Published January 13, 2021, 3:05 PM
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has raised alarm over the security of seized fake cigarettes and manufacturing equipment which were ordered by a court to be returned to a suspected illicit trader.
The confiscated Two Moon and Soho cigarette packs that do not carry information on the country destination, details of manufacturer, and tax stamps as proof of payment as required by law. The master cases in the background are also unmarked contrary to law requirements that the boxes must bear the cigarette brand name.
The agency was slapped with an injunction by the Court of Tax Appeals following its raid of GB Global Exprez Inc., a cigarette company located at the Angeles Industrial Park in Pampanga which is supposedly engaged in the export of cigarettes.