Authorities escalated further what they dubbed as the “last quarter storm” trade enforcements against sale of illegal cigarettes in Central Luzon provinces, zeroing mostly on public market wholesale stores.
The series of operations were part of BIR’s sustained Tax Compliance Verification Drive to curb illicit cigarette trade in the country, specifically smuggling and selling illegal cigarettes in Central Luzon.
Atty. Robert Panopio, Regional Investigation Chief of the Revenue Region No. 4, Regional Investigation Division, who led all the enforcements in Central Luzon, said that aside from big-time groceries, operatives are now focusing their operations on sari-sari stores since smugglers and other illegal traders shifted their clients from big-time wholesaler stores to sari-sari stores.
BIR officials noted that if in Pampanga, illegal cigarettes are openly sold in the market, some of the stores they raided in Nueva Ecija were discreetly selling illegal brands. In one store where the owner denied selling illicit cigarettes, a customer approached the owner and asked for three packs of Two Moon, an illegal cigarette brand, which he claimed is being sold at P30 per pack.
Earlier, authorities swooped down on three stores in Sta. Rita and four stores in San Luis on October 21, all in public markets. A total of 8,250 packs were seized from seven wholesale stores. BIR is now preparing to file appropriate charges against the owners of the stores for committing several offenses against the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997 , as amended, and the BIR’s minimum price requirement, among others.
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