indeed the reports HLI is not issuing the proper receipts for its toll fee collections, the firm could be held liable for tax evasion..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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