The House of Representatives on Monday approved on its third and final reading a bill defining and prescribing penalties for tax racketeering. | JMangaluzINQ
MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives on Monday approved on its third and final reading a bill defining and prescribing penalties for tax racketeering,
The bill, authored by Representatives Joey Salceda and Emigdio Tanjuatco III, defines tax racketeering as a crime committed by “any person who engages in any coordinated scheme or operation to evade or defeat any tax imposed under this Code through the fraudulent use of receipts, returns, and other records, with a minimum amount of P10 million in taxes evaded.
“These schemes are cleverly used by syndicates and bogus businesses. They may not be covered by the definition of tax evasion, which the tax law penalizes. We have to plug loopholes in the law to arrest the hemorrhage of tax revenue that should accrue to government coffers, instead of going to the pockets of a few criminally-minded individuals,” he said.
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