Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III is seeking an inquiry into the failure of the Bureau of Internal Revenue to collect the P203 billion in taxes owed by the estate of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos.
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President Rodrigo Duterte MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he would ask the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to explain why it allegedly failed to collect estate taxes, but did not name anyone in particular. In a prerecorded Talk to the People, Duterte was discussing "e-sabong" or online cockfighting when he shifted to collection of estate taxes. "Hindi naman kailangan ng reminder sa Malacanan. Nandiyan 'yung BIR, so tanungin natin 'yang BIR bakit hanggang ngayon hindi nakolekta 'yung estate tax (Malacanang does not need a reminder. The BIR is there so let's ask BIR why they have not collected the estate tax)," he said. In a Palace press briefing on Wednesday, acting presidential spokesperson Martin Andanar said Duterte's remark applies to everyone who has failed to pay their estate taxes. "The President only reminded the BIR to act on its mandate and that is to collect taxes.Hindi lang sa kung sinong politiko o personalidad.
“BIR is collecting and demand[ing] payment from the Marcos Estate Administrators,” Dominguez told reporters in a Viber message. “They have not paid,” he said.
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