Sandiganbayan The Sandiganbayan has acquitted former Department of Finance (DOF) Deputy Executive Director Uldarico P. Andutan Jr. of his graft and falsification charges for failure of the prosecution “to prove his guilt with moral certainty.” Andutan was charged with violations of 3(j) of Repu
MANILA - A former senior finance official charged in one of the cases involving alleged irregularities in the grant of tax credits to unqualified local firms 25 years ago has been cleared by the Sandiganbayan. In a decision dated April 19, Uldarico Andutan Jr. was acquitted of falsification and graft arising from one of the transactions for tax credits while he was Deputy Executive Director of the Department of Finance (DOF) One-Stop Shop Inter-Agency Tax Credit and Drawback Center. Andutan was charged when he issued a tax credit certificate (TCC), amounting to PHP5.03 million in favor of Columbus Philippines Bus Corporation's purchase of six buses. Government investigators said Columbus was not qualified to avail of tax credit for the said purchases as the buses were acquired from a dealer, not from a domestic manufacturer as required for the incentive. They also said the company supported its application for tax credit with spurious and falsified documents and with the price per
Supreme Court (SC) The Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed the 2011 Sandiganbayan decision that dismissed the plunder case filed against several Department of Finance (DOF) officials and businessmen in connection with alleged irregularities in the grant of P73.7 million in tax credit certificates
Published January 16, 2021, 12:42 PM
The Sandiganbayan Fourth Division has dismissed the graft and falsification charges filed against former officials of the Department of Finance (DOF) officials after finding that the prosecution’s evidence was insufficient.
Raul de Vera and Rosanna Diala, officers of the One Stop Shop Inter-Agency Tax Credit and Drawback Center of the DOF, are two of the co-accused of former Undersecretary Antonio Belicena.
They were accused of issuing Tax Credit Certificate No. 7711 in the amount of P7,350,444 on Domestic Capital Equipment in favor of JAM Liner Inc. on January 4, 1996. This came from the purchase of 10 units of Mitsubishi buses.