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BIR fails to follow due process, loses tax case vs water firm

Clark Water Corporation (Facebook photo) MANILA - The Court of Tax Appeals (CA) en banc upheld the cancellation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)'s assessment for deficiency taxes against Clark Water Corporation supposedly due in 2007 amounting to PHP2.823 million. In its 13-page decision dated October 12, the CTA denied the petition filed by the BIR for lack of merit and enjoined the agency from enforcing collection of the sum against the company which is engaged in the operation and maintenance of water and sewerage systems at the Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga. The court upheld the firm's position that it had not received the preliminary assessment notice (PAN) as required by law. The CTA said "except for instances under the Tax Code, the issuance of the PAN is mandatory". "The sending of the PAN to the taxpayer to inform him of the assessment made is an indispensable due process requirement in the issuance of a deficiency tax assessment, the absence of

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